Property tax shock in Karow: Pensioners now pay almost 12 times more!

Property tax shock in Karow: Pensioners now pay almost 12 times more!

Karow, Berlin, Deutschland - A tough stroke for the Renter Monika and Peter H.! The two Berliners were stunned before their tax assessment: instead of 144.88 euros, they should now pay a whopping 1694.52 euros in property tax for their inconspicuous leisure property in Karow. No palace, not even a small house - just a modest caravan between cherries, apples and dense scrub. An unbelievable surcharge for the 1350 square meter property that they had bought from Deutsche Bahn in 2008.

The expert committee saw it differently: rated as undeveloped building land, the spot earth was given a landscaping value of 590 euros per square meter. A fillet allegedly, large parts are not buildable at all, as Peter H. complains about. Instead of peaceful summer nights in the camper, an immense tax burden is now rolling towards the pensioner couple. "Gold dust on the edge of Berlin!" - But for Monika and Peter it only brings worries and trouble.

tax shock in Mahlsdorf

Not only in Karow the new property tax notices made headlines. In Mahlsdorf, Marzahn-Hellersdorf, they made the minds to cook. Christine and Herbert R., also in retirement age, simply felt "ripped off": the tax for their 672 square meter garden property made it from EUR 39.68 to 891.88 euros high - an incredible increase of 2247 percent! The suspicion is confirmed: Should one be pushed for sale here, although 70 years old and no longer able to build?

pitch strands and protest

According to tax expert Hans-Joachim Beck from the real estate association in Germany, Monika and Peter H. meet twice the accident. Unbustained land experience a harder evaluation: the ground value counts completely, unlike for residential plots, and the tax measuring number is significantly higher with 0.00045. A vicious circle that could only be escaped by an expensive report. Desperation and frustration are understandable, but for many there is only the going to the barricades.