Social contributions

What does being subject to social insurance mean? Everyone who is subject to social insurance must pay social contributions. Social contributions include health insurance, long-term care insurance, unemployment insurance and pension contributions.

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Adjusting the artists' social insurance subsidy for health and long-term care insurance
The Künstlersozialkasse (KSK) can only pay you the correct subsidy if it knows how high your contributions for private or voluntary statutory health and long-term care insurance are. You should therefore inform the KSK of any changes to your contributions.
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Advice from the Künstlersozialkasse for self-employed artists or journalists who are not insured
The Künstlersozialkasse will advise you on all questions relating to artists' social insurance.
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Apply for a new social security card
You can apply for a new social security card if you have lost it, it has been damaged or is no longer legible.
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Apply for mandatory status clarification for family members working for the company or managing partners
If, according to the registration, you and your employer are related in a certain way or if you are a managing partner, the procedure for clarifying your employment status is automatically initiated at the clearing office.
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Apply for payment relief for insured persons with the Artists' Social Security Fund
If you as an insured person are in arrears with your contribution payments, you can agree a new payment term with the Künstlersozialkasse.
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Apply for voluntary status clarification
If you want to check whether you are self-employed or employed, you can submit an application to determine your employment status.
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Applying for a stay of execution
Enforcement against you can be temporarily suspended or restricted if there are equitable grounds. Inequity exists if enforcement would cause you an unreasonable disadvantage that can be avoided by waiting a short time.
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Applying for exemption from compulsory statutory health insurance
If you become subject to compulsory statutory health insurance, you can be exempted in certain cases. You can apply to your statutory health insurance fund.
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Applying for reinstatement to the previous status with the Artists' Social Security Fund
Have you missed a statutory deadline for an application or notification? Then, under certain conditions, you can make up the missed deadline without any disadvantages.
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As an insured person, contact the Künstlersozialkasse for information, advice or clarification of concerns
If you, as an insured person in the artists' social insurance scheme, have a question or concern in connection with your compulsory insurance, you can contact the Künstlersozialkasse.
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Attend information events organized by the Artists' Social Security Fund on compulsory insurance under the Artists' Social Security Act
If you need information on artists' social insurance, you can take part in an information event under certain conditions.
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Change income estimate for the artists' social security fund
Has your professional situation changed in such a way that you expect a different income from your self-employed artistic or journalistic work? Then you need to adjust your income estimate with the Artists' Social Insurance Fund.
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Exemption from compulsory insurance due to a minor employment relationship
Anyone who has a marginal job and earns less than 450 euros is not subject to health insurance.
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Final subsidy statement from the Artists' Social Security Fund
Grants that you receive from the Artists' Social Security Fund are finally settled in the following year.
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Health insurance contribution for students
If you are studying, you must take out health insurance - through family insurance or independently.
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Long-term care insurance contribution
The contribution that every person with statutory insurance has to pay for long-term care insurance is regulated by law.
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notify the Artists' Social Insurance Fund of a change in artistic or journalistic activity
If you change the legal form of your activity or the activity itself, this may have an impact on your insurance obligation with the Künstlersozialkasse (KSK).
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Notify the artists' social insurance fund of the change of health insurance fund
If you have statutory health and long-term care insurance through the Künstlersozialkasse, you can change your health insurance fund under certain conditions.
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Notify the Artists' Social Security Fund of a change in your professional situation
If you are not only self-employed as an artist or journalist, but also carry out other activities or receive social benefits, you must report this to the Künstlersozialkasse.
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Notify the Artists' Social Security Fund of the change in personal data
If your personal data changes, you must inform the Künstlersozialkasse. You should also inform the Künstlersozialkasse if your contact details change or expand.
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Notify the Artists' Social Security Fund of the termination of the artistic or journalistic activity
If your self-employed artistic or journalistic activity has changed in such a way that you no longer carry it out on a professional or do you employ several people? ? Then you can no longer be insured through the artists' social insurance fund.
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Notify the artists' social security fund of your stay abroad
If you stay or work abroad for a longer period of time, this may affect your German social insurance. You must notify the Künstlersozialkasse of any change in your situation in good time.
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Receive compensation and suspend contributions to the artists' social security fund
If you are unable to work due to illness or pregnancy and receive compensation from another source, you do not have to pay social security contributions via the Artists' Social Security Fund.
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Register for social insurance for self-employed artists or journalists
As a self-employed artist or journalist, you can be compulsorily insured under certain conditions.
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Report expected annual income to the artists' social security fund
If you are insured through the artists' social security fund, you must submit an annual income estimate.
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Reporting pension payments to the artists' social security fund
Do you receive a pension from the statutory pension insurance scheme? Then this will affect your insurance status in the artists' social insurance scheme.
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Request an annual statement from the artists' social security fund
If you are subject to compulsory insurance or entitled to a subsidy via the artists' social security fund, you will receive proof of your insurance for each year.
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Request confirmation of insurance from the artists' social security fund
If you are insured through the Künstlersozialkasse, you can prove your insurance status with a current confirmation of insurance.
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Request current insurance data from the Künstlersozialkasse
If you are insured through the Künstlersozialkasse (KSK), you can obtain information about your compulsory insurance and your contribution account from the Künstlersozialkasse at any time. To do this, you must send a request to the KSK.
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Requesting the withdrawal of a decision by the Artists' Social Security Fund
If it turns out that a decision by the Künstlersozialkasse is incorrect, it will revoke it under certain conditions.
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Submit proof of activity and income to the Artists' Social Security Fund for verification
If there are indications of changes, the Künstlersozialkasse can review your artistic or publishing activities and your income.
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Submit proof of income to the Künstlersozialkasse for random checks
If you are insured with the Künstlersozialkasse or are entitled to a subsidy, your income can be checked in an annual random sample.
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Submit the requested activity and income certificates to the Artists' Social Security Fund for review at the end of the period of entry into the profession
As a newcomer to the profession, have you not earned the minimum income in the first three years of your work? Then you must prove to the Künstlersozialkasse that you are gainfully employed.
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Suspension of health and long-term care insurance benefits in the event of unpaid contributions to the artists' social insurance fund
If you do not pay your contributions to the artists' social security fund regularly, you will have to pay for your medical treatment yourself.