Declaration of resignation from the church
Withdrawal from a church, religious community or ideological community must be declared to the competent authority.
Who should I contact?
The responsibility lies with the municipality, the joint municipality and the city in which you have your domicile or habitual residence.
Responsible authorities
Samtgemeinde Spelle - Fachbereich Arbeit und Soziales
Timetable
Contact
- Spelle:
- Application for the issuance of a certificate of no impediment to marriage for German nationals, stateless persons, homeless foreigners or foreign refugees within the meaning of the Convention on the Status of Refugees with Habitual Residence in Germany
- Apply for a death certificate
- Assistance in other situations Authorisation
- Assistance to overcome particular social difficulties
- Birth Indication
- Birth certificate issuance
- Declaration of resignation from the church
- Declaration of the right to a name
- Establishment of a civil partnership Notarisation
- Family and children's services
- Family book: Exhibition
- Help for pregnant women
- Intended for deletion - marriage consummation with custodial partner
- Intended for deletion - marriage consummation with divorced or widowed partner
- Marriage consummation only for German citizens
- Marriage consummation with foreign partner
- Notification of a death
- Parking permit for the severely disabled: exhibition
- Pension scheme
- Register marriage
- School trips, school trips and comparable trips of day-care centres: reimbursement - of costs according to SGB II
- Volunteering Help for refugees
- Welfare
Requirements
- at least 14 years of age
- Persons who have not yet reached the age of 14:
- The legal representative who is entitled to custody of the person (parents, one parent if applicable) can declare his or her resignation from the church.
- Children who have reached the age of 12
- The resignation cannot be declared against their will.
Which documents are required?
- Identity card or passport
- if available: baptismal certificate
What are the fees?
Fee: 30,00 EURPayment in advance: noLeaving the church
Process flow
The declaration of resignation must be submitted in person.
The change in religious affiliation under registration law is transmitted electronically by the competent authority to the tax authorities. The employer automatically learns of leaving the church by retrieving the electronic wage tax deduction characteristics (ELStAM), which are stored at the Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt).
An interview with the tax office is therefore no longer necessary, the employee must inform the employer accordingly.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
The withdrawal from the church takes effect on the day of the declaration. However, the church tax liability does not end until the end of the calendar month in which the declaration became effective.