This year, Dutch households are expected to pay a total of 11.3 billion euros in municipal taxes. That is 4.4 percent more than last year, when municipalities had 10.8 billion euros in the budget, reports the Central Bureau of Statistics.
The waste tax and cleaning rights in particular are expected to rise sharply, by an average of 10 percent to 2.2 billion euros. That is the largest increase in 26 years.
This is mainly because it has become more expensive to collect and process waste. Waste flows such as glass, plastic and paper yield less. The waste tax and cleaning charges may not yield more than the actual costs incurred for them.
Ozb is also on the rise
Households are expected to lose nearly 6 percent more than last year, about 4.6 billion euros, on the property tax (property tax), the largest municipal tax. That is the largest increase since 2004.
Municipalities can freely spend this money on, for example, libraries or sports fields. However, it is expected that some municipalities will partly use the higher property tax to compensate for shortages. These shortages were often already there, but are made worse by corona. Municipalities do receive financial support from the government for this.
Municipalities also think they can collect more in tourist tax this year. Amsterdam is the only municipality that sees these revenues a lot more gloomy: the city expects to receive 79 million euros less tourist tax in the coming year.
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