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View of the Frankfurt skyline: local authorities in Germany are seeing a surge in revenue
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The municipalities in Germany achieved a financing surplus of almost 4.6 billion euros last year.
That is around 2.6 billion euros more than in the previous year, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office.
After the losses due to the pandemic, tax revenue increased again and even exceeded the pre-crisis level.
In 2020, the federal and state governments still had to support the municipalities with financial aid because of the corona crisis.
It was said that trade tax was the main reason for the increase in tax revenue.
The income from this has increased by 34.6 percent to more than 50 billion euros and is even eight billion euros higher than in 2019. This applies to all federal states.
However, Rhineland-Palatinate stands out with an increase of more than 70 percent compared to the previous year.
This increase is also likely to come from the vaccine manufacturer Biontech, which is based in Mainz.
According to the information, revenue from the municipal share of income tax also increased in 2021. It rose by 5.2 percent to 40 billion euros.
The sales tax resulted in 8.2 billion euros and thus 0.6 percent less.
According to the information, municipal tax revenues in 2021 were around 15 percent higher than in the previous year at 113.4 billion euros.
At EUR 308 billion, the total adjusted revenue of the municipalities was 4.3 percent higher than in the previous year, while the total adjusted expenditure rose by 3.5 percent to EUR 303.4 billion.
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