Municipal tax assessment

Log in to MijnDenHaag and follow the instructions.

Do you prefer to transfer the amount yourself? Use:

IBAN: NL 12 BNGH 0285 1336 75
Name: Gemeente Den Haag

Always include the payment reference so the municipality can process your payment correctly.

Paying from abroad? Use the BIC code: BNGH NL2G.

You give the municipality permission to automatically withdraw the amount in parts from your bank account. This happens around the 25th of each month. You do not need to make the transfers yourself.

Read the conditions and how to arrange this on the page Begin link: Pay taxes in instalments with direct debit, end link. .

If you cannot pay on time, you can request a payment plan online. You can spread the payment over a maximum of 12 months. You transfer the agreed amounts yourself.

Read the conditions and how to arrange this on the page Begin link: Apply for a tax payment plan, end link. .

You usually receive the assessment notice for municipal taxes in February. Sometimes the municipality does not yet have all the information it needs. In that case, you will receive the assessment later. In Begin external link: MijnDenHaag(External link), end external link. you can check whether your assessment has already been sent.

If you have not received an assessment by 1 June and you believe you should have, you can contact the Begin link: Municipal Tax Department, end link. .

Yes. You can request a copy from the municipality by sending a letter.

Your request should include:

• the name on the bill
• date of birth
• full address
• reference number (aanslagnummer)
• telephone number
• if you have a business: your Chamber of Commerce (KVK) number

Send the letter to:

Directeur gemeentebelastingen
Postbus 19924
2500 CX Den Haag

You will receive the copy within 2 weeks after your request is received by post.

You can also request a copy using the Begin external link: contact form(External link), end external link..

Has your situation changed after you received the tax bill. For example, because you are moving or because someone has died? These changes only take effect the following year. This also applies if the bill is in the name of someone who has moved away or passed away. You do not need to file an objection.

I am going to move

Are you moving within The Hague? Begin link: Report your move, end link. . You will then receive a waste tax bill for your new address.

Are you moving to a different municipality or moving in with someone else? You can request a refund for the waste tax. You only pay for the months you lived at your previous address.

Read more about requesting a refund on the Begin link: Waste tax, end link. page.

I live(d) on a houseboat

Do you live or did you live on a houseboat and has your situation changed? Then you can request Begin link: a refund, end link. for the mooring fee (precario tax) and the waste tax. The municipality will adjust the amount on your tax bill.

If you are renting a home, you pay only the waste tax. Are you renting a room in someone else’s house? Then the owner pays the waste tax.

You can look up the property value in the Begin external link: WOZ-waardeloket(External link), end external link. of the national government (Rijksoverheid).

Requesting a property value statement

Sometimes you need a property value statement (WOZ-beschikking). This document shows the official property value of the home.

You can request a statement in 2 ways:

Contact form

Fill in the contact form on Begin link: Contact the Municipal Tax Department, end link. .

By post

Send your request to:

Directeur gemeentebelastingen
Postbus 19924
2500 CX Den Haag

Yes, if you have just purchased or rented the property to live in yourself. This applies even if you are not yet living there or not yet registered at the address. For example, because you are renovating first. In that case, you must pay waste tax for 3 people.

No, if you will not use the property yourself but will rent it out. In that situation, you do not have to pay the waste tax.

The assessment notice is addressed to 1 of the owners or residents. It goes to the person who has been registered at the address the longest. If all residents have been registered for the same amount of time, the assessment notice is sent to the oldest person.

Yes. You can ask the municipality to send all mail from the Tax Department to a different address.
You can only request this by sending a signed letter. Send your letter to:

Directeur gemeentebelastingen
Postbus 19924
2500 CX Den Haag

You can return the mail to the municipality. If you know the new address of the person in questions, you may include it. Send the post to:

Directeur gemeentebelastingen
Postbus 19924
2500 CX Den Haag