Submit proof of income to the Künstlersozialkasse for random checks

Procedure

The Künstlersozialkasse will send you a letter asking you to report your actual earned income for previous years. You can submit your reply online or by post.

Online notification:

• Call up the online form on the federal portal verwaltung.bund.de. This will guide you step by step through the necessary information, which you can enter electronically.
• Note: You will need a valid ELSTER certificate to log in to the online form. Alternatively, you can use your electronic ID document.
• You will need around 25 minutes to complete the online application.
• First enter your personal details, including your insurance number. You will find this on the letter from the Artists' Social Insurance Fund in the top right-hand corner.
• On the next page, you will first receive general information.
• On the following pages, you provide the information required for verification and upload the necessary documents.
• Once the Künstlersozialkasse has received your notification, it will check your details.
• If you have any further questions or if documents are missing, the Künstlersozialkasse will contact you by post. Please answer the questions as quickly as possible.
• At the end of the procedure, you will receive a notification by post.

Notification by post:

• Complete the form for reporting actual earned income from previous years in full.
• If you no longer have the reply form, please use the PDF form "Vordruck zur Angabe des tatsächlichen Arbeitseinkommens der Vorjahre" from the website of the Künstlersozialkasse. Informal notification is also possible.
• Please note the "Instructions for completing the form to query the actual earned income of previous years".
• Sign your notification of actual earned income from previous years.
• Enclose the required proof of your actual income with the notification.
• Send everything together to the Künstlersozialkasse.
• Once the Künstlersozialkasse has received your notification, it will check your details.
• If you have any further questions or if documents are missing, the Künstlersozialkasse will contact you by post. Please answer the questions as quickly as possible.
• At the end of the procedure, you will receive a notification by post.

Legal bases

• § 13 Gesetz über die Sozialversicherung der selbständigen Künstler und Publizisten (Künstlersozialversicherungsgesetz – KSVG)
• § 5 Absatz 1 Verordnung über die Überwachung der Entrichtung der Beitragsanteile und der Künstlersozialabgabe nach dem Künstlersozialversicherungsgesetz (KSVG-Beitragsüberwachungsverordnung)

More information

There are no indications or special features.

Legal remedy: Appeal. Detailed information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the notice from the Künstlersozialkasse.