Municipality Veendam: Property tax (OZB)
Please note: you must pay property tax (OZB) if you are the owner or user of a commercial building. It makes no difference if you live in the Netherlands or not.
The amount of OZB you must pay depends on:
- the value of the commercial building; and
- the OZB rates applicable in your municipality.
The municipality determines the value of your business premises each year on 1 January. This is the property valuation (waardering onroerende zaken – WOZ). The municipality determines the OZB on the basis of the previous year’s WOZ.
Rates
For current rates, please refer to our website: Property Taxes
Pay
Every year you receive an OZB assessment from your municipality. This assessment states the amount you have to pay. Are you unable to pay the amount at once? Then you can
- pay in parts: you request a direct debit and the municipality will debit the amount in parts (every month) from your bank account: direct debit
- request a payment schedule from the municipality: payment schedule
Waiver
Are you unable to pay the OZB assessment? You can ask the municipality if you do not have to pay (part of) it. This is called remission. You can apply for remission via: remission
Moving house
Are you moving house later in the year? Then you will still have to pay the OZB assessment determined by the municipality on January 1. You no longer have to pay OZB for your new premises. This is usually settled by the notary with the new owners.
Do you disagree with the WOZ of your commercial property? Or with the OZB? You can file an objection. You can do this directly with us. Do this within 6 weeks after you have received the decision. If you then disagree with the decision on your objection, you can appeal. You can do this with the court.