Submit remuneration report to the Künstlersozialkasse without being asked

You submit your remuneration report for the year in question to the Künstlersozialkasse:

• You can download the form "Meldebogen" from the website of the Künstlersozialkasse.
• Send your correction report informally by post, fax or e-mail to the KSK.
• The KSK will check your details.
• If there are any questions or further documents are required, the KSK will contact you.
• If the KSK comes to the conclusion that you are once again obliged to pay social security contributions, you will receive a statement of the artists' social security contributions.
• If there is still no obligation to pay the levy, the KSK will send you a notification.

You are already registered as a company with the KSK.

• You last registered with the KSK in a year with less than EUR 450.00 or you only held 3 or fewer events in a calendar year.
• The KSK has informed you that you are not liable to pay tax for the reported year.
• You have again paid a total of more than EUR 450.00 in one year to self-employed artists or journalists. You have used the services for the advertising or public relations work of your company or
• You want to generate income in connection with the use and have paid more than EUR 450.00 in one year to self-employed artists or journalists and have held more than 3 events during this period.

You do not need to submit any additional documents.

There are no costs for you.

After the end of a calendar year, your declaration must be submitted by March 31 of the following year at the latest.

Payment of your artists' social security contribution is due within one month of receipt of the statement.

Your monthly advance payments must be paid within 10 days of the end of each calendar month.

If you do not make the payments on time, the KSK will levy a monthly late payment surcharge of 1 percent of the arrears.

Usually 1 to 2 weeks.

• § Section 24 (1) sentence 2 and (2) sentence 1 in conjunction with (3) of the Artists' Social Insurance Act (KSVG)

• Contradiction

Detailed information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the notice on the settlement of the artists' social security contribution or the notice on the refusal to amend your annual statement.

Forms: yes
Online procedure possible: no
Written form required: no
Personal appearance required: no

• Registration form

Remuneration in this sense is everything you spend in order to obtain or use the artistic or journalistic work or service, for example

• royalties,
• purchase prices,
• royalties,
• licenses,
• benefits in kind,
• expenses such as telephone and similar costs and ancillary costs for materials and similar.

The assessment basis does not include

• the VAT shown separately on an invoice;
• Payments to copyright collecting societies, a KG and OHG, legal entities and a GmbH & Co. KG, insofar as they act in their own name;
• profit allocations to shareholders;
• Travel expenses that are reimbursed within the tax-free limits;
• tax-free expense allowances;
• the "trainer's allowance";
• subsequent duplication costs.

The KSK calculates the artists' social security contribution for the previous calendar year on the basis of your notification and informs you of the amount payable. The KSK also calculates the advance payments that you have to make each month in the current calendar year.

30.07.2021