Not until next year: The property tax return can also be made later

In fact, owners of private property in the south-west have more time to submit their property tax returns.

Actually, the so-called declaration of determination must be submitted by the end of October.

The finance ministry in Stuttgart announced that the reminders to defaulting property owners would not be sent out by the tax offices until the first quarter of next year.

The finance ministers of the federal and state governments will discuss whether the deadline at the end of October will also be officially extended in the coming week, said a spokesman in Stuttgart.

From 2025 onwards, a new property tax calculation is to apply.

This is done on the basis of information that owners now have to submit.

From the beginning of July to this Wednesday, 27 percent of the more than four million homeowners in the south-west had made their declaration, the Ministry of Finance said.

Most recently, it was said that many more declarations would be expected shortly before the deadline.

Technical difficulties at Elster

In mid-July, the Elster control platform experienced technical difficulties and was temporarily unavailable.

The Federal Chamber of Tax Advisors and the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce then demanded an extension of the submission deadline.

According to the will of the tax authorities, the declaration of determination must be submitted electronically.

Paper forms should only be permitted in exceptional cases.

According to the Ministry of Finance in Stuttgart - unlike in other federal states - only the file number, the property area, the standard land value and possibly the predominant use for residential purposes are queried.

The standard land value is determined by the expert committee of the respective municipality.

It reflects the average location value of the floor in euros per square meter within a specific area.

Information about the type of property, the living and usable area or the year of construction is not required.

NRW wants to wait and see

North Rhine-Westphalia does not believe in the discussion about an extension of the deadline, which was initiated by Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) and is now being supplemented with facts by Baden-Württemberg.

North Rhine-Westphalia's Finance Minister Marcus Optendrenk (CDU) suggests: "We should first wait and see how things develop and agree on a uniform line at federal and state level." This is planned for the next finance ministers' conference.

"There's no reason to jump ahead of these conversations and act frantically."

Berlin's finance senator Daniel Wesener (Greens) also called the statements made by the finance minister "unhelpful".

The finance ministers of the federal states had agreed to evaluate the receipt of the declarations on

in the next week and to discuss how to proceed.

"We should also stick to that," said the Green politician of the FAZ. In the capital, almost exactly a quarter of taxpayers have now submitted their tax returns.

Wesener speaks of a "strong dynamism" in the past few weeks.

So far, only a few explanations have been received from tax consultants.

"We know from experience that they maintain particularly strict deadline management and only submit them shortly before the end of the submission period," he emphasized.

In Stuttgart, too, it was said that they did not want to anticipate the conversation.

However, Finance Minister Danyal Bayaz (Greens) had already indicated that he was open to Lindner's request.

The now communicated memory only in 2023 goes in the corresponding direction.

Taxpayers who do not meet the deadline at the end of October obviously do not have to fear severe penalties.

The automated late payment surcharge has been

suspended for the new

The new property tax is to be levied for the first time in

.

The municipalities are entitled to the revenue.

With the assessment rate, they finally decide on the specific load.