Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

2023-03-04 06:54:23

I am currently dealing with renting to refugees.

There are guidelines for the amount of rent here. On average, the rent must not exceed 6.80 euros cold. Of course plus additional costs and heating. Who can and wants to rent economically for this price in this environment? And we are talking about Bavaria and BW or also Berlin.

The social heart must be very big for that. Especially with new construction costs of 5000 euros per square meter. If more than 1 million Ukrainians push onto the already very tight German housing market and rent prices are still to be capped, then no one should complain about the lack of housing.

I found the city of Rottweil as an example. There the maximum rent taken over by the municipality or job center is 6.74 euros. On eBay Classifieds it starts at just under 8 euros up to 13 euros.

That doesn't work. Heating costs are also capped. For 4 people at 135 euros per month including hot water generation. It totally misses reality at 1.50 euros per liter heating oil.

In my observation, properties that would no longer find attention on the normal rental market are preferably activated for refugees. So in plain English, vacant dilapidated buildings.

2023-03-04 07:55:34

I think so too. At the other end of the tax-sense spectrum, I always found the progression clause. When my husband came to Germany, he had to declare income he earned and taxed in Australia again here. It wasn't directly taxed, but it increased our tax rate... o_O

It's similar to the church: if one spouse leaves, the other can pay church tax for them. Great system... My wife works at a Protestant elementary school, otherwise I would have left the association a long time ago...

2023-03-04 09:27:44

When my husband came to D, he had to declare income that he earned and paid taxes on in Australia again here. It wasn't directly taxed again, but it increased our tax rate... o_O

But only because you voluntarily chose joint assessment and you must have done that because it was also more favorable for you with the progression clause. Or am I missing something?

2023-03-04 11:20:25

It is similar with the church: If one spouse leaves, the other is allowed to pay the church tax for them. Great system...

My wife is at a Protestant elementary school, otherwise I would have left the association a long time ago...

Is that so? I actually wanted to nudge my husband once to leave the Catholic Church. I myself am at a Protestant daycare. I find it a bit harder to saw off the branch further there.

2023-03-04 13:48:54

But only because you voluntarily chose joint assessment and you must have done that because it was also more favorable for you with the progression clause. Or am I missing something?

Yes, of course, it was still cheaper – most software tools do a cheaper option check for you. I just find the idea behind it somehow strange. That was money he earned and taxed in Australia; we didn’t even know each other then. Why should that later increase our joint tax burden in Germany? Well, it is what it is. It was only an issue in one year anyway. :D

2023-03-04 13:56:00

Why should this increase our joint tax burden in Germany afterwards?

Well, exactly that it does not. On the contrary, it has reduced your tax burden. The alternative, you paying taxes only on your own income (=individual assessment), you could have freely chosen, but it would have cost you more taxes. So I turn the tables, the community has financed your tax advantage ;)

I am denied joint assessment due to lack of marriage, which costs me nearly a five-figure amount every year.

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