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The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Insert a blocking note on religious affiliation

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Persons subject to church tax must pay church tax on capital gains tax. To this end, the bodies obliged to pay capital gains tax, for example banks, must ask the Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt) whether their customers belong to a religious community that levies church tax.

As a customer, you can object to this automated query of your religious affiliation by inserting a blocking note. However, the blocking notice does not change the obligation to pay church tax on capital gains tax, if applicable. The office obliged to pay the tax can only no longer do this for you. If you file a blocking notice, you are instead obliged to submit a tax return in order to pay the church tax on capital gains tax yourself.

You can file your blocking notice online via the BZSt online portal (BOP). Alternatively, you can also submit the blocking notice by post to the BZSt.

You must first register to file the blocking notice via the BOP.

Requirements

The following can file a blocking notice

  • natural persons

Further requirements:

  • You need your tax identification number (IdNr.)
  • when submitting the blocking notice via the BOP:
    • You are registered in the ElsterOnline-Portal (EOP) and have an EOP certificate or
    • You are registered in the BZSt online portal (BOP) and have a BOP certificate

Applications / forms

  • Forms available: Yes
  • Written form required: Yes
  • Informal application possible: No
  • Personal appearance necessary: No
  • Online service available: Yes

Which documents are required?

  • Completed declaration for the entry or deletion of a blocking notice

What are the fees?

There are no costs.

Process flow

You must submit your blocking notice online via the BZSt online portal (BOP) or in writing to the BZSt.

Online procedure:

  • You must first register online in the BOP.
  • The BZSt will then send you the activation data by e-mail and the activation code for your account by post.
  • Activate your BOP account with the data received. You will then receive a BOP certificate. You can use this certificate to log in to your BOP account in future.
    • Note: If you already have an ELSTER certificate, you can also use this to log in to the BOP.
  • You can now insert the blocking note in your BOP account.
    • Note: You will need your tax identification number (ID no.) to enter the blocking notice. If you do not have this, you can request notification of your tax identification number (ID no.) online on the BZSt website.
  • The BZSt will then inform you via your BOP mailbox that the blocking notice has been successfully entered.

Written procedure:

  • Go to the BZSt website and call up the declaration on the blocking notice.
  • Complete the declaration online. Print it out and sign it.
  • Send your declaration by post to the BZSt.
  • The BZSt will then inform you by post that the blocking notice has been successfully entered.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

  • The application is possible at any time.
  • The declaration on the blocking notice must be received by June 30 of a year if the blocking notice is to take effect for the coming year.

Processing duration

  • for registration in the BOP: 1 to 3 weeks
  • up to 2 weeks for filing the blocking notice
  • for the notification of the tax identification number (IdNr.): up to 6 weeks

Further information

Legal basis

Appeal

  • Objection to the refusal of registration
  • Fiscal court action

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)

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