Homeowners will pay an average of nearly 820 euros in municipal housing costs next year. This concerns real estate tax (property tax), waste and sewerage tax. That is 4.1 percent more than the home owners pay this year, reports Vereniging Eigen Huis (VEH), based on a sample of 112 municipalities.
Homeowners will pay an average of nearly 820 euros in municipal housing costs next year. This concerns real estate tax (property tax), waste and sewage charges. That is 4.1 percent more than the home owners pay this year, reports Vereniging Eigen Huis (VEH), based on a sample of 112 municipalities.
The waste tax in particular is increasing rapidly, by an average of 7.5 percent. In 35 of the 112 municipalities surveyed, the increase is even more than 10 percent. The highlight is Oss, where the rate is increased by more than 38 percent. Urk and Bunschoten also add 30 percent or more. In fact, the tax is going down in eleven municipalities. This is the case in Arnhem and Midden-Drenthe, among others.
According to the interest group for home owners, the higher waste levies are due to the fact that municipalities themselves have to pay more for dumping and incinerating waste. Last year this rate increased from 13 to 31 euros per ton. With that higher amount, the national government wants to promote recycling.
Ozb is rising less rapidly than waste tax
The property tax is increasing less rapidly than the waste tax, with an average increase of 3.2 percent. VEH points out that there are exceptions. For example, the municipality of Bergen op Zoom increases the property tax by no less than 27.3 percent. The municipalities of Hellevoetsluis and Middelburg are also adding a lot more, of more than 20 percent. On the other hand, there are sixteen municipalities that are lowering their property tax rate. The fastest fall is Beverwijk, where the rate has decreased by 5.7 percent.
“An annual increase in property tax well above inflation seems to be the new reality. If the minister does not support municipalities with more money for social care tasks, then it is almost impossible that this tax will shoot up next year”, says VEH- director Karsten Klein. He is referring to the fact that municipalities have increasingly large shortages in youth care, for example, and are therefore increasing the property tax rates.
