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Dog tax and new dog tax stamps 2022 to 2025

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Do you have questions about the 2022-2025 dog tax assessment?

The Bremen tax office will send out the dog tax notices for 2022 with new dog tax stamps at the beginning of December 2021. The previous stamps (red circle) will lose their validity on 31.12.2021. The new dog tax stamp is yellow (circle) and valid from 01.01.2022 to 31.12.2025.

The annual tax is 150 euros per dog and is due on 15.01. of the following year. If a SEPA direct debit mandate is available, the dog tax will be debited on the due date.

Always state the dog tax number when making the transfer! It can be found in the dog tax notice or the tax number notification and is not identical with the dog license number.

Requirements

The tax liability begins on the first of the month following the month in which a dog is taken into a household or business or in which a dog owner moves in, but no earlier than the end of the month in which the dog turns three months old.

Example 1: Taking in the dog

A dog (older than three months old) was taken in on September 15 in year 01.

Solution: The taxation takes place from October for three months in the year 01.

150 Euro x 3/12 = 37.50 Euro pro rata temporis dog tax assessment in year 01

In the following years the dog tax is 150 Euro per year.

Example 2: Surrender of the dog

A dog (older than three months) was handed in on September 15 in year 01.

Solution: The taxation takes place until September for nine months in the year 01.

150 Euro x 9/12 = 112,50 Euro pro rata temporis dog tax

Example 3: Admission of the dog (younger than three months)

A dog (born on 12 July in year 01) was taken in on 15 September in year 01.

Solution: The taxation takes place only when the dog has turned three months old, i.e. on October 12 in the year 01. The dog tax is calculated for two months from November in the year 01.

150 Euro x 2/12 = 25,00 Euro pro rata temporis dog tax assessment in year 01

In the following years the dog tax is 150 Euro per year.

Example 4: Handing over the dog (younger than three months)

A dog (born on 12 July in year 01) was handed over on 15 September in year 01.

Solution: There is no taxation because the dog is less than three months old.