Real estate taxes

The term property taxes includes property tax as well as fees for waste disposal, sewage disposal and street cleaning.

• Municipal taxes - taxes, fees, contributions and levies

• Waste and street cleaning fees

  Waste disposal and street cleaning are carried out by WAS (Wolfsburg Waste Management and Street Cleaning) on behalf of the City of Wolfsburg.

  It compiles the routes and determines the cleaning frequency of the streets. WAS also takes care of the placement and emptying of the waste containers. Questions or changes in this regard should therefore be addressed directly to WAS. In case of changes or new installation of waste containers, we receive a notification from WAS and then send you the corresponding change notice including the new fee amount.

  More information on the topic:

  • Container order and fees
  • Disposal planner
  • Waste ABC
  • Bulky waste appointment
  • Street cleaning and winter service
• Wastewater fees

  Wastewater charges

  Wastewater disposal is carried out by the WEB on behalf of the City of Wolfsburg. The WEB are the Wolfsburger Entwässerungsbetriebe - Kommunale Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts of the City of Wolfsburg.

  
  

  Billing is done by the utility company responsible for your local area or district. The fees are calculated according to the amount of water that is discharged from the property into the wastewater sewer. The basis for this is the fresh water consumption.

  Garden water meter
  

  When calculating the wastewater fees, the wastewater quantity recorded by a second water meter can be disregarded. This meter must be permanently installed and calibrated. Please use the following form for registration.

  • Registration form garden water meter

  Precipitation water charges
  
  The charges for precipitation water are based on the size of the paved or built-over area. Please note that precipitation water fees must also be charged for areas that are paved with the so-called "eco-paving". Please inform us immediately of any changes in the built-up and paved areas and in the areas connected to the rainwater sewer.

• Property tax

  Property tax assessment amount:

  Property tax is divided into property tax A for agricultural and forestry businesses and property tax B for all other properties.
  The property tax payable to the City of Wolfsburg is calculated as follows:
  
  Property tax assessment amount x assessment rate
  
  The property tax assessment amount is determined by the tax office in the property tax assessment notice.
  In it, the tax office also determines who is liable for the tax and from when the property is to be taxed. The City of Wolfsburg is bound by the findings of the tax office when levying property tax. Objections to the amount of property tax must therefore be addressed to the responsible tax office in Gifhorn, which issued the property tax assessment notice.
  
  Rate of assessment:
  The assessment rate is set uniformly by the Wolfsburg City Council for the entire city area. From 01.01.2024, it will be as follows for
  
  property tax A 320 per hundred
  
  and for the
  
  property tax B 545 of one hundred

  From 01.01.2025 , property tax B will increase to 586 per cent.

  The property tax is assessed by the City of Wolfsburg and is generally due in four installments on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15. By way of derogation, you can apply until September 30 to pay the tax debt in one annual amount on July 1 of each year.

  Change of ownership

  In case of change of ownership, please submit an extract from the land register showing the transfer.

  Form:

  • SEPA direct debit mandate
• Property Tax Reform

  Property Tax Reform

  Property tax is of enormous importance for municipal budgets. Alongside trade tax and income tax, it makes a significant contribution to the provision of public infrastructure within a municipality. Property owners, leaseholders and persons of equal status are liable to pay the tax.

  
  The basis for calculating the property tax was previously the standard valuation at the time of the main assessment of 01.01.1964. The Federal Constitutional Court ruled in April 2018 that a property tax reform is necessary that takes into account the current market values of the properties.
  In the meantime, the state of Lower Saxony has passed a new law, which came into force in July 2021.

  For more details on the property tax reform, the following link has been provided by the Lower Saxony State Tax Office. New information is posted there regularly and the FAQs are adapted or expanded.

  The following link provides an overview of the current status of the property tax reform:

  • Things to know about the property tax reform

• Contact

  City of Wolfsburg
  Property taxes
  Schillerpassage 9
  38440 Wolfsburg

  Telephone: 05361 28-2497
  Fax: 05361 28-1821
  E-mail: grundbesitzabgaben@stadt.wolfsburg.de