Greifswald: New property tax notices cause excitement among owners!

Greifswald: New property tax notices cause excitement among owners!

Greifswald, Deutschland - The city of Greifswald sent new property tax notices for 2025 on Friday, January 10, 2025. Real estate owners receive mail, which reports either additional financial burdens or savings. City spokeswoman Andrea Reimann said that some property owners have to expect higher, others with lower property taxes.

In particular, owners of business plots should tend to pay less tax, while residential plots are more expensive. Landlords have the option of transferring the property tax to their tenants, but the application of this regulation cannot be assessed by the city. A concrete example shows that the property tax for a family home can rise from 216 euros to 429 euros a year.

regulations on property tax

The lifting rates for property tax were determined by the citizens: 214 percent for property tax A (agricultural and forestry areas) and 417 percent for property tax B (built-up plots). In Greifswald, a total of 13,345 plots of land are affected by property tax B. Despite the new regulations, the total income of the city remains unchanged for 2025 with 5.4 million euros compared to the previous year, which used old lifting rates. The new regulation should be new, which means that the municipalities should no longer achieve income.

according to the Federal Ministry of Finance is raised for property tax, which includes property, buildings as well as agricultural and forestry companies. Payment is made by the owners and can be passed on to tenants if necessary. The income from the property tax flows to cities and municipalities and amount to over 15 billion euros annually, which contributes to the financing of schools, daycare centers, swimming pools and the infrastructure.

The calculation of the property tax is carried out in three steps: First, the property tax value is determined, followed by the tax measurement number, which is adapted with the lifting rates of the municipalities. The reform of property tax has become necessary to implement the requirements of the Federal Constitutional Court, which had requested a new regulation by December 31, 2019. This demands a re -evaluation of all land that was carried out on January 1, 2022.

-transmitted by West-East media