Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

I think DE is very, very far behind Australia when I read this. Almost nothing is done by mail here anymore. The postman only comes 2-3 times a week.

That may also seem somewhat distorted when one person writes here. Almost every authority, every insurance company or wai offers an app for downloading or sending or email communication.

Nobody here has to do anything about the property tax.

Nobody had to until now, either. But after 100? years there is apparently a reform. And even if only 20 years lie between… there will be some reforms with you too.

And that's it.

Yes, everywhere else, but not necessarily better.

Everything is networked here, whether I go to the pharmacy, whether I earned a dollar in interest, whether I have a private insurance

The tax office knows EVERYTHING because all authorities are networked with each other.

I am not a fan of our data protection law, but when I read this, I am glad not to live in your country. I’d gladly take the path of slow bureaucracy.

That may sound somewhat distorted if written here by a single person. Almost every authority, every company or wai offers an app for downloading or sending or email communication.

"Our" data protection law (as of 1974) may have served as a template for the GDPR, but all (miserable and underhanded) attempts to push through data retention have failed before the BGH as well as the EGH. "Our" data protection is currently rather determined by the EU since these laws "simply" override the German laws, which are lagging behind regarding data protection. "Our" data protection is therefore nothing special, except particularly bad in terms of protecting consumers from tracking on the web and particularly good in terms of protecting data collectors (that is, not the rights of the consumers). Before something like this is excessively praised here and maybe even believed, I unfortunately MUST correct that ;) Dear , as much as I appreciate your opinion and expertise in the area of floor plans etc., your knowledge regarding data protection in Germany is, sorry, at least incomplete. However, regarding digitalization, which was more the topic here, unfortunately, we are the frontrunner in Europe – from behind :eek:

Dear @ypg, as much as I appreciate your opinion and expertise in the field of floor plans etc., your knowledge regarding data protection in DE is, sorry, at least incomplete.

I suppose my professional background is different! But I am glad that my tax office does not know what I buy in the pharmacy.

A constitutional law expert once explained to me that a lack of networking among authorities in Germany is intentional - as a lesson learned from the period 1933-1945.

I am probably shaped differently professionally! But I am glad that my tax office does not know what I buy at the pharmacy.

Facebook, Google, Amazon and co know much more about you than any German tax office ever will. I would be more concerned about that ;-)

If I was not the owner as of 01/01/2022 but only from 07/01/2022 - do I still have to?!

then the previous owner will probably still get mail.

At least that's how it is with us right now.

On 1/1 we were still owners of our house and also owners of the current property.

Since 3/15 we have only been owners of the current property.

But now I have received mail for both regarding the submission of the property tax declaration.