Property tax in Ostrava 2026
The tax on a flat or house is a small item next to rent or a mortgage, but worth knowing in advance. What a 60 m² flat pays in all 23 city districts (obvody) of Ostrava, what the amount is made of and what to do after buying.
What you pay in each city district (obvod)
For a fair comparison we count the same flat everywhere: 60 m² of floor area in a block of flats, with a share of the land under the building. Such a flat pays 897 to 1 153 CZK a year in 2026. The amount depends on two coefficients: one by the size of the municipality and a local one, both set by the city in a by-law.
Tax on a 60 m² flat in 2026 by city district
A flat in a block of flats with a share of the land (floor area × 1.22 × CZK 3.50).
The amount for your flat changes with its size: a flat twice as big pays roughly twice as much. A garage, a cellar registered as a separate unit or a garden are taxed separately.
How the tax on a flat is counted
The base is the flat's floor area from the land register multiplied by 1.22 (a flat in a block of flats with a share of the land; otherwise 1.20). That is multiplied by the rate of 3.50 CZK per m² and by the coefficient for the size of the municipality: cities over 50,000 people have 3.5 by law, and the city can change it by a by-law, even for some of its parts only. The result is multiplied by the inflation coefficient set by the Ministry of Finance and finally by the municipality's local coefficient. Each step is rounded up to whole crowns.
For a family house, the base is not the floor area but the built-up area: 3.50 CZK per m² plus 1.40 CZK for each further floor above ground, then the same coefficients. The land under the house is not taxed, the garden is.
The local coefficient
A municipality can set the local coefficient between 0.5 and 5.0 for its whole area, for a city district (obvod), for a cadastral area or for a group of properties. The tax goes entirely to the municipality's budget, so a higher coefficient means more money for local services.
Municipalities can change the coefficients every year: the by-law must be in force by 1 October of the previous year. The Bydlení (housing) section of each city district (obvod)'s page shows the current amount and last year's.
What to do after buying a flat
After buying, you file the property tax return by 31 January of the following year with the Tax Office for the Moravian-Silesian Region, most easily online through the MOJE daně portal, which pre-fills the return from the land register. You first pay the tax for the year after the purchase. The seller still pays for the year in which they sold.
Frequently asked questions
How much is the property tax on a flat in Ostrava?
A flat with 60 m² of floor area in a block of flats pays 897 to 1 153 CZK a year in 2026. The overview by city district (obvod) is in this article.
Who pays the property tax?
Whoever owns the property on 1 January of the year. If you buy a flat during the year, you first pay for the following year and file the return by the end of January of that year. Tenants don't pay it.
When is the property tax paid?
By 31 May (if the deadline falls on a weekend, it moves to Monday). A tax over 5,000 CZK can be paid in two instalments, by 31 May and by 30 November. The tax office sends a payment slip or an e-mail with the payment details.
Do I have to file a return every year?
No. You file only after a change, typically a purchase, a sale or a conversion. When the municipality changes a coefficient, the tax office recalculates the tax itself.
