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Test false self-employment against the nine Deliveroo criteria — a substantiated risk indication

Score an engagement against the nine criteria from the Dutch Supreme Court’s Deliveroo judgment (24 March 2023) and get a reasoned risk indication: total score, risk level, the heavy weight of organisational embedding, and the legal presumption at a low hourly rate. It is a structured indication, not a legal ruling on the employment relationship.

dba-vbar v1.0.0 · vintage 2026.1 · draft free
Example outcome
Risk indicationHigh
Total score, nine criteria29 / 45
Criterion 3 — embedding in the organisation5 / 5
Hourly rate — rate-based presumption (36.783) applies at ≤ € 38€ 60
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Who it’s for

01Clients hiring freelancers who want to know before renewal which criteria weigh most heavily against them in this file.
02Intermediaries and broker agencies who want to run a consistent, repeatable test across an entire portfolio of engagements.
03Freelancers themselves who want to see how their engagement scores before a client unilaterally revises the arrangement.

What the tool does

✓ All nine Deliveroo criteria, each on a 1-to-5 scale, summed to a score out of 45✓ Risk level low, moderate or high according to fixed bands on the weighted score (≤19 / 20–32 / ≥33)✓ Key criterion embedding carries a 1.5× weight in the weighted total — with an explanation at high embedding scores✓ Criterion 7 is pre-filled from the hourly rate and you can override it yourself✓ Separate flag for the rate-based legal presumption (bill 36.783) at an hourly rate at or below the recorded € 38 threshold✓ An indication — expressly not a qualification decision and not an approval from the Dutch tax authority
01 — Form
Case and key figures — a handful of fields.
02 — Draft
Full outcome layout, free.
03 — Pay and receive
Via Mollie, VAT/VIES handled.
04 — Report
Certified PDF + public hash.

What this check does and does not do

Now that the Dutch tax authority actively enforces against false self-employment, the question is no longer whether an engagement "looks right on paper" but how the actual working practice scores on the holistic test from the Deliveroo judgment. This tool makes that test explicit: you score each of the nine criteria, see which turn red, and see which criterion ultimately drives the outcome.

Be unambiguous about this: the outcome is a structured risk indication based on your own scores — not a legal qualification of the employment relationship and not a position taken by the Dutch tax authority or a court. Only they can establish whether an employment relationship exists, and they do so on the facts of the case. What the tool does deliver is a reproducible, traceable file document: the same scores produce the same report, with version, vintage and verification hash included.

Frequently asked questions about this tool

Is a "low risk" outcome a safe harbour?
No. The outcome is an indication based on the scores you enter yourself; it binds neither the Dutch tax authority nor a court, and it replaces no model agreement, advance consultation or legal advice. If the actual working practice differs, the assessment may turn out differently from what your score suggests.
Why can a low total score still produce "high risk"?
Because embedding in the organisation carries a 1.5× weight as the key criterion: the weighted total is the raw score plus half the embedding score (rounded), and the risk bands are applied to that weighted score. No single criterion is decisive on its own — consistent with the Supreme Court’s holistic test. At a high embedding score the report includes an explanation.
How current is the rate threshold for the legal presumption?
The dataset records the threshold at € 38 per hour (bill 36.783, reference date 1 January 2026, indexed annually). The act only enters into force on a date to be set by royal decree; check the current status and figure for your assessment date. The report states the dataset vintage used, so it is always traceable which threshold the calculation applied.
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