Constance leads to second home tax - two million euros in income!

Constance leads to second home tax - two million euros in income!

Konstanz, Deutschland - The city of Constance is proud of the head of the second home tax in Baden-Württemberg. According to the current data from the State Statistical Office, the university city took around 2.1 million euros out of this tax last year, more than any other municipality in the state. In addition to Constance, other cities on Lake Constance also occupy high places in this statistics, including Überlingen, which income 1.6 million euros, and numerous smaller municipalities such as Uhldingen-Mühlhofen and Meersburg, which each income around 600,000 euros, such as SWR reported.

popularity of the second apartments on Lake Constance

The high intake from the second home tax in Constance is due to the attractive location on Lake Constance and the tax height of 35 percent there. Tenants of an apartment worth 1,000 euros per month must therefore pay an additional 350 euros tax. While Constance is a leading in the overall revenue, the revenue per capita is considered, a different picture shows: Here Hagnau achieves the third highest value in the country with around 170 euros per inhabitant. The second apartments are still very much in demand, especially in the Lake Constance area, where the attractiveness for a second home is high, the information from the City Constance .