Between 1983 and 2006, the Catholic Church in Germany and some other countries treated as a formal act of defection from the Catholic Church the declaration that some made to the civil authorities for the purpose of avoiding the extra tax traditionally collected by the state for the benefit of whatever Church the tax-payer was a member of.
Od 1983. do 2006. godine Katolička Crkva u Njemačkoj i nekim zemljama smatrala je formalni čin otpada od Katoličke Crkve izjavom koju je netko obznanio civilnim vlastima u svrhu izbjegavanja dodatnog poreza koji tradicionalno ubire država za dobrobit bilo koje Crkve čiji je dotični porezni obveznik član.