Municipal taxes fall in large municipalities

The municipal residential taxes fall this year in the large municipalities. Tenants pay 1.0% less. Taxes fall by 0.2% for home owners. This is apparent from the report ‘Key Items Relating to Taxes in Large Municipalities 2017 [Kerngegevens belastingen grote gemeenten 2017]’, written by the University of Groningen’s Centre for Research on Local Government Economics [Centrum voor Onderzoek van de Economie van de Lagere Overheden (COELO)].

For its annual review, COELO looked at the tax rates in 38 large municipalities, where 40% of the Dutch population lives. The entire report, including figures for each separate large municipality, can be viewed at www.coelo.nl.

Residential taxes for owner-occupiers

The municipal residential taxes for owner-occupiers (immovable property tax (ozb), sewerage charges and waste collection levy) have fallen on average by 1 euro (0.2%) to € 678 per multi-person household. Amsterdam reduced the taxes for this group the most (by 34.7%, or € 27). Deventer raised them the most (by 4.5%, or € 35). The residential taxes for home owners were the lowest in ’s-Gravenhage (€ 549) and the highest in Delft (€ 845).

Residential taxes for tenants

Households in rented accommodation pay the waste collection levy and in some municipalities sewerage charges. In 2017 they will pay an average of € 3 less (1.0%). The cheapest municipality is Nijmegen (€ 58) and the most expensive Zaanstad (€ 562). The taxes have risen most sharply for tenants in Lelystad (by 6.5%, or € 27) and fell the most in Nijmegen (by 38.4%, or € 36).

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