The statutory retirement age is the age at which the Dutch state pension (AOW) starts, according to the following AOW payment scheme:

Your date of birth	AOW payment year	Eligible age for AOW
Before 1 Jan 1948	2012	65
Between 31 Dec 1947 and 1 Dec 1948	2013	65 + 1 months
Between 30 Nov 1948 and 1 Nov 1949	2014	65 + 2 months
Between 31 Oct 1949 and 1 Oct 1950	2015	65 + 3 months
Between 30 Sept 1950 and 1 Jul 1951	2016	65 + 6 months
Between 30 Jun 1951 and 1 Apr 1952	2017	65 + 9 months
Between 31 Mar 1952 and 1 Jan 1953	2018	66
Between 31 Dec 1952 and 1 Sep 1953	2019	66 + 4 months
Between 31 Aug 1953 and 1 May 1954	2020	66 + 8 months
Between 30 Apr 1954 and 1 Jan 1955	2021	67
Between 31 Dec 1954 and 1 Oct 1955	2022	67 + 3 months
Between 31 Sep 1955 and 1 Oct 1956	2023	67 + 3 months

In the year you reach the state pension retirement age (AOW), your income situation changes. This will impact your:

• Applicable tax rates;
• Tax credits;
• Payroll taxes on AOW, private pensions or annuities;
• Preliminary income tax assessment;
• Specific health care expenses;
• Any retirement annuity saving scheme (a kind of life insurance that acts like a pension);

Tax credits after state pension retirement age;

When you reach the state pension retirement age, your tax credits (levy rebates) are affected:

• You have a lower generic tax credit
• In the year you have no longer income from work, you lose the work and income-dependent combination tax credit
• You are eligible for the elderly tax credit
• You may be eligible for the single elderly tax credit
• If you continue to work past the state pension retirement age, then you remain eligible for the work and income-dependent combination tax credit
• There are payroll taxes on your state pension (AOW)