Lower tax assessment after moving house

A water authority tax assessment is almost always made up of 2 amounts:

• Water system charge
• Water treatment charge

How much you pay depends on your situation on 1 January. This amount is the same for the rest of the year, even if you move house. We calculate the water treatment charge based on 1 or 3 units of pollution. However, this amount may change during the year.

Read more details about the types of charges listed on your assessment

Choose your situation

First select if you are moving from the Regional Public Water Authority Amstel, Gooi en Vecht to a different water authority. You can find a handy map of all water authorities on waterschappen.nl ().

I am moving to a different water authority

• The amount of the water system charge will remain the same as this year.
• From 1 January of the following year, your water system charge will be calculated again for your new home. You will then receive an assessment from your new water authority. This means you will never have to pay the water system charge twice.
• We are lowering your water treatment charge. You will only pay for the period when you lived in our area.
• Your new water authority will send you a water authority tax assessment. It only lists the water treatment charge for the rest of this year.

I am moving within the Regional Public Water Authority Amstel, Gooi en Vecht

Are you moving to the Regional Public Water Authority Amstel, Gooi en Vecht area ()? Then we will look at your household. 

I will continue to live on my own

• The amount for the water system charge will remain the same. If you move to an owner-occupied house, then you will pay a different amount next year for the water system charge for buildings.
• The amount for the water treatment charge remains as it is, as the number of pollution units remains the same

My household is made up of 2 or more people and it will stay that way

• The amount for the water system charge will remain the same. If you move to an owner-occupied house, then you will pay a different amount next year for the water system charge for buildings.
• The amount of the water treatment charge remains the same, as the number of pollution units remains the same (3).

I am going to live with someone and will be moving in with them

• Your amount for the water system charge will remain the same. And the same goes for the person who you are going to move in with.
• You no longer have to pay the water treatment charge from the date of moving. You will therefore receive a new, lower assessment for this year.
• If the person you are moving in with was living alone, he or she will have to pay the water treatment charge next year for 3 units of pollution instead of 1.
• From next year, you will no longer receive a water authority tax assessment in your own name.

Someone is going to live with me

• The amount for the water system charge will remain the same.
• If you lived alone, you will pay the water treatment charge next year for 3 pollution units.

When will my assessment be lowered?

We will lower your assessment automatically. You will be notified of this as soon as we have finished processing your move. We cannot say exactly when that will be yet.

 I have already paid the assessment. When will I get my money back?

You will always be notified of your lowered assessment. We will then transfer the amount to your bank account.