Herne tackles the property tax reform: What owners now need to know!
Herne tackles the property tax reform: What owners now need to know!
From Friday, January 24, 2025, the city of Herne will send notices on property tax. The new notices sent to property owners include the lifting rates of 990 percentage points for property tax B and 320 percentage points for property tax A. These sentences were set on the basis of the value calculated by the Ministry of Finance North Rhine-Westphalia. In November 2024, the city of Herne's council followed the requirements for the advanced neutrality that enable municipalities to determine differentiated property tax rates, which is legally controversial, as
The basics of property tax
The property tax is an important instrument for financing the municipalities and is subject to the provisions of the respective cities and municipalities. The financial administration of North Rhine -Westphalia has already issued property tax assessments and measurement notices for around 6.4 million economic units in order to create the basics for the collection of property tax on January 1, 2025. The lifting rates that the municipalities themselves determine within the framework of legal requirements play a decisive role in the stability of property tax.
according to Financial Administration.nrw.de Nutrality does not mean that the tax burden for citizens remains the same. The individual property tax depends on the property tax value, tax measuring number and lifting rate. In the coming years, in addition to existing basic taxes A and B, there will also be the introduction of property tax C, which will be collected from 2025 for unused, bicycle plots to promote better development.
The reform has the potential to significantly change the structure of property tax. The calculation will take place in the future according to the formula: property tax value × tax measurement number × heb estate of the municipality = property tax amount. Nevertheless, the changes are also criticized, in particular with regard to the increased bureaucratic effort and the unequal tax burden in many regions with a high lack of housing.
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