Reimbursement of Overpaid Pension Insurance Contributions by the Artists' Social Insurance Fund
Your entire pension insurance contribution is paid to the German Pension Insurance if you are subject to pension insurance through the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund (KSK).
Your pension contributions are calculated based on your projected income from your self-employed artistic or journalistic work. You must report this projected income to the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund. When calculating your contributions, only income up to the so-called contribution assessment ceiling is taken into account.
No contributions may be paid into the statutory pension insurance system above the contribution assessment ceiling.
If you pay contributions to the statutory pension insurance system under various insurance arrangements, this may result in an overpayment. This means you are paying more than the contribution assessment ceiling actually allows. In this case, the overpayment will be retroactively adjusted:
- Your reported earnings will be reduced proportionally, and
- you will receive a refund of your overpaid contributions.
- Artists' Social Insurance: Change in Income Reduction
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The amount of contributions to Artists’ Social Insurance is based on projected income
- taking into account the respective minimum and maximum calculation bases
- If multiple pension insurance contributions are paid through different agencies, it may happen that more than the maximum contribution was paid
- Reduction and refund of overpaid contributions: always retroactive for completed years based on the insurance history with the German Pension Insurance
- Responsible authority: Artists’ Social Insurance Fund
- A completed online application or an informal application
- if available, a current insurance history from the German Pension Insurance or other documents from your pension insurance provider regarding the overpayment of contributions
You will receive a refund of your overpaid pension insurance contributions if:
- you paid pension insurance contributions for the relevant year through the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund, and
- you have paid a total amount in pension insurance contributions that exceeds the maximum contribution limit.
There are no costs involved.
As a general rule: If you have paid contributions that exceed the contribution assessment ceiling, your earnings will usually be automatically adjusted downward and the overpaid contributions will be refunded. To this end, the German Pension Insurance and the Artists’ Social Security Fund exchange the necessary information and figures with one another. If you would like to receive a refund of the overpaid pension insurance contributions sooner, you can apply for it with the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund.
Online Application:
- Access the online form on the federal portal verwaltung.bund.de. This form will guide you step by step through the necessary information, which you can enter electronically.
- Note: To log in to the online form, you’ll need a valid ELSTER certificate. Alternatively, you can use your electronic ID.
- It will take you about 10 minutes to complete the online application.
- First, enter your personal information, including your insurance number. You can find this in the upper right corner of letters from the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund.
- On the next page, you can specify the year for which you overpaid pension insurance contributions and, if available, upload supporting documents.
Application by mail:
- Notify the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund of the year for which you overpaid pension insurance contributions.
- Please also include your insurance number. You’ll find this in the top right corner of letters from the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund.
- Feel free to include supporting documents regarding the overpaid pension insurance contributions with your application and send everything to the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund.
Upon receipt of your application, the Artists’ Social Security Fund will review your information. If a reduction is granted, you will receive a corresponding notice.
If there are any questions or if (additional) documents are required, the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund will contact you by mail.
Processing time: 3 - 4 MonthsThe processing time depends on the workload and on whether the Artists' Social Insurance Fund needs to request documents from your pension insurance provider.
There is no deadline.
- Appeal. Detailed information on how to file an appeal can be found in the notice from the Artists' Social Insurance Fund.
You can only file a claim for a refund of overpaid pension insurance contributions for completed (i.e., past) years.
Federal and Railway Accident Insurance (UVB), Artists’ Social Insurance Division
- Artists' Social Insurance: Change in Remuneration Reduction
Remark: Displaying Performance on the Original Portal
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
- Artists' Social Insurance: Change in Income Reduction
-
The amount of contributions to Artists’ Social Insurance is based on projected income
- taking into account the respective minimum and maximum calculation bases
- If multiple pension insurance contributions are paid through different agencies, it may happen that more than the maximum contribution was paid
- Reduction and refund of overpaid contributions: always retroactive for completed years based on the insurance history with the German Pension Insurance
- Responsible authority: Artists’ Social Insurance Fund
- A completed online application or an informal application
- if available, a current insurance history from the German Pension Insurance or other documents from your pension insurance provider regarding the overpayment of contributions
You will receive a refund of your overpaid pension insurance contributions if:
- you paid pension insurance contributions for the relevant year through the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund, and
- you have paid a total amount in pension insurance contributions that exceeds the maximum contribution limit.
There are no costs involved.
As a general rule: If you have paid contributions that exceed the contribution assessment ceiling, your earnings will usually be automatically adjusted downward and the overpaid contributions will be refunded. To this end, the German Pension Insurance and the Artists’ Social Security Fund exchange the necessary information and figures with one another. If you would like to receive a refund of the overpaid pension insurance contributions sooner, you can apply for it with the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund.
Online Application:
- Access the online form on the federal portal verwaltung.bund.de. This form will guide you step by step through the necessary information, which you can enter electronically.
- Note: To log in to the online form, you’ll need a valid ELSTER certificate. Alternatively, you can use your electronic ID.
- It will take you about 10 minutes to complete the online application.
- First, enter your personal information, including your insurance number. You can find this in the upper right corner of letters from the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund.
- On the next page, you can specify the year for which you overpaid pension insurance contributions and, if available, upload supporting documents.
Application by mail:
- Notify the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund of the year for which you overpaid pension insurance contributions.
- Please also include your insurance number. You’ll find this in the top right corner of letters from the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund.
- Feel free to include supporting documents regarding the overpaid pension insurance contributions with your application and send everything to the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund.
Upon receipt of your application, the Artists’ Social Security Fund will review your information. If a reduction is granted, you will receive a corresponding notice.
If there are any questions or if (additional) documents are required, the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund will contact you by mail.
Processing time: 3 - 4 MonthsThe processing time depends on the workload and on whether the Artists' Social Insurance Fund needs to request documents from your pension insurance provider.
There is no deadline.
- Appeal. Detailed information on how to file an appeal can be found in the notice from the Artists' Social Insurance Fund.
You can only file a claim for a refund of overpaid pension insurance contributions for completed (i.e., past) years.
Federal and Railway Accident Insurance (UVB), Artists’ Social Insurance Division
- Artists' Social Insurance: Change in Remuneration Reduction
Remark: Displaying Performance on the Original Portal
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.