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mixins.searchInfo_searchTermShow bank details to the tax authority for the first time

Show bank details to the tax authority for the first time

Source: BUS Rheinland-Pfalz

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 payment.

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 to

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

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