Greifswald sends property tax notices: Who has to pay more?

Greifswald sends property tax notices: Who has to pay more?

Greifswald, Deutschland - The city of Greifswald sent new property tax notices for the current year on January 10, 2025. Real estate owners receive letters that indicate different financial effects on their property. While some property owners have to expect higher payments, others benefit from savings.

City spokeswoman Andrea Reimann explained that less taxes are tend to be paid, especially for business properties, while the property tax will increase for residential plots. An example names that the property tax for a family home can rise from 216 euros to 429 euros a year. The new lifting rates were 214 percent for property tax A (for agricultural and forestry areas) and 417 percent for property tax B (for built-up land). In Greifswald, a total of 13,345 land from property tax B are affected, whereby the total income of the city for 2025, with 5.4 million euros, resulting from old lifting rates. The new property tax is described as newly neutral, so that the municipalities should no longer achieve income.

background for property tax reform

The reform of property tax is the result of a judgment of the Federal Constitutional Court from 2018, which criticized the unequal treatment in the collection. The new regulation was required until December 31, 2019, with a transition period until December 31, 2024. From January 1, 2022, all the properties were re -evaluated, and the lifting rates have been adapted by the municipalities since 2025. As the Federal Ministry of Finance , the income of property tax flows into the cities and municipalities' cities and municipalities, where it is used, among other things, to finance schools, daycare centers and infrastructure. In addition, landlords can convert the property tax to their tenants, whereby the exact application of this regulation cannot be assessed by the city.

Real estate owners affected have already received their property tax values ​​and the property tax assessment notice from the tax office. If necessary, contradictions can be directed to the responsible tax office.

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien