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Notify the Artists' Social Security Fund of a change in your professional situation
Service Description
As a person who is self-employed as an artist or journalist, you are generally subject to statutory pension, health and long-term care insurance via the artists' social insurance scheme.
However, this only applies if there are no specific exceptions or if you are insured elsewhere with priority. If there is a fundamental change in your professional situation, you must inform the Künstlersozialkasse (KSK) immediately.
Examples of professional circumstances that may have an impact on your existing obligation to be insured with the KSK:
- dependent employment
- Unemployment benefit payments
- Other self-employed activities or commercial income
- shareholdings in companies
- Activities in agriculture
- commencement of studies
- Federal voluntary service / military service
In addition, there are other professional circumstances that affect the insurance relationship in the artists' social insurance.
For detailed advice, please contact the KSK directly.
Process flow
You can report a change to your professional framework conditions in writing.
- First check whether there is a notification form for your change on the website of the Künstlersozialkasse.
- If a notification form is available, fill it out as a PDF and print it out.
- If there is no notification form, notify the change informally.
- If necessary, enclose copies of proof of the change with your notification.
- Send everything together to the KSK.
- Answer any queries as soon as possible.
- Depending on the type of change, you may receive written confirmation of the change.
Requirements
- In principle, you must be subject to compulsory social insurance for artists or be entitled to a subsidy.
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You must also, for example
- taken up, terminated or extended dependent employment,
- received an approval, extension, suspension or termination of unemployment benefit or unemployment benefit II,
- started or ended another self-employed activity above the marginal earnings threshold,
- started or ended work as a farmer or craftsman,
- enrolled or exmatriculated as a student,
- taken up or terminated employment as a civil servant,
- started a prison sentence,
- started or ended an activity as part of the Federal Voluntary Service/Military Service.
Which documents are required?
- depending on the type of change
- please note the information on the respective notification form
What are the fees?
There are no costs for you.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
Please inform us immediately of any change in your professional situation.
Processing duration
Depending on the workload, usually 4 weeks.
Legal basis
Applications / forms
- Appeal. If there is a change with legal consequences, you will find detailed information on how to lodge an objection in the notification.
Appeal
- Forms: yes
- Online procedure possible: no
- Written form required: no
- Personal appearance required: no
Further Information
- Information for self-employed artists and publicists on the website of the Künstlersozialkasse: Unemployment benefit II and artists' social insurance
- Information for self-employed artists and publicists on the website of the Künstlersozialkasse: Artists' social insurance and receipt of benefits from the employment agency
- Information for self-employed artists and publicists on the website of the Künstlersozialkasse: Insurance with the KSK despite a (part-time) job?
- Information for self-employed artists and publicists on the website of the Künstlersozialkasse: Insurance with the KSK for students
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
- Artists' social insurance Change in professional situation (Germany)
Remark: Display of performance in the source portal
Technically approved by
Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
Professionally released on
09.11.2021
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)