What is the ET-scheme and why do amounts change from week to week?

The ET scheme allows employees living abroad and temporarily working in the Netherlands to receive a tax-free allowance for extra costs incurred because they are temporarily working outside their country of origin.

The scheme yields different results for each person, and results may vary from week to week.This is due to the fact that the maximum amount of the benefit depends on your wages relative to the legal minimum wage, as well as the number of overtime hours you worked and your country of origin.