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Dog tax Magdeburg 2026
What a dog costs in Magdeburg 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 Magdeburg at a glance
- First dog
- €114
- Second dog
- €114
- Each further dog
- €114
- 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 Aug 2024
- Reductions and exemptions
- Half rate (€57) for recipients of SGB II/XII, Wohngeld (housing benefit), Kinderzuschlag (child supplement) or holders of the Otto-City-Card; shelter dog from the municipal animal shelter exempt for 3 years; dogs of owners with disability markers B, BL, aG or H and hearing dogs exempt
- Notes
- Flat rate of €114 for each dog, no tiering. No higher tax for listed dogs (dangerous dogs) (the bylaw contains no separate rate). Bylaw of 15 July 2024 (Amtsblatt (official gazette) 14/2024), tax rate applies from 1 August 2024.
- Source
- Neufassung der Hundesteuersatzung der Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg (new version of the dog tax bylaw of the City of Magdeburg) (Amtsblatt 14/2024) ↗
Official source, checked on 22 Oct 2026
How Magdeburg compares
34 of 51cities with euro rates charge more than Magdeburg for the first dog.
€131is the average for the first dog in the 50 largest German cities.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is the dog tax in Magdeburg?
In Magdeburg the first dog costs €114 a year. The second dog costs €114, each further dog €114.
How much is the tax for listed dogs in Magdeburg?
According to the source, Magdeburg does not charge a higher tax for listed dogs. The normal rate applies.
Is there a reduction in Magdeburg?
Half rate (€57) for recipients of SGB II/XII, Wohngeld (housing benefit), Kinderzuschlag (child supplement) or holders of the Otto-City-Card; shelter dog from the municipal animal shelter exempt for 3 years; dogs of owners with disability markers B, BL, aG or H and hearing dogs exempt
Sources and method
- 📚Neufassung der Hundesteuersatzung der Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg (new version of the dog tax bylaw of the City of Magdeburg) (Amtsblatt 14/2024) 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.
