ᐅ Property Tax / New Construction: How Is the Property Tax Calculated?

In our area, you need to submit an application to receive a house number – from that point on, the municipality will also start collecting property tax.

Sebastian79 schrieb:
Well, effort? Strictly speaking, the assessment must also be initiated again for a renovation or similar work.

Basically, one should have the right to know the basis on which such assessments are made – after all, they can cost a lifetime’s worth of money.

I haven’t received the official notice yet, but I suspect the calculation is so complex that a layperson wouldn’t be able to understand it, let alone operate an online calculator properly. Although I’m not inexperienced in filling out questionnaires, I found this one quite difficult to understand and partly ambiguous. The examples attached in the instruction manual also didn’t seem very helpful.

I still doubt that this is a difficult task to implement.

You simply select checkboxes, provide certain dimensions, and the rest is handled by some kind of formula (it won't be any different for the authorities either).

What would really be important is a good filling aid – I went through the questionnaire myself yesterday and would have some questions on a few points. Mainly because I would tend to underestimate things there.

Did you find that somewhere on the internet? I have only seen the Austrian version.

Yes, it is a standardized form.

We have successfully appealed our decision. It’s not that difficult to understand,...