The valuation report states how the municipality has determined the WOZ value (Real Estate Valuation Act). Residents and companies can access this report online.
Change in Legal Costs Reimbursement for WOZ Proceedings
Change in Legal Costs Reimbursement for WOZ Proceedings As of 1 January 2024, the Law on Reassessment of Legal Costs Reimbursement for WOZ and bpm comes into effect. Due to this legislative change starting 1 January 2024, legal costs reimbursements may no longer be paid to representatives. Instead, the legal costs reimbursement will now be paid to the involved party. The involved party is responsible for further handling this matter with their representative.
Frequently asked questions
The WOZ value of your house or company is stated in your municipal tax assessment
Or request a taxation report online. Are you owner of a property (resident)? Log in on Mijn Overheid. (Externe link)You will need your DigiD to login. The valuation report can be found under the ‘Living’ header. Do you want to access the taxation report of your company? Log in on wageningen.datab.nl/mc/secure/login(Externe link). Your username is your assessment number and your password is your assessment amount.
The municipality determines the value of your house or company by way of an assessment. For the assessment, the municipality looks at comparable real estate that was sold on 1 January of the previous year. The municipality also takes into account the differences in size, location, maintenance condition, annexes, finishing, etc. The WOZ value can be found on your municipal tax assessment. You can also access the current WOZ-value of your house on the website www.wozwaardeloket.nl(Externe link).
As of 1 January 2022, the surface area of houses instead of the volume/content will be used for the assessment. This has been decided at a national level. This could result in a lower or higher WOZ-value. The idea behind basing the assessment on usable surface area instead of volume is that it corresponds better with how appraisers, for example, measure/value houses. It is also much easier for home owners to measure the surface area than the volume/content of their homes.
The WOZ value of houses in Wageningen increased in the period of 2020-2021 by 14% on average. This is comparable with the national average. The WOZ-value of non-housing in Wageningen increased in the same period by 2%. The WOZ-value increase does not automatically mean that you will start paying more OZB. This is because the OZB rates for 2022 are lower than those of 2021.
We recommend that you first contact the tax department personally. Often, they can help you right away so you won’t need to submit an objection. Send an e-mail to belastingen@wageningen.nl.
Submitting an objection via a WOZ office is not necessary
If you are still not satisfied after having had personal contact, you can always still officially submit an objection. Submitting an objection is free of charge. We do not recommend that you submit an objection by way of a (no cure no pay) company. We can help you just as well and are happy to do so. The municipality is required to pay these firms a rather high disbursement if the objection is founded. This can easily run up to well over € 750 for each objection. You are eligible to receive this compensation. This way, the municipality incurs higher costs. These costs are included in determining the rate of real estate taxes for the next fiscal year. This causes the tax rates to go up and this will also then be reflected in your tax assessment. This is unfortunate and not necessary.
As a tenant of social housing, the WOZ value is important for the point system (Home Valuation System). That is why the WOZ value is stated on your municipal tax assessment. For more information about the point system please contact your landlord or visit the website of the Huurcommissie (Rental Committee).
