No more dog tax in Zoetermeer: ​​you keep that much money in your pocket

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Good news for Zoetermeer dog owners, because the dog tax will be abolished in our municipality in 2024. A total of 16 municipalities will stop charging dog taxes this year.

Last year, dog owners paid 75.44 euros in dog tax for one dog in Zoetermeer. So you now keep that amount in your pocket.

Abolition of dog tax in Zoetermeer

On the website petverzekeringen.nl it can be read that 121 of the 342 municipalities (35 percent) will levy dog ​​taxes in 2024. That is 16 fewer than last year, which represents a decrease of 11 percent. Especially in the north of the Netherlands, the dog tax has often been cut off from municipal budgets, while in highly urban municipalities dog tax is still charged proportionately.

The dog tax was introduced in the fifteenth century and is the oldest form of tax in the Netherlands. At the time, this was to combat rabies and limit the number of stray dogs. Source: ad.nl

Most expensive and cheapest municipality

In 2024, Schiedam will be the municipality with the lowest dog tax. There you pay 18.40 euros per dog. The most expensive municipality this year is Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, where you pay 145.44 euros per four-legged friend. More and more municipalities in the Netherlands are abolishing the dog tax.

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