What is the municipal tax multiplier in Rothenburg?

Rothenburg applies a municipal tax multiplier of 165% of the simple cantonal tax, according to Federal Tax Administration data for 2025.

Is Rothenburg an expensive municipality for taxes?

By municipal multiplier, Rothenburg ranks 16 among the least taxed of 79 municipalities in canton Lucerne.

Taxes in Rothenburg — municipal multiplier

Position within the canton

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

No. 16 of 79

165 %

Meggen · 90 %Luthern · 240 %

Cantonal median: 195 %

That is 30 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 Rothenburg.

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