Benefit for older and partially incapacitated self-employed persons (IOAZ)

You can receive a benefit from the municipality if you are 55 or older and stop working as a self-employed person. This is called an IOAZ benefit. You only receive this benefit if you have insufficient income to live on.

You can apply for the benefit if you have to stop as a self-employed person or sell your own business. You apply for the benefit at the municipality.

How does it work?

You can receive an IOAZ benefit if you meet certain Requirements:

  • You have stopped or must stop working as an independent entrepreneur.
  • You are between 55 years of age and the state pension age.
  • You have insufficient income to live on.
  • You have worked as an independent entrepreneur for at least 10 years. Or you have worked as an independent entrepreneur for 3 years and before that for 7 years as an employee.
  • You have worked 1225 hours or more per year as an independent entrepreneur. Did your partner also help in the business? Then you must have worked in the business for at least 875 hours per year and your partner for at least 525 hours.
  • The profit from your business over the last 3 years, together with any other income, was less than € 23,938 gross on average per year.
  • You cannot earn more than € 25,433 gross per year with your business in the future. The municipality investigates this.

What if I'm partially incapacitated ?

Are you partially incapacitated and have you stopped working as a self-employed person? If so, you can apply for an IOAZ benefit if you meet these Requirements:

  • You have been found to have a disability of less than 80%.
  • You were already receiving an IOAZ benefit on December 28, 2005.
  • You are not entitled to a supplement under the Toeslagenwet (because you have a partner born after December 31, 1971).
  • You do not have a child younger than 12 years old.
  • You have worked for the company for at least a certain number of hours, and the company's income is not too high (see Requirements in the first list).

What to do?

You apply for the IOAZ benefit at the municipality. Submit your application before you stop working as an independent entrepreneur. You must have stopped working as an independent entrepreneur within 1½ years after your application.

You will automatically receive a notification regarding whether you will receive the benefit.

For more information, please contact the Municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg.

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