Pay wastewater tax
Description
In Germany, a wastewater tax is levied on the discharge of wastewater (wastewater and precipitation water) into surface waters or groundwater on the basis of federal and supplementary state law. The wastewater levy is collected by the individual federal states.
Anyone who discharges wastewater into a body of water is liable to pay the levy.
The required documents vary depending on the wastewater and/or stormwater discharge obligation.
Possible documents required for wastewater:
- Declaration of discharge for small dischargers
- Declaration of monitoring values
- Declaration of lower monitoring values and the resulting measurement results
- For industrial dischargers: Application for deduction of prior pollution
Possible documents required for precipitation water:
- Declaration of discharge for precipitation water
A levy must be paid to the respective federal state for the discharge of wastewater.
The amount of the levy depends on the number of pollutant units (ZSE) determined and the underlying levy rate.
Persons liable to pay the levy for precipitation water and/or small discharges should submit an annual declaration of levy to the competent authority.
- Declarations of monitoring values must be submitted at least 1 month before the start of the assessment period (calendar year)
- Declarations of lower values must be submitted 2 weeks before the requested period
The processing time depends on the quality and scope of the applications and documents submitted.
Please contact the State Administration Office.
The names and designs of the individual forms vary from state to state. Generally speaking, the following declarations/forms are available.
- Declaration of discharge for precipitation water
- Declaration of discharge for small dischargers
- Declaration of monitoring values (§ 6 para. 1 AbwAG)
- Declaration of lower monitoring values (§ 4 Para. 5 AbwAG)
- For industrial dischargers: Application for deduction of preload (§ 4 para. 3 AbwAG)
- If applicable, link to the aforementioned forms: Federal state specific
- Online procedure possible: Federal state specific
Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Food and Forestry Rhineland-Palatinate
05.10.2020
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06118 Halle (Saale), Stadt
06003 Halle (Saale), Stadt
Monday - Thursday: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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Appointments can also be made outside office hours by individual arrangement. Please note that individual areas have different opening hours. These can be found on the respective website of the department.
