Special requests/sample: Notification of real estate transfer tax at the tax office

The special requests are blessed by the fairy tax. As long as the special requests do not amount to 375,000€, let it be so.

With us, the developer must have reported that. We definitely received an invoice for the additional payment. I can imagine that they are obligated to do so.

Thank you for all the answers. Information on the side: the offer from BT states that tax must be paid on it and I am obligated to report it to the tax office.

When buying a property, one often excludes all sorts of items as inventory in the purchase contract, and no tax is paid on that. It's basically the same thing.

Tax fraud is apparently prosecuted and punished more harshly than manslaughter. I would rather drive drunk than cheat the tax authorities.

However: creative interpretation is not fraud. Not reporting something when you are supposed to is obviously not allowed. But it is debatable whether a washbasin is an essential part of the property or should be considered like a wardrobe or bed. In that case, no real estate transfer tax would be due on it.

I would deal openly with the tax office, send them the invoice, and immediately clarify what is part of the property and what is not. Then just wait.

Also interesting in this case is whether you have already paid VAT on the washbasin. Then you would have to get it back from the tax office if the washbasin is subject to real estate transfer tax.

Did the developer include the VAT in the itemization?