The Van Dijkhuizen Committee advises the government to opt for an improved tax system with lower rates and a very long first bracket, fewer deductible items and simpler benefits. According to the CPB Netherlands Economic Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, these structural reforms will lead in the long run to some 140,000 new jobs, while the average effects on income are limited. At the beginning of 2012, the committee was instructed to explore scenarios to arrive at a simple, sound and fraud-resistant tax system that would help improve the competitiveness of the Netherlands. The report was presented to the State Secretary of Finance Frans Weekers by chairman Kees van Dijkhuizen on the 17th of June 2013.