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Artists' social insurance; notification of change in professional situation

If you are not only self-employed as an artist or journalist, but also perform other activities or receive social benefits, you must report this to the Künstlersozialkasse.

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Künstlersozialkasse

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26384 Wilhelmshaven

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Procedure details

As a person who is gainfully self-employed in an artistic or journalistic capacity, you are, in principle, required to be insured under the statutory pension, health and long-term care insurance scheme via the artists' social insurance scheme.

However, this is only the case if there are no exceptions or if you are insured in another way. 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 include

  • dependent employment
  • unemployment benefits
  • other self-employed activities or trade income
  • shareholdings in companies
  • activities in agriculture
  • Taking up a course of study
  • Federal voluntary service/voluntary 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.

  • In principle, they must be subject to compulsory insurance or entitled to subsidies under the artists' social insurance scheme.
  • In addition, you have, for example
    • have taken up, terminated or extended dependent employment,
    • received an approval, extension, cancellation or termination of unemployment benefit or unemployment benefit II,
    • have taken up or terminated another self-employed activity above the marginal earnings threshold,
    • commenced or terminated an activity as a farmer or craftsman,
    • enrolled or de-registered as a student,
    • taken up or terminated an activity as a civil servant,
    • started or ended a prison sentence
    • taken up or ended an activity as part of the federal voluntary service/voluntary service.

  • Required Documents
    • abhängig von der Art der Änderung
    • beachten Sie die Hinweise auf dem jeweiligen Mitteilungsformular

You can report a change in your professional framework condition in writing.

  • First check whether a notification form for your change is provided 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, informally notify the change.
  • Attach copies of evidence of the change to your notification, if applicable.
  • Send everything together to the KSK.
  • Answer any queries as soon as possible.
  • Depending on the nature of the change, you may receive written confirmation of the change.

There are no costs for you.

Please notify us immediately of any change in your professional situation.

Depending on workload, usually 4 weeks.

  • Appeal. If there is a change with legal implications, refer to the notice for detailed information on how to appeal.

Status: 29.08.2022
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales
Source: Federal Portal
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