What is the municipal tax multiplier in Root?

Root applies a municipal tax multiplier of 150% of the simple cantonal tax, according to Federal Tax Administration data for 2025.

Is Root an expensive municipality for taxes?

By municipal multiplier, Root ranks 8 among the least taxed of 79 municipalities in canton Lucerne.

Taxes in Root — municipal multiplier

Position within the canton

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

No. 8 of 79

150 %

Meggen · 90 %Luthern · 240 %

Cantonal median: 195 %

That is 45 points below the median for canton Lucerne.

The canton’s least taxed municipality is Meggen, at 90%.

The canton's extremes

The municipalities that bound the cantonal scale.

Lowest taxed

90 %

Meggen

Highest taxed

240 %

Luthern

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 Root.

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