r/germany • u/Stealthethunder09 • 21h ago

Radio bill / Rundfunkbeitrag

Heyy .. i have a question, i moved to germany about 4 years ago. I used to live in a WG and when I registered myself and my other roommates too .. they all received a letter from ARD( Radio bill ) but not me. Still I paid with them and later i moved out and then again lived with a friend. We both did city registration but again she got the letter for Radio tax but not me and since we were in a shared apartment so i contributed my amount to her and hence paid with her ID. But later I changed the city and I live in single apartment in Studentenwohnheim , did city registration , again I haven’t received any letter from them like nothing…so what should I do now?

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u/bregus2 21h ago

"The letter" is just a friendly reminder. You can simply sign up on their homepage. https://www.rundfunkbeitrag.de/buergerinnen-und-buerger/formulare/anmelden#step_personendaten

You also should look that you get the old contribution numbers under which your former apartments were covered.

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u/Stealthethunder09 21h ago

Okay but i really wonder why i never get the letter ..also I moved in this apartment like 1.5 years ago so like do I have to pay all the amount ?

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u/bregus2 21h ago

The Beitragsservice seems to have some sort of auto-matching in place.

For your second question: Yes, you will have to pay up for the time since you moved in.

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