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Tax de-registration or re-registration of a company

Steuerliche Abmeldung oder Ummeldung eines Unternehmens
Official English page German-only parts machine-translated, 2026-09-15
You have the fiscal obligation to inform the competent tax office immediately, if you are temporarily or permanently discontinuing any • commercial activities, • self-employed (freelance) activities, • activities in the fields of agriculture or forestry, • if you are terminating participation in a private company, • if a corporation is liquidated, • if an association is dissolved (e. g. construction or working committees). In the case that a corporation, an association or assets are dissolved, such notification must be submitted within one month of the reportable event. The same applies in the case that the company management or offices are relocated. For this purpose, a questionnaire for temporary or permanent de-registration or re-registration for tax purposes is provided by the financial authority for the federal state of Berlin. This template is also available from your competent tax office. To speed up the process, the template is available online for download.

Book an appointment

Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)

Requirements

• No prerequisites

Documents you need

• + Contracts, resolutions Please submit any contracts or resolutions that relate to the de-registration or re-registration, along with the + completed template.

Forms

• Template for temporary / permanent tax de-registration / re-registration www.berlin.de/sen/finanzen/dokumentendownload/steuern/daten-

Fees

Free of charge

Legal basis

• §§ 85, 88, 90, 93, 97, 137 and 138 of the German Tax Code (AO) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/ao_1977/

Who is responsible

Please submit the completed form to your previously responsible Finanzamt (tax office), stating the tax number that applied until now.

Responsible for you

Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.

Original

German originalOfficial English page

Service number 325405 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/325405/