When local authorities are short of cash, they like to increase the property tax. Nationwide, there have recently been a few fewer such increases – the situation was different in the south-west.
Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) – In Baden-Württemberg, property tax was increased in many places in 2021. A study by the consulting firm Ernst, which was distributed on Friday
According to the figures, the average tax burden per capita in the southwest rose slightly by 4 to 166 euros. This means that Baden-Württemberg had the fifth-highest real estate tax burden in a national comparison. The property tax rate was the highest in Tübingen at 660 euros. Owners in Büsingen am Hochrhein, on the other hand, could look forward to an assessment rate of zero euros.
Property tax – in this case property tax B – is levied on developed and buildable land and paid by owners – or passed on to tenants.
Nationwide, the authors observe somewhat fewer increases than in previous years. “The strong economic recovery after the corona shock has led to surprisingly good financial development in many municipalities and a municipal financing surplus of 4.6 billion euros,” explained the head of the government department
Due to a tax reform for 2025, owners have to send new property tax returns to the tax office by October of this year. How the real estate tax reform, in the course of which millions of homeowners currently have to submit information to the tax office, will affect the assessment rates is still uncertain, it said.
