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Dog tax Kassel 2026
What a dog costs in Kassel 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 Kassel at a glance
- First dog
- €90
- Second dog
- €120
- Each further dog
- €150
- Listed dogs
- no higher tax, the normal rate applies
- Calculation
- The second dog costs the second rate, each further dog the third.
- Valid since
- 30 Jun 2007
- Reductions and exemptions
- Exemption for guide and assistance dogs (disability markers B, BL, aG, H), dogs from the „Wau-Mau-Insel“ animal shelter until the end of the following year; 50 % for the first dog for recipients of social benefits (SGB II/XII, AsylbLG); 50 % for guard dogs
- Notes
- No higher tax for listed dogs (dangerous dogs) in the bylaw (version of the 2nd amendment of 4 June 2007); the kassel.de information page (as of 29 June 2022) states the same rates.
- Source
- Satzung über die Erhebung einer Hundesteuer im Gebiet der Stadt Kassel (dog tax bylaw of the City of Kassel) (2.02) ↗
Official source, checked on 22 Oct 2026
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Frequently asked questions
How much is the dog tax in Kassel?
In Kassel the first dog costs €90 a year. The second dog costs €120, each further dog €150.
How much is the tax for listed dogs in Kassel?
According to the source, Kassel does not charge a higher tax for listed dogs. The normal rate applies.
Is there a reduction in Kassel?
Exemption for guide and assistance dogs (disability markers B, BL, aG, H), dogs from the „Wau-Mau-Insel“ animal shelter until the end of the following year; 50 % for the first dog for recipients of social benefits (SGB II/XII, AsylbLG); 50 % for guard dogs
Sources and method
- 📚Satzung über die Erhebung einer Hundesteuer im Gebiet der Stadt Kassel (dog tax bylaw of the City of Kassel) (2.02) 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.
