Set dog tax
Service description
The dog tax is a local expense tax. It can be levied by the municipalities in accordance with municipal statute law for the keeping of dogs. The owner of a dog is anyone who has taken a dog into his household or business.
The keeping of e.g. guide dogs, service dogs, dogs of forestry employees and gamekeepers may be exempt or reduced from the tax depending on the municipal statutes.
What are the fees?
The amount of the dog tax is set by the municipalities in the local dog tax statutes/household bylaws and thus varies from municipality to municipality. Please refer to the respective municipal statutes for the exact amount.
Special information for the municipality of GöllheimInformation about the dog tax in the individual local communities of the municipality of Göllheim can be found under the following link:
What deadlines do I have to observe?
As a rule, the notification must be made within 14 days of the start of dog ownership or after the dog has moved into the municipality.
The tax liability arises at the beginning of the calendar month following the month in which a dog was taken into a household or business. Further details are regulated in the respective dog tax statutes/household statutes.
Legal basis
What else should I know?
When moving to another municipality, the dog owner is responsible for re-registration. With a re-registration to another municipality, differentiated dog tax amounts may therefore apply.
When you have deregistered the dog, you will receive a new tax notice. You will then no longer have to pay taxes for the dog. If you have already paid taxes at the time of deregistration, you will get money back accordingly.