Property tax – your ultimate guide
Although the constitutionality of the new property tax has not been clarified, many municipalities are already demanding payment. In some cases with drastic fees for appeals, ignored suspension requests and increasing pressure on citizens.
However, the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court is still pending – and that is precisely why legal resistance is worthwhile. The PepperPapers legal documents help you to file objections, appeals and lawsuits, meet deadlines and protect your claims – legally compliant and up to date with the latest proceedings.
How the PepperPapers legal documents on property tax work
You answer a few specific questions online and our document generator automatically generates your individual legal document. Whether it’s an appeal to the tax office, a complaint to the court, a suspension request or an objection to the municipality: you will receive your ready-to-use document that you can pass on directly – without any legal fees.
Tax office
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You have submitted the property tax return
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The tax office sends you the tax assessment notice
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You file the model objection against this
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Outcome 1: Tax office confirms suspension of proceedings
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Outcome 2: Tax office rejects your objection. You receive mail with the heading Objection decision
Tax Court
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You have submitted the model complaint to the tax court
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Outcome 1: Tax court confirms suspension of proceedings
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Exit 2: The court asks you questions
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You answer these questions in writing: Answer to the court Property tax
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The court wants you to submit documents: Send documents to the court
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The court wants you to come to the court hearing. You don’t have to! Make this clear in writing: No personal appearance in court
Municipality
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You defend yourself against the municipality’s payment claim with the sample objection
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At the same time, you submit the suspension application to the tax office
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At the same time, inform the municipality about the suspension request.
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Outcome 1: Municipality confirms suspension of proceedings
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Outcome 2: The municipality wants to reject your objection. You insist on your right
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For Lower Saxony: Lower Saxony Add-On
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Outcome 3: The municipality rejects your objection. You file a model complaint against this with the administrative court
Suspension request
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You have sent the suspension request to the tax office. Either with the sample objection, because the application is in there. Or with the separate application to the tax office
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Outcome 1: Tax office confirms the suspension
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Outcome 2: Tax office rejects the suspension. You file an application for suspension with the tax court
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Outcome 1: The court confirms the suspension
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Outcome 2: The court rejects the suspension
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You file a complaint for a hearing and a constitutional complaint
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Outcome 1: Court confirms hearing objection
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Outcome 2: Court rejects objection to hearing. You send this rejection to the Constitutional Court
Missed the property tax deadline?
Use every opportunity to take action against property tax
Meeting the objection deadline is the most important factor for a successful objection to the new property tax. But what if you have unfortunately missed this deadline and giving up is not an option for you? You can use the following legal document to apply for your case to be suspended despite missing the deadline.
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Tax office
With PepperPapers from objection to lawsuit - be your own lawyer
Oppose the new property tax
With the PepperPapers sample objection, you receive a legally compliant document consisting of an objection and an application for suspension of enforcement (AdV) – created in just a few minutes using our smart document generator.
Your requirements for the PepperPapers property tax sample objection:
- Property tax return has been submitted
- Property tax assessment notice received from the tax office
- You are within the objection period for the property tax assessment notice

✅ Output 1
The ideal case: The tax office confirms the objection and the admissibility
The tax office accepts the objection and officially suspends the proceedings. If this happens, you have achieved 100% of your goal – congratulations.
You do not have to pay property tax on your property/land for the time being – until the highest court has ruled on its constitutionality.
❌ Output 2
Your objection was rejected by the tax office:
The tax office rejects your objection. You receive a letter with the heading Objection decision. You file the model complaint against this.
❌ Output 3
The tax office rejects the suspension of enforcement
Then submit the application directly to the tax court. If it is also rejected there, the only way to suspend the payment obligation is to lodge an appeal for a hearing and a constitutional complaint.
👉 Application for suspension of property tax Tax Court
Tax Court
Turn to the tax court if the tax office blocks you!
The PepperPapers model complaint for the tax court
If your property tax objection has been rejected by the tax office and you have received an objection decision, you can now take the next step.
With the PepperPapers sample complaint for the tax court, you can officially take your case to court.
This is how you can defend yourself against the incorrect property tax assessment – legally secure, quickly and effectively.
This will give you the chance to have your property tax assessment corrected by a court decision.
Important: The complaint must be received by the tax court within one month of receipt of the objection decision.

✅ Output 1
The tax court confirms the suspension of the proceedings
The tax court rules in your favor and confirms the suspension of the proceedings. You have achieved your goal. Congratulations!
❌ Output 2
The tax court asks you questions
The court asks you questions: “What is the value in dispute?” – The tax court knows the law and can calculate it itself! “Do you agree with the transfer to the single judge?” – Why should you? Your complaint is important! “Send in copies of your tax assessment notices!” – Pure delaying tactics! The court already has them and will receive them from the authorities anyway! “Your lawsuit has no chance of success!” – This is not decided by the court in the first instance, but in the highest instance by the Federal Fiscal Court & the Federal Constitutional Court!
Municipality
Property tax payment to the municipality? Not without objection!
Stop paying property tax with PepperPapers
Many municipalities are already demanding the new property tax – although the constitutionality of this has still not been clarified by the highest court. If you want to avoid paying for the time being, you can file an objection to the payment request.
👉 Property tax sample objection municipality

✅ Output 1
The ideal case
The municipality accepts your objection in full. If that happens, you’ve done everything right – congratulations.
In this case, you do not have to make the payment until the constitutional issue has been finally clarified.
If you still want to pay the property tax, we recommend that you only pay it subject to reservation.
❌ Output 2
Fee trap
Some municipalities now charge high processing fees for such objections – which is not permitted. You can use our appropriate response document to ask the municipality to explain how these costs were incurred. In practice, this often leads to the claim being tacitly withdrawn.
❌ Output 3
Objection rejected
If your objection is rejected by the municipality, you will receive a so-called objection notice. The next step is to go to the administrative court to take legal action against the municipality’s decision. With our model lawsuit, you can defend yourself against the payment request with legal certainty – and temporarily suspend the claim until the constitutionality of the property tax has been finally clarified.
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Application for suspension of enforcement - in addition to your own objection
Have you already lodged an objection yourself? Now add the important application for suspension of enforcement!
If you have already lodged an objection to your property tax assessment yourself, you may be missing a crucial step: the application for suspension of enforcement. Without this application, your assessed property tax remains payable in full despite the appeal – and that can be expensive.
With our supplementary legal document, you ensure that you not only object, but also make a legally effective application to provisionally suspend the payment of property tax. This will buy you time and give you financial leeway while your objection is being examined.

✅ Output 1
The tax office confirms the suspension
The tax office decides in your favor and confirms the suspension of enforcement. You have achieved your goal. Congratulations.
❌ Output 2
The tax office rejects the suspension
The tax office decides in your favor and rejects the suspension of enforcement. Your case does not end here, you have another legal remedy to stop the payment of property tax. You must submit the application for suspension to the tax court.
Once the application for suspension has been correctly submitted to the tax court, two different outcomes are possible.
✅ Output 1
The tax court confirms the suspension
The tax court rules in your favor and confirms the suspension of enforcement. You have achieved your goal. Congratulations.
❌ Output 2
The tax court rejects the suspension
The tax court rules against you and rejects your application for suspension of enforcement. You don’t have to give up at this point, because in this case you have to continue with two further legal documents. Firstly, the objection to the hearing, for which you have a 2-week deadline. You must also submita constitutional complaint at the same time, for which you have a 1-month deadline.
There are two different possible outcomes after filing the objection to a hearing and the constitutional complaint.
✅ Output 1
The tax court confirms the objection to the hearing
The tax court rules in your favor and upholds the hearing appeal. You have achieved your goal. Congratulations.
❌ Output 2
The tax court rejects the appeal for a hearing
The tax court decides against you and rejects your appeal. In this case, you send the rejection of your appeal to the Federal Constitutional Court using our PepperPapers legal document created for this purpose.
The ultimate property tax guide for you
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Our legal experts will be happy to help you!
Our legal documents and tutorial videos will help you to be your own advocate. If you still don’t feel up to the task, our legal experts will be happy to help you. Book your first aid consultation on property tax and ask all your questions – we’ll help you!
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