Press release No. 331 of 30 August 2019
WIESBADEN – In 2018, the municipalities in Germany achieved a real property tax revenue of roughly 14.2 billion euros, which was the highest since 1991. The Federal Statistical Office (Detatis) also reports that category B real property tax levied on built-up plots of land and land suitable for building accounted for 13.8 billion euros. This was a year-on-year increase of 1.8%. Regarding the non-city Länder, the highest increase was recorded in Saarland (+6.4%). As far as the city states are concerned, Bremen recorded the highest growth rate (+2.9%) compared with 2017. In 2018, category A real property tax imposed on agricultural and forestry land accounted for a total of 0.4 billion euros (+0.4%) of the municipalities’ revenue compared with 2017.
