What is the municipal tax multiplier in Riehen?

Riehen applies a municipal tax multiplier of 40% of the simple cantonal tax, according to Federal Tax Administration data for 2025.

Is Riehen an expensive municipality for taxes?

By municipal multiplier, Riehen ranks 2 among the least taxed of 3 municipalities in canton Basel-Stadt.

Taxes in Riehen — municipal multiplier

Position within the canton

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

No. 2 of 3

40 %

Bettingen · 37.5 %Basel · 50 %

Cantonal median: 40 %

That is exactly the median for canton Basel-Stadt.

The canton’s least taxed municipality is Bettingen, at 37.5%.

The canton's extremes

The municipalities that bound the cantonal scale.

Lowest taxed

37.5 %

Bettingen

Highest taxed

50 %

Basel

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 Riehen.

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