The state changed tax laws in 2024. Wealthy municipalities must give money to poorer municipalities. This forces wealthy municipalities to raise land tax.
Saue mayor Andres Laisk says the state ordered municipalities: don't complain, raise the land tax. He says land tax freedom is good. But the state must not order to raise land tax. That is not freedom.
The new land tax law will come next year. Municipalities can grant land tax exemptions. Previously, the law applied nationwide.
Laisk says Saue municipality used land tax simply. For example, people register in Tallinn but live in other municipalities. Saue municipality raised land tax. But local residents receive a land tax exemption.