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Dog tax Dresden 2026
What a dog costs in Dresden 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 Dresden at a glance
- First dog
- €108
- Second dog
- €144
- Each further dog
- €144
- Listed dogs
- no higher tax, the normal rate applies
- Calculation
- The second dog costs the second rate, each further dog the third.
- Valid since
- 1 Jan 2003
- Reductions and exemptions
- Exemption on application for guide dogs for the blind, protection and therapy dogs of severely disabled people, dogs of forestry and hunting protection staff, and dogs temporarily housed in animal shelters.
- Notes
- Second and each additional dog €144 each (dog2 = dog3plus). The bylaw contains no higher rate for listed dogs (dangerous dogs) (confirmed in the bylaw). Bylaw in force since 1 January 2003, last amended Amtsblatt (official gazette) 48/05 (1 December 2005); content of this amendment not apparent. No reduction for recipients of social benefits found in the bylaw.
- Source
- Satzung der Landeshauptstadt Dresden über die Erhebung einer Hundesteuer (dog tax bylaw of the City of Dresden) ↗
Official source, checked on 22 Oct 2026
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Frequently asked questions
How much is the dog tax in Dresden?
In Dresden the first dog costs €108 a year. The second dog costs €144, each further dog €144.
How much is the tax for listed dogs in Dresden?
According to the source, Dresden does not charge a higher tax for listed dogs. The normal rate applies.
Is there a reduction in Dresden?
Exemption on application for guide dogs for the blind, protection and therapy dogs of severely disabled people, dogs of forestry and hunting protection staff, and dogs temporarily housed in animal shelters.
Sources and method
- 📚Satzung der Landeshauptstadt Dresden über die Erhebung einer Hundesteuer (dog tax bylaw of the City of Dresden) 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.
