A citizen told us about a letter from an alleged employee of the tax office Villingen-Schwenningen, according to which she had to transfer a certain amount within 14 days, otherwise her newly purchased apartment would be enforced.
Do not comply with such non-formal requests. If in doubt, please contact the Villingen Schwenningen tax office.
When you purchase a property, you will usually receive a notice of real estate transfer tax which contains a request for payment. Other requests for payment are only made if a tax assessment notice has been issued beforehand. Formal reminders or enforcement notices can only be issued if such payment requests have not been complied with. If in doubt, you should also check the bank details given on such a letter against the relevant bank details of the tax office. You can find the bank details on the homepage of the tax office or on a current tax assessment notice.