Overview of bank details for non-cash payment of taxes

No, cash payment is not possible; please remit amounts due in a timely manner.

The tax office cannot answer these questions.You can find the reason from the tax assessment. For this purpose, call the responsible tax office in Bremen or Bremerhaven.

You will find the account details of the responsible tax office in your last letter, tax assessment, reminder, etc. Please always state the tax number or the cash reference number in the reason for payment.

Yes, for this you must issue a SEPA direct debit mandate to the Bremen or Bremerhaven tax office at http://www.finanzen.bremen.de/SEPA.

From 05.10.2025, the new SEPA "Verification of Payee" regulation will come into force at all banks. This means that a check will be made to see whether the IBAN of the payee and their name match the details in the transfer that are stored at the recipient bank. Please therefore ensure that the payee's details are accurate:

• Payee for Bremen Tax Office (Taxes): Landeshauptkasse Bremen
• Payee for Bremerhaven tax office (taxes): Bremerhaven tax office (tax office)
• Payee for property taxes (property tax, dyke contribution, Chamber of Agriculture contribution): Landeshauptkasse Bremen
• Payee for other non-tax receivables from Bremen (e.g. fines for traffic offenses, fees, contributions): Landeshauptkasse Bremen