Dusseldorf.
The financial administration in North Rhine-Westphalia wants to remind defaulting owners of the levy – but only after the carnival days.
Because of Property tax returns that are missing or not submitted on time threaten defaulting property owners in North Rhine-Westphalia no penalties. “The financial administration will not make use of the legal possibility of threatening and setting fines,” said a spokeswoman for the North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of Finance on Friday.
Finance Minister Marcus Optendrenk (CDU) pointed out this handling of the tax offices in a meeting of the budget and finance committee of the state parliament the day before. The “Neue Westfälische” had reported about it.
According to the information, the financial administration of North Rhine-Westphalia will After the carnival days, the owners who have not submitted their property tax returns by the deadline will begin to remind them to pay the fee. “If this is unsuccessful, the tax offices will estimate the tax bases,” said the spokeswoman for the ministry.
“We don’t want to expect anyone to deal with it until Ash Wednesday,” Optendrenk said in the state parliament committee for sending the reminders after the carnival days, as the “Neue Westfälische” reported.
Property tax return: Deadline for filing expired on January 31st
The Deadline for the property tax return was in NRW expired on January 31, 2023. According to information from the Oberfinanzdirektion (OFD) North Rhine-Westphalia, around 70 percent of the property tax returns were received by the tax offices in NRW on time.
From a purely legal point of view, the state would have the option of imposing a surcharge and, in the worst case, even a fine of up to 25,000 euros in the event of late payments, as the “Neue Westfälische” further reported. However, Optendrenk explained in the committee that they did not want to unnecessarily abuse the citizens with coercive measures. (dpa)
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