Artists' social insurance; transmission of information and documents for final subsidy statement

Subsidies that you receive from the Künstlersozialkasse are finally settled in the following year.

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As a gainfully self-employed artist or journalist, you are entitled to subsidies from the Künstlersozialkasse (KSK) under certain conditions. The subsidies relate to the costs of your private or voluntary statutory health and long-term care insurance.

You may be entitled to these subsidies if you are

are subject to compulsory insurance via the KSK and
- are exempt from compulsory statutory health and long-term care insurance, or
- no longer have access to statutory insurance.

You will receive the allowances monthly as a provisional allowance. They are therefore advance payments on the final subsidy.

At the end of a year, you will receive a final subsidy statement. It is based on

your actual contributions to your private or voluntary statutory health and long-term care insurance, and
your actual income, if applicable.

The KSK compares the subsidies paid provisionally with your actual subsidy entitlement. This may result in additional payments or reclaims.

If you do not submit the information and documents on time, the KSK will demand repayment of the provisionally paid subsidies. You will also lose your current subsidy entitlement.

If you submit the documents later, a late grant settlement is possible. In this case, you can receive a provisional monthly subsidy again.

You must have received subsidies for your private or voluntary statutory health and long-term care insurance expenses in the past year.

Required Documents
- Proof of actual expenses for your private or voluntary statutory health and long-term care insurance. You will usually receive this certificate automatically at the beginning of the year.
  - from your private insurance company or
  - in the case of voluntary insurance, from your statutory health insurance company.
- If applicable, an additional certificate of monthly expenses if you have not received allowances throughout the year. You can obtain this certificate from your health insurance company on request.

Settlement of your provisional subsidy is possible after you provide proof of your final costs for private or voluntary statutory insurance:

For this purpose, you will receive a letter from the KSK in April with a questionnaire.
Fill out the questionnaire with the values from the previous year.
Check whether you need to send a certificate of monthly contributions in addition to the total amounts.
- If necessary, request this certificate from your insurance company. A note to this effect is included in the letter from the KSK.
If you are asked for your final income, please fill in the values additionally.
Send the completed form and the attachments to the KSK.
Answer any queries as soon as possible.
You will then receive a written statement of your subsidy for the previous year.

Note: If the KSK has all the required information and documents, you can receive the statement of the grant earlier. To do this, you must submit the relevant information and documents correspondingly earlier. This can be done informally by stating your insurance number.