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The New Property Tax Will Be Really Expensive! - Join Us on the Streets, or You’ll Lose Your Farm and House!This slogan, shouted loud and clear by the Naumburg Peace Movement, will soon become a bitter reality in Germany. Even though the peace movement is currently on a break from demonstrations. 
It seems that the FDP has been listening and has come to the same conclusion, at least regarding the property tax reform, as the Naumburg Peace Movement. Quote from Handelsblatt, August 2, 2024 edition, unfortunately behind a paywall: “[The FDP] urges the federal states to withdraw from the property tax reform that was pushed through by current Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) when he was still finance minister. The property tax reform threatens to ‘drive costs for homeowners up,’ said Christian Dürr, leader of the FDP parliamentary group, to Handelsblatt.” What’s going on here? Another storm in a teacup, or a real recognition of the explosive nature of this issue? The property tax reform was decided in 2019. There are different models for determining the tax value: the federal model, which is applied by 11 federal states, as well as some special models used by the remaining states. All models, except for the Bavarian model, rely on determining the value of the property. This valuation already raises concerns regarding data privacy. Until now, the condition of the property played no role in calculating property taxes. Why should the state care about the condition of a property? It shouldn't. This new valuation brings important information about the real assets of its citizens to the state. Property Tax UnconstitutionalThis property tax reform was already declared unconstitutional by various critics in 2019. And it seems that it probably is. Because the new property tax will result in double taxation! A property that has been painstakingly and professionally renovated has already cost a lot of money during the renovation and has contributed taxes to the state, via payroll taxes for the craftsmen and VAT on the construction materials. If a higher property value is now determined, a higher property tax will be demanded. So, the person who views property ownership as a responsibility and invests in their property will be penalized and taxed twice.Manipulated Property Tax NoticesIn order to conduct a serious property valuation, a lot of experience is needed. But who created these valuations for the tax offices? Simply using software doesn’t do justice to a legitimate property assessment. All the new property tax notices I have seen so far were null and void. Objections have been raised against the notices, as well as the new assessments. All notices had the same error in the valuation, which distorted the property value and always manipulated it to a higher amount.There are three methods in property valuation: the income method, which is applied to multi-family houses, and the comparative value method or the asset value method, one of these two methods is mandatory for single-family homes. But the tax offices that issued the notices I reviewed simply used the income method, creating invalid property assessments due to incorrect method selection. This highly manipulated property value, whether created out of ignorance or full awareness, will always lead to a significantly higher property tax. The current property tax notices are still multiplied by the respective multiplier of the relevant city or municipality. On average, this multiplier is about 394% in Germany. Example calculation: Tax notice from the tax office 150 € x Multiplier 394 % = 591 € The New Property Tax in 2025 Will Be Exorbitantly Expensive, That’s for SureIt is certain that these higher property tax amounts will be passed on to tenants in their utility bills, just like the ridiculously high energy costs, inflation, and looming job losses. Who will be able to afford their apartment in the future, with all these costs added up?Together with the “successful housing program” of this government, which hasn’t even come close to its set goals, this property tax reform is the next catastrophe, the next expropriation orgy of the government, with catastrophic, unforeseeable, and destructive consequences for our people and our country. Time Bomb: Property TaxThis new property tax reform is a social and societal time bomb, loaded with so much social explosive material that, when detonated, it will expropriate a mass of property owners and make housing a luxury good in Germany. This time bomb has the potential to create massive homelessness and completely destroy our civil society as we know it.Has the FDP recognized this too? Perhaps complaints from the clientele of this party, the "higher earners," are increasing? Or is this just electioneering, and they need a bit more symbolic politics for the upcoming state elections? Author: AI-Translation - Jens-Uwe Tier | 05.08.2024 |
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