Apply for exemption from dog tax

If you are dependent on a dog because of your disability, you are generally exempt from dog tax. However, the conditions vary from municipality to municipality. An exemption or reduction often depends on whether the disabled person is dependent on the company of a dog, for example because they are blind or deaf.

In most Hessian municipalities, tax exemption is currently granted in accordance with the model statutes of the Hessian Association of Towns and Municipalities and the Hessian Association of Towns and Municipalities. This applies to guide dogs for the blind and to "dogs that are trained to serve exclusively for the protection and therapy of persons within the meaning of the law on the severely disabled", but in some cases only for guide dogs for the blind.

If you have any questions, please contact: aufwandsteuernoffenbachde

• Copy of the severely disabled person's pass
• for commercial dog ownership, additionally: extract from the commercial register of the company

There are no costs or fees.

Law on Municipal Taxes (KAG) in conjunction with the respective municipal statutes