(February 11, 2020 at 3:22 am)Deesse23 Wrote:(February 10, 2020 at 3:59 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote: However, my atheist sister lives in Germany and there something like 4% of your salary is taken at source for the church. No choice, it just happens. It is the default. It is an opt out system. Newly arrived brand spanking and shiny, she thought that was merely the tax regime of the country.Its rather 2%, and opting out in the local townhall takes you like 10mins, which i did just last year.
I couldn't recall the figure. When my sister did it she had an in person sit down interview with the local bishop. It was over 20 years ago, though. What rules apply now? I don't know.
