What is the municipal tax multiplier in Herisau?

Herisau applies a municipal tax multiplier of 410% of the simple cantonal tax, according to Federal Tax Administration data for 2025.

Is Herisau an expensive municipality for taxes?

By municipal multiplier, Herisau ranks 13 among the least taxed of 20 municipalities in canton Appenzell Outer Rhodes.

Taxes in Herisau — municipal multiplier

Position within the canton

Scale of communal tax multipliers, from the canton's lowest-taxed municipality to its highest.

No. 13 of 20

410 %

Teufen (AR) · 260 %Trogen · 450 %

Cantonal median: 380 %

That is 30 points above the median for canton Appenzell Outer Rhodes.

The canton’s least taxed municipality is Teufen (AR), at 260%.

The canton's extremes

The municipalities that bound the cantonal scale.

Lowest taxed

260 %

Teufen (AR)

Highest taxed

450 %

Trogen

Your actual tax burden

The multiplier does not tell you what you will pay: that depends on your income, family situation and deductions. The calculator gives the official FTA figure for Herisau.

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