U krijgt uitstel van betaling, mits het bezwaarschrift ontvankelijk is.

U means you, but it is the formal singular or plural form. It is used in polite, official, or professional contexts.

The capital letter is common in letters, emails, forms, and legal or administrative language. In modern Dutch, lowercase u is also possible, but uppercase U still often appears in formal writing.

With u, Dutch normally uses the singular verb form, usually the same form as with hij/zij/het.

So:

• ik krijg
• jij krijgt
• u krijgt
• hij krijgt

That is why the sentence has U krijgt.

Also, Dutch often uses krijgen where English might use something more passive, like you are granted or you will receive.

Literally, uitstel van betaling means postponement of payment.

Yes, it is a very common fixed expression in official and financial Dutch. It means that you do not have to pay immediately; payment is delayed until later.

It is best to learn it as one chunk: uitstel van betaling.

Dutch often leaves out the article when talking about something in a general or institutional way, especially in formal language.

So U krijgt uitstel van betaling means You are given postponement of payment / a payment extension.

If you were referring to a specific postponement already known in the conversation, you could say het uitstel van betaling.

Mits means provided that, as long as, or on condition that.

It is a formal word, very common in legal, administrative, and official Dutch. In everyday speech, people are often more likely to use something like als or another simpler construction, depending on the context.

So mits immediately tells you that a condition follows.

Because mits introduces a subordinate clause.

In Dutch subordinate clauses, the conjugated verb normally goes to the end. That is why you get:

• het bezwaarschrift is ontvankelijk = main clause
• mits het bezwaarschrift ontvankelijk is = subordinate clause

This verb-final word order is one of the most important patterns in Dutch grammar.

A bezwaarschrift is a formal written objection, especially in legal or administrative situations.

It is made up of:

• bezwaar = objection
• schrift = writing/document

So it is not just any complaint. It is a specific official document you submit to challenge a decision, for example from the tax authorities or a municipality.

Because bezwaarschrift is a het-word.

In Dutch compounds, the grammatical gender usually follows the last part of the compound. Here the last part is schrift, and that gives the compound its gender.

So:

• het schrift
• het bezwaarschrift

In everyday Dutch, ontvankelijk can sometimes mean something like receptive, but that is not the meaning here.

In legal or administrative language, ontvankelijk means admissible or acceptable for official consideration. In other words, the objection has been submitted correctly and meets the formal requirements, such as being on time and complete.

A very common opposite is niet-ontvankelijk = inadmissible.

Because it is used after the verb is. In that position, it is a predicate adjective, and predicate adjectives do not take the usual adjective ending.

So:

• het bezwaarschrift is ontvankelijk
• but: het ontvankelijke bezwaarschrift

That difference is very normal in Dutch.

Yes. You could also say:

Mits het bezwaarschrift ontvankelijk is, krijgt u uitstel van betaling.

That is grammatically correct. When the subordinate clause comes first, the main clause then has inversion:

• krijgt u
• not u krijgt

This is the normal Dutch word order rule when something other than the subject comes first.

Because the sentence has a main clause followed by a subordinate clause, and Dutch normally separates those with a comma in writing, especially in formal style.

So the comma helps mark the structure:

• main clause: U krijgt uitstel van betaling
• subordinate clause: mits het bezwaarschrift ontvankelijk is

In official Dutch, this punctuation is very standard.