“In this way we are significantly relieving our citizens, the economy and tax consultants. We have to take people with us,” commented Bavaria’s Finance and Homeland Minister Albert Füracker (CSU) on the decision of the federal states at the finance ministers’ conference.
From 2025, a new property tax calculation is to apply. To do this, almost 36 million properties in Germany have to be revalued. This is done on the basis of information that all owners must submit – the tax authorities have been receiving the data since July 1st. The deadline for submissions was originally supposed to expire at the end of October.