New regulation of property tax from 2020

Niloa, it is the same for him. And I think such an anti-speculator regulation will be included there as well.

As far as I am informed, the reform (according to faz) plans the reintroduction of property tax C on undeveloped land. The aim here is primarily to make land speculation more expensive.

Actually, I just wanted to express my joy about Chancellor Scholz’s handling of the new regulation. Of course, the good man does not come up with the idea of not re-regulating the matter and thereby abolishing property tax.

If the Federal Constitutional Court had not forced Scholz or the legislator, he would not have done it.
Why? There is little to gain for him, it is work, and most importantly the property tax does not flow to the federal government but to the municipalities!

Even though it is often nicely said here: property tax is certainly useful because of municipal infrastructure, etc... Taxes are by definition always unconditional! Unlike levies and fees.
What the municipality then does with the entire tax revenue is the municipality’s business. It could also use 60% of the property tax to pay off debts.

A crucial point about whether it will become more expensive later has only been mentioned tentatively here so far:
The behavior of the municipality should go through the reform as currently planned. This very decisive player is not even at the table.

The equation is: standard value x tax assessment rate x municipal multiplier.

If the reform remains as currently planned, the "standard values," or better said the assessment basis, will partly rise exorbitantly. Especially in East Germany. (see faz calculations)
For the reform to be truly "revenue neutral," many municipalities would have to reduce the multipliers by up to 50%. Whether that actually happens then depends on the individual case and is the big unknown.

Always this moralizing from the soft couch, and the same clichés always have to be used. Yes, I also pay with my taxes for the addicts at the gas station or with homeless beer Adelskrone from Penny. So what? There is a marginalized class in all modern industrial societies that you either feed, Europe, or let die, USA. I am for Europe, and I am by no means envious of those at the gas station and their lives. If it's so great, become gas station drinkers too, Berny and Steven.

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If I become unemployed today, after some time I will receive exactly the same financial benefits as my dear Flodder neighbor who has worked for over 40 years.
Now think again.

Steven

When I think about it, you can be very glad that your neighbors, whom you describe disdainfully here, receive state support. Otherwise, they or other disadvantaged people might have beaten the head off one or another of the “favored by life” and taken their house.
I know this from other countries where prosperity goes hand in hand with a restriction of freedom of movement. I gladly pay taxes and contribute to ensuring that others who struggle with society and its demands can live with as much dignity as possible.
By the way: Just because you can’t see mental illnesses doesn’t mean a person is “strong” and capable of working. No one would think of sending a wheelchair user to hurdle running. A person suffering from depression is forced to get up at 7:00 a.m. and be disciplined. This is just as absurd.

If the Federal Constitutional Court hadn't forced Scholz or the legislature, he wouldn't have done it.

Exactly that: If he had done nothing, it would have simply been eliminated without replacement. That simply won’t do.

For the reform to truly be "revenue-neutral," many municipalities would have to reduce their assessment rates by up to 50%. Whether that really happens then depends on the individual case and is the big unknown.

We shall see. It doesn't hit me hard personally, but when you sometimes read certain financing plans here, they are occasionally quite tightly calculated. Sometimes child benefits are factored in, some calculate almost down to the euro how much credit the family fund can probably handle. These people should actually be upset, but they are not. It's quite astonishing.

: I'm not envious of the fuel drinkers, but I don't find it funny to finance them. If you want to call that "moralizing," of course you may. By the way, if I had a soft couch, I would have earned it myself.

Regarding the topic of multiple taxation, you wisely said nothing...

Presumably, otherwise they or other disadvantaged people would have smashed the heads of some "favored by life" individuals and taken their houses.

Hello hampshire

This is roughly my job: to protect people favored by life from having their heads smashed. And I have also worked in countries (in the service of the German government) where this head-smashing went quite smoothly. Of course, it’s a matter of habit. But in those countries, there is no welfare; taxes are not generously allocated to the head smashers. And many people work. Those who do not work cannot at least drink beer.


Steven

And I have also worked in countries (in the service of the German government) where head smashing went rather smoothly. Of course, it's a matter of habit. But in these countries, there is no welfare, taxes are not generously allocated to the head smashers. And many work. Those who do not work at least cannot drink beer. Steven

Well, you hit the nail on the head there. That is exactly why I like living in Germany and paying taxes. Everyone can drink a beer and no one smashes another person's head. A perfect investment when you look at it as a whole. Details like property tax can still be debated.