Submit proof of income to the Künstlersozialkasse for random checks

Once a year, the Künstlersozialkasse audits the earned income of artists and publicists who are insured with it. The persons audited are selected at random and on an annual basis by means of a random sample.

If you are insured with the Künstlersozialkasse, your information on your self-employed artistic and journalistic activities can be checked. In this way, the Künstlersozialkasse checks whether you still meet the requirements for compulsory insurance or entitlement to a subsidy from the Künstlersozialversicherung.

If you have been selected, you must provide the following data, for example:

• Your earned income (up to the last 6 years)
• Areas in which you are self-employed as an artist or journalist.
• Areas in which you are also active

In individual cases, you may also have to submit additional documents relating to

• Companies from which you receive your earned income.
• Businesses with companies that have to pay artists' social security contributions and from which your income comes.

Requirements

• You are currently subject to compulsory insurance or entitled to a subsidy via the Künstlersozialkasse.
• You were subject to compulsory insurance or entitled to a subsidy during the audit period.
• You have been requested by the Künstlersozialkasse to disclose your income situation for the audit.

What documents do I need?

• Completed online application or
• Answer sheet or
• PDF form for stating the actual earned income from previous years
• Proof of income from previous years
  

  For example:
  

  • Income tax assessments
  • Profit and loss statements
  • Non-assessment certificate