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Tax claims - payment

Steueransprüche - Zahlung
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.

Book an appointment

Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)

Requirements

• Payments to the Finanzamt (tax office) must be made in a cashless manner • by bank transfer • or by SEPA direct debit

Documents you need

• For SEPA direct debit: completed and personally signed SEPA direct debit mandate

Forms

• SEPA-Lastschriftmandat (SEPA direct debit mandate) www.berlin.de/sen/finanzen/steuern/downloads/sepa-mandat_be. • SEPA Direct Debit Mandate (English version) www.berlin.de/sen/finanzen/steuern/downloads/sepa-direct-deb

Fees

None

Legal basis

• Abgabenordnung (Fiscal Code, AO) §§ 34, 37 and 218 et seq. (in particular § 224) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/ao_1977/

Who is responsible

The SEPA-Lastschriftmandat (SEPA direct debit mandate) must be submitted to the Finanzamt (tax office) that administers the tax account to which the SEPA direct debit mandate is to apply.

Responsible for you

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

Original

German original

Service number 326135 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326135/