Municipal taxes: contesting your assessment

Would you like to file an objection at the Municipal Tax Department? Explain what you believe is not correct. Submit your objection within 6 weeks after the notification date. The notification date is the date on the municipal tax assessment or the bill for administrative fees. Are you too late? Include the reason for this in your objection. You can file an objection online or in writing.

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• The assessment number or payment reference number
  This number is on the assessment. You can also look it up in Begin external link: MijnDenHaag(External link), end external link..
• Supporting documents if you have them. Such as:
• Your own appraisal report or photos of the condition of the property (if you are contesting the property value).
• A rental contract or purchase deed (if you think that somebody else should be paying the tax because you have moved).
• Are you contesting the assessment online and would you like to send supporting documents? Make sure that you have the files ready on your computer.
• Your login details for DigiD or eHerkenning if you are filing the objection online.

You can only file an objection online if the assessment or bill is in your name. This means that it was sent to you.

Contest municipal tax assessment

You received an assessment notice for municipal taxes. And you want to contest the:

• Begin link: waste tax, end link.
• Begin link: property tax (OZB), end link.
• Begin link: sewage charges for owners, end link.
• Begin link: property value, end link.

If the tax assessment is in your name, you can file your objection in MijnDenHaag. You must log in with your DigiD or eHerkenning with an assurance level of 3 or higher.

Contest other taxes

Would you rather file an objection in writing or you do not have DigiD or eHerkenning? Then you can send your objection to the municipality by post.

Your objection letter should always include:

• your name and address
• the date
• if you are contesting the assessment too late: the reason why you are too late
• the assessment number or payment reference number. This number is on the assessment or the bill for administrative fees
• the tax year. This can be found on the assessment
• the tax you are contesting
• the reason for your objection
• your signature

Are you filing an objection on behalf of somebody else? Enclose an authorisation.

Send the objection letter to:

Directeur gemeentebelastingen
Postbus 19924
2500 CX Den Haag

You will receive notification that the municipality has received your objection within 2 weeks. You can read how long it will take before you get a decision on your objection. This is different for each type of objection. If you are right, the municipality will change your property value and/or the amount you need to pay.

If you file an objection, you will get a suspension of payment. The suspension is only for (the part of) the assessment you are contesting. You still have to pay the part of the assessment you are not contesting. Otherwise you could get a warning.

Objection due to inheritance

Are you getting an inheritance? Then you can:

• Begin link: file an objection in writing, end link. to municipal taxes
• file an objection online using the form Begin external link: Bezwaarschrift gemeentelijke belastingen(External link), end external link.. You can log in using your own DigiD.

Send a certificate of succession (inheritance) along with your objection letter. This is an official statement drawn up by the notary that you are an heir and you have a right to the inheritance. You also need this proof if there is already a will.

Begin link: Contact the Municipal Tax Department, end link.

• Begin link: Apply for a tax waiver, end link.
• Begin link: Apply for a tax payment scheme, end link.
• Begin link: Apply for a tax refund, end link.
• Begin link: Challenge a parking ticket, end link.