Rundfunkbeitrag für Unternehmen und Institutionen abmelden

Are you giving up your business premises or vehicles used for business purposes? Then notify the relevant authority and you will no longer have to pay the license fee for these.

If you give up your business premises or motor vehicles used for business purposes, you are no longer liable to pay contributions.

In addition, the obligation to pay contributions in the non-private sector does not apply to the following areas:

• charitable institutions for disabled people
• Youth welfare facilities
• facilities for addicts
• charitable associations and foundations
• public general education or vocational schools
• You also do not have to pay a broadcasting fee for business premises that do not provide a workplace.

Further information can be found in the information material from the Beitragsservice.

• You are still the owner of a business premises or motor vehicles subject to contributions and take them out of service.

Once you have successfully deregistered, you will no longer be charged any fees.

Deregistration with the responsible office is unsolicited. As soon as you decommission a company or motor vehicle, remember to deregister from the broadcasting fee.

The obligation to pay the contribution shall end at the end of the month in which the contribution debtor ceases to occupy the residence, business premises or motor vehicle, but not before the end of the month in which the competent state broadcasting corporation has been notified of this. The possession of a motor vehicle shall end at the end of the month in which the registration of the vehicle in the name of the fee debtor ends.

The following information is required for deregistration:

• Company name and address of the debtor and his/her legal representative
• current address of each business establishment
• last address of the fee debtor reported to the regional broadcasting corporation
• full name of the owner of the establishment
• Number of employees of the establishment
• contribution number
• Date of the end of ownership of the permanent establishment or the motor vehicle subject to contributions
• Information on sector or establishment affiliation
• Number of hotels, guest rooms and vacation apartments subject to contributions
• Number and place of registration of motor vehicles subject to contributions
• the reason for deregistration

• Broadcasting fee in the non-private sector Deregistration
• If business premises are given up
• Responsible body: ARD ZDF Deutschlandradio Beitragsservice