Objecting to a municipal tax assessment
Do you disagree with your municipal tax assessment or your WOZ value? Then file an objection within 6 weeks.
How it works
You can file an objection online with your DigiD or eHerkenning. Don’t have one? Then you can file an objection by mail.
- Pass on what you think is wrong.
- Send your objection within 6 weeks after the date on the letter. That’s the date on the tax assessment or invoice.
- You will be notified by the municipality within 2 weeks.
Needed for your objection
Your asessement notice
You need to fill in the tax assessment number. You can find this on your tax assessment notice. Also in MijnDenHaag.
Additional supporting documents
If you have documents. The municipality can then check properly if your objection is correct. For example, an Begin link: appraisal report, end link. if you are objecting to the WOZ.
File an objection online
Objection to municipal tax assessment
Waste tax, property tax (OZB), sewage charges for owners or property value (WOZ).
Objection to other municipal tax assessments
Burial fees, harbour tax, market stall tax, precario tax, sewage charges for users, tourist tax.
Objecting to something else, such as a parking ticket? Check the page Begin link: Object to a desicion, end link. .
File an objection by mail
You can’t arrange it online or you do not have DigiD? Then you can send your objection by mail.
Instruction: write and send an objection
You send your objection by mail? Please include the following in your letter:
- your name and address
- the date you send the letter
- if you are objecting to the assessment too late: the reason why
- the assessment number. This number is on the assessment or the bill for administrative fees
- the tax year
- which tax you object
- the reason for your objection
- your signature
- supporting documents
- an authorization when you file the objection for someone else
Send your letter to:
Directeur gemeentebelastingen
Postbus 19924
2500 CX Den Haag
Postponement of payment
Do you object to (part of) the assessment? You will then be granted a postponement of payment. However, you must pay the part you do not object to. Otherwise you may receive a reminder.
Are you unable to pay?
How long it takes
You will be notified within 2 weeks that your objection has been received. This will tell you when you will receive a reply from the municipality.
After your objection
Your objection will be dealt with as soon as possible. By law, the municipality must make a decision within a certain time.
If you are right
Are you proven right? Then your tax assessment will be adjusted or canceled.
- If you have already paid your tax assessment, you will get back the money you overpaid. The amount will be transferred to you.
- If you have to pay another amount to the municipality (such as a levy), it will be deducted from the money you get back.
If you are not right
Are you proven wrong and your objection has been rejected? Then nothing will change about your tax assessment. You have to pay the amount. Even if you make an appeal.
Frequently asked questions
How do I object to a parking ticket?
Disagree with a parking ticket? Go to Begin link: Challenge a parking ticket, end link. .
How do I object to an assessment in an inheritance?
Object to the municipal tax assessment you receive upon inheritance Begin external link: by completing this form(External link), end external link., Bezwaarschrift aanslag- en beschikkingsbiljet (in Dutch) Send a certificate of inheritance along with your objection. This is official proof from a notary that you are entitled to the inheritance. You will also need this proof if there is a will.
How do I add additional documents to my objection?
Online
Go to Begin external link: MijnDenHaag.nl(External link), end external link.. Click the submit objection/request option.
By mail
Directeur gemeentebelastingen
Postbus 19924
2500 CX Den Haag
Which assessments are outstanding and how much do I have to pay?
You find this information in Begin external link: MijnDenHaag.nl(External link), end external link..
Contact
Do you have any questions? If so, please contact the Begin link: Municipal Tax Department, end link. .