dog tax
The dog tax is imposed not by the tax authorities but by the communities. The amount of the tax can set each individual municipality. Some of the current dog control ordinances are also available on the Internet.
dog owners are required to register their pets in the community. Excluded from the dog license requirement is to hold guide dogs, service dogs, disaster dogs and of dogs for forestry and hunting purposes as well as herding dogs.
are exemplary allow cities and towns, the additional tax abatement for the shelter dogs. This is also the city of Kaiserslautern at the initiative of the animal sanctuary Kaiserslautern in their dog tax statutes, 23.10.2001 following tax exemption started:
"dogs that are proven over by the owner himself from the shelter of
animal protection organization Kaiserslautern and surroundings e. V. was
are . The exemption is for two years, following on from the start of the limited
tax liability under § 7 and is provided in a budget within 10 years
only for a dog. "
Recording capacity Most of the shelters is exhausted. This already provides a partial tax exemption as an incentive a shelter dog a new home to give and to relieve the animal shelters. In effect, a bonus for the community that is for abandoned animals and found pets ultimately responsible.
lawyer Eva Kreienberg, Kaiserslautern
