Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

But every municipality can choose its own assessment rate, right? And in turn, each federal state can do something different with the calculation method itself. This will be exciting.

See, among others, the berlin PUNKT de page for further information. Overall, it is said that with the reform, the same amount of taxes will be collected nationwide as before the reform. It will only shift.

A few excerpts:

The current Berlin assessment rate of 810% will expire at the end of 2024. Therefore, the Berlin House of Representatives will set the assessment rate in 2024 that will apply from 2025. As soon as this has been done, you will receive a measurement amount notice and a property tax assessment notice.

Based on the determined property tax value, the amount of your "new" property tax cannot yet be calculated at this time. The current assessment rate is not to be applied to the newly determined property tax values. Only when a reassessment has been made for the majority of Berlin properties – that is, at the end of 2023 or beginning of 2024 – can a new assessment rate be set from 2025 onward. Depending on the location, size of the property, living area, and the age of your single-family or two-family house, the amount of property tax may change.

But every municipality can choose its own assessment rate, right? And again, each federal state can do something different with the calculation method itself. This will be exciting.

Yes, the municipality chooses the assessment rate itself. Since there is supposedly no intention to profit overall from the reform, we will see what will happen with the assessment rate by 2025.
There is an opening clause, which Bavaria uses for example. But Berlin has committed to the federal model, like most others as well.

yes exactly, I have slightly less living space, but currently pay 174 EUR. But I made a mistake! At the moment I am paying property tax on an unfinished house. In that respect, yes, the comparison is flawed. But for my condominium I had calculated it correctly once. I currently pay 207 EUR per year and according to the calculator I would have to pay 710 EUR. So a three-and-a-half fold increase. It won’t kill me, but for my mother it would be ruin.

So let's hope that the House of Representatives really takes the next election result more into account and doesn’t want to alienate all homeowners. The next election in 2024 is not that far away anymore.

Yes, the municipality chooses the assessment rate itself. Since the intention is supposedly not to profit overall from the reform, we will see what happens with the assessment rate in 2025.

The big question is whether the declaration of intent from the major political players is also received that way by the municipalities. Or if everyone operates on the principle that someone else should waive it.

The big question is whether the declaration of intent from high-level politics actually reaches the municipalities. Or whether everyone works by the principle that someone else should give up.

The quite small municipalities are probably less problematic in this regard than the medium-sized cities. In small municipalities, where the vast majority live in owner-occupied homes and half the people personally know the mayor, hardly any mayor would want to put up with people lining up at his office and his private phone not stopping ringing because Grandma Heidi and Uncle Klaus suddenly have to pay double property tax and the grandson of Great-Aunt Elsa in XYZCity no longer pays at all, even though she lives in a much more sought-after area. Especially since the mayor himself would then also have to pay much more for his own land.

The big question is whether the declaration of intent from high-level politics also reaches the municipalities. Or whether everyone works according to the principle that someone else should give up.

Well, what does enriching mean. Due to Corona and the current situation, we are already receiving less trade and income tax. In addition, three construction projects currently have to be carried out (schools, cafeteria) because the federal government wants full-day care. The Greens here have naturally enforced an eco-solution. Now everything is becoming more expensive. The streets look terrible. The accommodation of refugees is yet another issue.

I don't think it will come down to it remaining like this...