Lock or unlock electronic wage tax deduction features for employees
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Steuern und Abgaben
You can have your income tax deduction details (tax class, child allowances) blocked by notifying your tax office. Your employer will then tax your wages according to tax class VI.
Basic information
Only your current employer is authorized (and obliged) to retrieve the electronic wage tax deduction features. When your employment relationship ends, your employer is no longer authorized to do so.
If you have the retrieval blocked for your employer, your employer is no longer authorized to retrieve your electronic wage tax deduction details. This also applies if the employment relationship still exists.
You can contact your local tax office:
- Designate an employer who is allowed to retrieve your electronic wage tax deduction details (positive list),
- designate an employer who is not allowed to retrieve your electronic wage tax deduction details (negative list),
- have the provision of electronic wage tax deduction details generally blocked (full block).
If your company or business is not authorized to retrieve your electronic wage tax deduction details due to the block, it is obliged to tax your wages according to tax class VI.
The block takes effect at the earliest from the date of entry by the tax office. Retroactive blocking is not possible.
The block applies until you apply to the tax office at your place of residence to have the block lifted.
Requirements
- The officially prescribed form, completed and signed by hand, must be sent to the tax office.
- Alternatively, the blocking can also be requested via ELSTER.
What documents do I need?
- You do not need to submit any documents.
