New from 2023: What will change for owners and tenants from January
Created: 12/29/2022, 2:30 p.m
By: Anna Heyers
Things are getting better now, aren't they?
That depends on the point of view, because in the new year a lot will change on the real estate market - for tenants and owners alike.
A new year is almost synonymous with changes.
In 2023, they will also affect tenants, landlords and property owners.
There are a few things you need to pay special attention to from January.
Considered in the annual tax law: small photovoltaic systems.
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New from January: the Building Energy Act
The efficiency house 55 (EH 55) applies from January 1st as the legal new building standard.
The permissible annual primary energy requirement is also reduced to 55 percent (EH 55).
Previously, 75 percent (EH 75) was included as a reference for water heating, heating, cooling and ventilation.
Alexander Wiech (Immobilienverband Haus und Garten) told
MyHomebook
: "To relieve consumers of energy costs, the federal government has decided to suspend the annual increase in the CO2 price on fossil fuels for 2023 specified in the newly adjusted law called the Act on National Certificate Trading for Fuel Emissions Trading Act (BEHG)." the CO2 price is 30 instead of 35 euros, according to the expert.
According to Wiech, the fuels coal and waste were also included in the CO2 pricing system.
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Housing benefit reform from January
Punctually at the beginning of the year, what the federal government says is the “biggest housing benefit reform in the history of Germany”.
Around two million households could then receive the new housing benefit plus.
And that is almost twice as high as the approximately 600,000 households that receive it, namely 370 euros a month (previously 180 euros).
On the website of the federal government, the experts write: “Housing benefit serves to economically secure appropriate and family-friendly housing.
Therefore, tenants and owners with lower incomes can receive housing benefit.”
are entitled to housing benefit:
Familys
single parent
Pensioner
Reducing carbon dioxide and renovating with more energy: the climate tax
So far, the CO2 taxes have been the main burden for many tenants.
That will change from January 1st. Then the landlords will also be held accountable for the costs.
Properly formulated, official German will in future refer to the Carbon Dioxide Cost Allocation Act.
The law passed in November 2022 is intended to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and create incentives to save energy overall and make buildings more energy-efficient.
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Rent index from 2023
If a place has more than 50,000 inhabitants, a rent index must be drawn up.
Simple rent indexes should be available from the New Year, for qualified rent indexes you have until January 2024.
By the way: If landlords add an inflation surcharge to the amounts despite the rent index, this is usually not legal.
Decided for one year: gas and electricity price brake
From March 2023 to April of the following year, the gas price is to be limited to twelve cents per kilowatt hour (gross) – at least for private households.
And that for 80 percent of the annual consumption of the previous year.
The relief amounts for January and February 2023 will be credited retrospectively in March.
This gas price brake for gas and heat applies equally to tenants and landlords for around 13 months.
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The electricity price brake should also be effective for the same period.
Including all levies, taxes, network charges and surcharges, the gross electricity price for private consumers will be 40 cents per kilowatt hour.
The same applies to small and medium-sized companies that consume up to 30,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a year.
The electricity price brake applies to the basic requirement of 80 percent (compared to the previous year's consumption).
As with the gas price brake, January and February are counted retrospectively.
Annual tax law: Improvement in the home office flat rate
With the annual tax law, the federal government wants to introduce tax improvements.
In doing so, she also takes up projects in the coalition agreement that are intended to relieve the tax burden on citizens.
According to the federal government, these include:
Home office flat rate
- continuation and improvement: Taxpayers can claim six euros for each calendar day on which they work from home.
From 2023 this will be a maximum of 1,260 euros (previously 600 euros).
This will take into account 210 home office days in the future (previously: 120 days with five euros each).
This regulation also applies without an extra study.
Photovoltaic small systems
: Here there is a tax improvement when purchasing: exemption from income tax and value added tax.
New residential construction
- improvement in depreciation: depreciation rate for completions from July 1, 2023 will be increased from two to three percent.
According to the federal government, "the possibility of special depreciation in the construction of new rental apartments will be reactivated and aligned to special efficiency criteria".
Inheritance and gift tax
: be careful, the valuation bases have been adjusted here and higher taxes may be due from January 2023.