Shocking property tax increase: Owners in Bavaria have to dig deep into the pocket!

In Bavaria, the new property tax regulation ensures surprises among many owners after the first property tax notices have been sent. Large properties in particular are affected by the changes. While other federal states use factors such as the year of construction and land for calculation, Bayern uses an area model to determine the property value. This leads to significant differences in the tax amounts, including some shocking increases.

Rudolf Stürzer from the Haus + Grund Munich Association expressed concern about the inequalities of the new regulations. Large property owners in Lower Bavaria could suddenly pay higher taxes than villa owners in Starnberg. As an example, the owners of a single -family house in Taufkirchen on the Vils (1500 sqm) must now pay 609 euros, before that it was only 299 euros. A pensioner from Bad Tölz, who has a plot of 800 sqm, sees an increase to 468 euros - more than triple. The owners of a terraced house in Oberföhring must also expect an increase from 421 euros to 626 euros. In Aubing, the property tax increases from 212 euros to 688 euros, which is also more than triple.

profiteers and adaptations of the municipalities

there are also owners who benefit from the new regulation. In this way, owners of inner city properties pay significantly less and can save up to 50,000 euros annually. In response to the new tax notices, many municipalities have adapted their lifting rates to compensate for possible losses in income. This also has an impact on the smallest municipality of Bavaria with its own administration, the Jachenau, where the municipal council lowered the rate from 310 to 240 points. Mayor Klaus Rauchberger expressed dissatisfaction with the reform, especially with regard to forest owners who do not make profits from forestry.

The possibilities of defending themselves against the increases are limited. An objection to the tax office is only possible in the case of demonstrable errors in the calculation basis. The new property tax is subject to different modalities, depending on whether they are agricultural and forestry companies or land such as single-family houses, such as bayernportal.de Property tax A refers to agricultural businesses and is based on the earnings value, while in property tax B the areas of parcels and their use are taken into account.