For the new property tax, the tax office must revalue all properties in Baden-Württemberg as of January 1, 2022. Owners must submit a complete property tax return for this purpose. They are required to do so by law. The information letters sent to all private owners and the data bundled on this website provide support for submitting the declaration. The submission deadline for real property (real property tax B) is October 31, 2022.
The info letters for agricultural and forestry businesses (property tax A) will be sent out later. In these cases, you can wait to submit the assessment return until you receive the letter.
The property tax return must always be submitted electronically. This can be done, for example, via"My ELSTER ". The program guides you through the declaration step by step. If incorrect entries are made, "My ELSTER" points this out directly. Assistance is provided by the ELSTER instructions for completing the declaration.
The declaration is to be based on the circumstances at the main assessment date of January 1, 2022. In the case of a sale from 2022 onwards, the person who was the owner of the real estate on the reference date of January 1, 2022 is obliged to submit the declaration to the tax office. Further explanations can be found in the flyer "Change of ownership of real estate after 01.01.2022".
If you already file other tax returns electronically, you can use your existing access data. Otherwise, we recommend that you register now via ELSTER. Please note that registration may take up to two weeks. It is also possible for you to submit the declaration for close relatives via your ELSTER access.
To assist you in submitting the declaration in My ELSTER, we have created step-by-step instructions for you:
We have also described the most common case constellations for real estate assets in supplementary completion guides:
- Important information for everyone
- Case 1 I am the sole owner of a single-family house
- Case 2 My wife/husband and I are the owners of a single-family house
- Case 3 My siblings and I have inherited a house
- Case 4 I am the sole owner of a condominium
- Case 5 My wife/husband and I are owners of a condominium with (underground) garage parking space
- Case 6 My wife/my husband and I are owners of a terraced house
In addition, we have created a ELSTER -completion guide for real property in video format.
ELSTER stands for electronic tax return. With this procedure, you submit your tax return to the tax office via the Internet. You can also find more information at www.elster.de.
In exceptional cases - for example, if someone does not have a computer or Internet access - the return can be submitted in writing and signed on paper. An official form must be used for this purpose. A corresponding form can be picked up at the local tax office. Alternatively, it is also possible to ask relatives to help with the submission of the declaration and to submit the declaration via their ELSTER access. What is not sufficient is to write the data on a simple sheet of paper, for example, or to return the info letter. In such cases, the declaration will be deemed not to have been submitted and a reminder will follow.
To register with My ELSTER, you will need your tax identification number. If you have not previously been registered for tax purposes in Germany and therefore do not have a tax identification number, you will need to register for tax purposes for the first time.
In cases without a tax account for foreign owners with property/s in Germany (e.g. vacation home), a central responsibility for assigning a domestic order criterion arises at the:
Neubrandenburg-RAB Tax Office
Neustrelitzer Straße 120
17033 Neubrandenburg
Phone:
E-mail poststelle@finanzamt-neubrandenburg.de
Important for the declaration submission and the required data is the distinction between real property (real property tax B) and agriculture and forestry (real property tax A):
- Real property includes all land that is not part of an agricultural or forestry operation (e.g., building land, residential or commercial property, residential or partial ownership, heritable building rights). This also includes, as before, recreational land and weekend land.
- All land that can be used for agriculture and forestry and is unused, owner-occupied or leased out is included in the agricultural and forestry enterprise. This is also the case if, for example, it is a single leased field or a meadow orchard. Allotment gardens, i.e. allotment garden land and permanent allotment garden land within the meaning of the Federal Allotment Garden Act, are also subject to real estate tax A.
As a rule, you can find this out from your previous notice of assessed value if there have been no changes in use since then. Or you can simply wait for your information letter. There is only a significant change in the residential part of agricultural and forestry operations, which will be included in real property in the future.
Answers to the most frequently asked questions about the property tax reform are provided in the FAQ. The tax chatbot and the tax offices can help with questions about filing returns.
In addition, a flyer with the most important information is available at local tax offices.