Bartholomeus Adrianus Wilhelmus "Bart" Snels is a Dutch economist and politician. From 27 March 2017 to 26 October 2021 he was a member of the House of Representatives for GroenLinks. He was an editor at Buitenhof, political coordinator of the GroenLinks House of Representatives faction, director of the GroenLinks Scientific Bureau and political advisor and copywriter for Jesse Klaver.

The Dutch childcare benefits scandal is a political scandal in the Netherlands concerning false allegations of fraud made by the Tax and Customs Administration (Belastingdienst) while attempting to regulate the distribution of childcare benefits, that led to the collective resignation of the government in early 2021.