Lock or unlock electronic wage tax deduction features for employees

Only your current employer is authorized (and obliged) to retrieve the electronic wage tax deduction features. When your employment relationship ends, your employer is no longer authorized to do so.

If you have the retrieval blocked for your employer, your employer is no longer authorized to retrieve your electronic wage tax deduction details. This also applies if the employment relationship still exists.

You can contact your local tax office
- Name an employer who is authorized to retrieve your electronic wage tax deduction details (positive list),
- nominate an employer who is not permitted to retrieve your electronic wage tax deduction data (negative list),
- generally block the provision of electronic wage tax deduction features (full block).

If your company or business is not authorized to retrieve your electronic wage tax deduction details due to the block, it is obliged to tax your wages according to tax class VI.

The block takes effect at the earliest from the date of entry by the tax office; retroactive blocking is not possible.

The block is valid until you apply to the tax office at your place of residence to have the block lifted.