Wiesbaden (dpa/lhe) - The municipalities in Hesse received 14.7 percent more trade tax last year than in the same period last year. In 2022 they booked around 7.2 billion euros in trade tax and thus 916 million euros more than in 2021, as the State Statistical Office announced on Thursday in Wiesbaden.
The independent cities of Frankfurt, Wiesbaden and Darmstadt made a significant contribution to the additional revenue: According to the statisticians, they achieved total payments of 3.2 billion euros.
Hesse's largest city, Frankfurt, recorded 2.6 billion euros in trade tax (plus 464 million), Wiesbaden 383 million (plus 115 million) and Darmstadt 237 million euros (plus 44 million). Neu-Isenburg with 117 million (minus 56 million) and Eschborn with 195 million euros (minus 55 million) reported significantly lower results in a year-on-year comparison, the state office announced.
