Insert a blocking note on religious affiliation
Source: BUS Rheinland-Pfalz
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.