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Dog tax Basel 2026
What a dog costs in Basel per year: current rates, reductions and a calculator for several dogs and listed dogs.
📜 From the official city source🔄 Checked on 22 Oct 2026🔒 No sign-up
Your dog tax
Dog tax in Basel at a glance
- First dog
- CHF 160
- Second dog
- CHF 320
- Each further dog
- CHF 320
- Listed dogs
- unknown, no information found online
- Calculation
- The second dog costs the second rate, each further dog the third.
- Valid since
- unknown, no information found online
- Reductions and exemptions
- 70 % reduction for recipients of supplementary or welfare benefits (first dog per household only); AHV/IV pensions do not qualify for the reduction.
- Notes
- Cantonal dog tax Basel-Stadt; figure for the City of Basel (Riehen CHF 150, Bettingen CHF 120). Each additional dog in the same household costs double (Basel: CHF 320 per additional dog; dog2 = dog3plus). No split between municipality and canton stated. Tax year 1 April to 31 March. Listed dogs (dangerous dogs): no rate stated (unknown). Page updated 4 June 2026; effective date of the amounts not stated.
- Source
- Hund anmelden und Hundesteuer bezahlen (register a dog and pay dog tax) | bs.ch ↗
Official source, checked on 22 Oct 2026
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Frequently asked questions
How much is the dog tax in Basel?
In Basel the first dog costs CHF 160 a year. The second dog costs CHF 320, each further dog CHF 320.
How much is the tax for listed dogs in Basel?
We could not find a separate rate for listed dogs online. It is best to ask the local tax office directly.
Is there a reduction in Basel?
70 % reduction for recipients of supplementary or welfare benefits (first dog per household only); AHV/IV pensions do not qualify for the reduction.
Sources and method
- 📚Hund anmelden und Hundesteuer bezahlen (register a dog and pay dog tax) | bs.ch Open source ↗
- 📚All values checked on 22 Oct 2026. We check the list every year at the turn of the year. Anything not verified is marked as unknown.
