Kirchensteuer berechnen: Satz je Bundesland, Kinderfreibeträge, Ersparnis beim Austritt
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 18 Oct 2026.Die Kirchensteuer beträgt in Baden-Württemberg und Bayern 8 Prozent, in den übrigen Ländern 9 Prozent der Lohn- oder Einkommensteuer. Grundlage ist die Steuer nach Abzug der Kinderfreibeträge (§ 51a EStG). Bei 4.000 Euro brutto im Monat in Steuerklasse I sind das in Bayern 42,54 Euro, in Berlin 47,86 Euro im Monat. Da gezahlte Kirchensteuer als Sonderausgabe abziehbar ist, spart ein Austritt etwas weniger als die volle Kirchensteuer.
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Members of the Catholic and Protestant churches and some other religious communities in Germany pay Kirchensteuer, a surcharge collected by the state together with the wage or income tax. This calculator works out how much it is in 2026 and what leaving the church would save.
The rate. The BMF's own wage-tax calculator applies 8% in Baden-Württemberg and Bayern and 9% in the other 14 states; the page uses the same rates, checked state by state against it.
The base (§ 51a EStG). Church tax is not charged on income but on the income or wage tax. Child allowances (Kinderfreibeträge) are deducted first, even where the child benefit is worth more for the income tax itself, so children lower the church tax even when they do not lower the wage tax. With a monthly wage the page computes the wage tax of your tax class by the BMF Programmablaufplan 2026 and the church-tax base with the child allowances on your tax card. With the taxable income of a year it applies the 2026 tariff of § 32a EStG, alone or with Splitting, after 9,756 euros for each full child allowance.
The rest of the article, and all 6 questions about Germany Church Tax Calculator 2026 (Kirchensteuer), are on the Germany Church Tax Calculator 2026 (Kirchensteuer) page.
Church tax is 8% of the wage or income tax in Baden-Württemberg and Bayern and 9% in the other 14 states, as the BMF's own calculator applies it. On a monthly wage of 4,000 euros in tax class I that is 42.54 euros in Bayern and 47.86 euros in Berlin.
Yes. For church tax the child allowances of § 32 (6) EStG are always deducted, 9,756 euros a year for a full allowance in 2026, even when child benefit is paid instead for the income tax. So a parent's church tax is lower than the rate alone suggests.
Leaving saves the church tax but loses its deduction as a special expense under § 10 EStG, so the income tax rises a little. At 50,000 euros taxable income in Bayern the church tax is 843.84 euros a year, and leaving saves 546.84 euros after the lost deduction.
Only Baden-Württemberg and Bayern charge 8%. Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein and Thüringen charge 9%. The rate follows the church-tax rules of the state concerned.
Rates and rules change; check the source before you rely on a figure.
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