Steueridentifikationsnummer - Anzeige der Bankverbindung Entgegennahme

You can have state benefits paid out to you unbureaucratically, directly and securely against misuse if the Federal Tax Office (BZSt) has your account details.

The Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt) stores the following data on natural persons:

• Identification number or business identification numbers,
• Family name, former names,
• first names,
• doctorate
• Date and place of birth,
• gender,
• current or last known address,
• competent tax authorities,
• date of death,
• date of moving in and out and
• the bank details of the last payment of refunds:
  • IBAN number
  • BIC for foreign bank details.

The BZSt only stores the bank details to enable an imminent payout.

If you have not yet reached the age of 18, the family benefits office will send the account details to the BZSt. This is the account details to which child benefit was last paid.

If you are of legal age, you can change your account details

• through your account-holding bank,
• submit it yourself via the portals of the tax authorities: the BZSt online portal (BOP) and the portal for electronic tax returns (ELSTER portal) or
• have it submitted by an authorized representative, for example by
  • a tax consultant, for example,
  • a lawyer or a solicitor or
  • by an income tax assistance association.

• Current bank details with IBAN and, if applicable, BIC. BIC is only required if your bank account has foreign bank details.
• Identification number or business identification number

None

There are no costs.

You can provide the Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt) with your account details online, through your bank or an authorized person.

Online:

• Visit My ELSTER - your online tax office at elster.de
• Log in with your ELSTER certificate.
• In the "My ELSTER" section, go to "All forms" and select the form "Report IBAN to the BZSt for payment of public funds"
• Follow the instructions
• The system registers the change and saves the new data.

Through your bank:

• You instruct your credit institution via online banking, telephone banking, by post or in person at a branch of your credit institution.
• You will receive confirmation of your details from the BZSt.

By an authorized person:

• An authorized person, for example a tax advisor, transmits your account details on your behalf.

For underage children:

• The family benefits office will send the account details to the BZSt on your behalf to which your child benefit was last paid
• You will receive confirmation of your details from the BZSt.

There are no deadlines.

There are no indications or special features.

No legal remedies are provided for.

• Tax identification number - Display of bank details Receipt
• Storage of the IBAN is the basis for the fast, unbureaucratic and abuse-proof disbursement of public funds in the future
• Stored for the purpose of disbursement, among other things:
  • Identification number or business identification numbers
  • Personal and contact data
  • IBAN number
  • BIC
• Submit bank account details: via
  • My ELSTER,
  • Bank holding the account,
  • Authorized person such as tax advisor
• The last bank account details submitted will always be saved
• for children who have not yet reached the age of 18: the responsible family benefits office informs the Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt) of the account details
• responsible: Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt)