xavierx

Is the annual property tax (per m2) worked out on the footprint of a building ground floor, or is it charged on total m2 including any attic rooms?

Many thanks

xavierx

Also if anyone does not mind sharing the information, I would appreciate hearing how much you are paying for property tax per year / your property size and the area you are in.
Obviously by private message if you don't want to share that information publicly

Thankyou

Peter_in_Hungary

If by property tax you mean community charge this is defined by each council for its area (within guidelines) so asking others may not be much help other than a rough guide.
You get the opportunity to pay in 2 halves, but we always pay the lot in one go because we always forget the second half and get reminders and a late payment fee.
Ours is less than 20,000huf/ year (I can't remember the exact amount) but doesn't include the bin collection which is circa 3000huf / 1/4 year.
We have a 4 bed detached house but this is external to the village boundary.
Every time I tell someone in the UK what our community charge is they fall over in amazement.

xavierx

Thankyou Peter, you are always very helpful.

To find out for a specific property, I guess I am going to have to hire a translator and visit the local council/tax office. It appears that this is something the estate agents never know the answer to. I'm spending a couple of weeks viewing properties in about 3 months time.

One of the properties we are viewing on our next trip is the yellow tanya you actually sent me a link to some time ago. My wife likes that one

Kind regards

Peter_in_Hungary

The community charge here is generally so low that it will IMO never be a deal breaker.

xavierx

The reason I am concerned is that all the articles I can find on google say that building tax is up to 3.6% the value of the property or 1100huf per m2, and I am looking at houses in the 400-600m2 range and pensions in the 1000-1500m2 range, so that would be alot of tax.

Example taken from here :-

https://www.angloinfo.com/how-to/hun...property-taxes

hobgoblins

I guess you are referring to the individual property land tax and not the general community charge ?

xavierx

Yes, the building tax (építményadó ) is stated as being an average of 1100huf per m2 on multiple sources

hobgoblins

I can't remember the size of my house and garden but reasonably big ... I think I pay about 25,000 or so per year although can't remember off hand ...

xavierx

So far the answers I am hearing are good 😉

ecurb

We have two houses in an area close to Keszthely, one that is 150m2, but there is a 40m2 'discount' for each permanent resident, we pay about 26,000ft p.a. The other with no permanent resident discounts 100m2, we pay about 40,000ft p.a. This does not include rubbish collection.