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Companies must pay various taxes and duties for their employees, for example contributions to statutory health and pension insurance. Special regulations apply to certain types of work (e.g. mini-job)

Formalities

Here you will find information about formalities related to this subject:

• Voluntary insurance in the statutory accident insurance; application

  If you are not insured against accidents at work by law, you can apply for voluntary insurance. You can change or cancel the insurance at any time.

• Statutory accident insurance; registration of a company

  If you start a business, become self-employed or freelance, you must register this with the statutory accident insurance.

• Household check procedure; registration and deregistration of household assistance, notification of change.

  If you employ a domestic helper on a mini-job basis, you must register them using the household check procedure.

• Artists' social security contribution; submission of the annual report

  If your company is registered with the Künstlersozialkasse, you must submit your annual report for the calculation of the Künstlersozialabgabe.

• Artists' social security contribution; advice for registered companies

  If you have any questions about the artists' social security contribution, you can contact the Künstlersozialkasse.
  

• Artists' social security contribution; advice for non-registered companies

  The Künstlersozialkasse will advise you on all questions concerning the Künstlersozialabgabe.

• Artists' social security contribution; filing an objection against a notice of amendment

  If the Künstlersozialkasse has sent you a notice of amendment and you do not agree with it, you can lodge an objection.

• Artists' social security contribution; notification of the establishment of or accession to a compensation association

  If you run a company that is liable to pay social security contributions, you can reduce the time and effort required to prepare the annual reports by forming a compensation association with other companies. This association assumes the obligations towards the Künstlersozialkasse (KSK).

• Artists' social security contribution; notification of artistic or journalistic activity of a partner

  If your partner works creatively for you, you must pay artists' social security contributions on his or her salary under certain conditions.

• Artists' social security contribution; transmission of information for the verification of the obligation to pay contributions

  You have not yet fulfilled your obligation to self-report and the Künstlersozialkasse has written to you to check your obligation to pay contributions.

• Artists' social security contribution; onward transfer through compensation agreement

  If you represent several companies as a compensation association vis-à-vis the Künstlersozialkasse (KSK), you must update the data for your members at the KSK annually and collect the artists' social security contribution and forward it to the KSK.

• Künstlersozialkasse; registration by entrepreneurs

  If you run a business that is subject to the levy, you must register your business with the Künstlersozialkasse.

• Wage tax; registration by the employer
  The employer must withhold and pay the wage tax.
• Pension insurance; information and advice

  Statutory pension insurance provides protection against the risks of old age, disability and death, particularly for employees, but also for certain self-employed persons and other groups of persons.