Förderung von Maßnahmen zum Hochwasserschutz Gewährung

In the city of Bremen, the property tax and the dike association contribution of the Bremen dike associations on the right / left bank of the Weser are assessed in a combined notice by the tax office.

New property tax notices are also issued whenever the contribution rates of the levee associations have changed without the amount of the property tax having changed.

Both levee associations have decided to adjust their previous contribution rates as of 01.01.2023. As a result, all properties located in the levee associations' contribution areas will have to receive new property tax and contribution notices at the beginning of 2023. A total of around 167,000 properties are affected.

In addition, the dike association on the left bank of the Weser has decided to make an area that was previously not subject to contributions subject to contributions for the first time. This affects around 500 properties. The properties are located in the dike-protected area and have an infrastructural benefit from the association's business.

If you have issued a SEPA direct debit mandate, you do not need to do anything else. The new amount will be collected automatically on the due date.

Transfer the property levies yourself, for example, by means of a SEPA standing order. Please take the changed amounts into account.

• Ownership, co-ownership or heritable building right to a property in the municipality of Bremen (not in Bremerhaven).

You will receive a notice for property tax and dike association contribution from the Bremerhaven tax office in January 2023 or at another time.

The new notices from the City of Bremen regarding property tax from the Bremerhaven Tax Office and contribution notice from the Bremen Dike Association on the right / left bank of the Weser from the year 2023 are not the recalculation of the property tax to be paid from 2025. You will probably receive this new property tax notice from the end of 2024.