Change notification of artists' social security contribution

You can submit your correction report online or by post.

Online notification:

• Call up the online application 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.
• You will need approximately 5 minutes to complete the online application.
• First enter your personal details, including your tax number. You will find this on the letter from the Künstlersozialkasse in the top right-hand corner.
• On the next page, please enter the corrected fee amount and give reasons for your correction.

Notification by post:

• A "correction notification form" is available on the website of the Künstlersozialkasse in the media center for companies and users.
• Please complete the form in full. This also includes giving reasons for the correction.

• Send the completed form to the Künstlersozialkasse. You can submit an informal application to the Künstlersozialkasse. In any case, please give reasons for the correction.

After receiving your notification, the Künstlersozialkasse will check your details. If there are any queries or further documents are required, the Künstlersozialkasse will contact you by post. If your corrected notification is comprehensible:

• You will receive a new statement from the Künstlersozialkasse.
• If the new statement results in an additional payment, you must pay this to the Künstlersozialkasse.
• If the new statement results in a credit balance for you, the Künstlersozialkasse will usually refund this amount automatically to your account.

If your corrected statement is not comprehensible:

• You will receive a notice in which the Künstlersozialkasse refuses to correct the statement.

More information

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

• fees
• purchase prices
• royalties
• licenses
• benefits in kind
• Expenses such as costs for telephone and similar as well as incidental costs for materials and similar

The chargeable remuneration does not include

• Value added tax shown separately on an invoice
• Payments to copyright collecting societies
• Payments to a KG and OHG, legal entities and to a GmbH & Co. KG, insofar as they act in their own name
• Profit allocations to shareholders
• Travel expenses that are reimbursed within the tax exemption limits
• tax-free expense allowances
• the so-called "practice leader allowance"
• subsequent duplication costs

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

• Correction notification form for those obliged to pay artists' social security contributions

• Submit or change the notification for the artists' social security contribution
  

• Correction report form
  

free of charge

What deadlines must be paid attention to?

There is no deadline for submitting a correction report. However, the Künstlersozialkasse will check whether the subsequent collection of the artists' social security contribution or a claim for reimbursement of overpaid artists' social security contributions is already time-barred.

How long does it take to process

1 week to 4 weeks The processing time depends on the workload.

• § 25 Künstlersozialversicherungsgesetz (KSVG)
• § 27 Absatz 1a Künstlersozialversicherungsgesetz (KSVG)
• § 29 Künstlersozialversicherungsgesetz (KSVG)
• Section 27(1a) of the Artists’ Social Insurance Act (KSVG)
• Section 25 of the Artists’ Social Insurance Act (KSVG)
• Section 29 of the Artists’ Social Insurance Act (KSVG)

• Informationen zur Bemessungsgrundlage der Künstlersozialabgabe auf der Internetseite der Künstlersozialkasse
• Informationsschrift Allgemeines und Verfahren auf der Internetseite der Künstlersozialkasse
• Informationsschrift Künstlerische/publizistische Tätigkeiten und Abgabesätze auf der Internetseite der Künstlersozialkasse
• Informationsschrift Künstlersozialversicherungs-Entgeltverordnung mit Ausnahmen zur Bemessungsgrundlage auf der Internetseite der Künstlersozialkasse
• Alle Informationsschriften und Checklisten im Mediencenter für Unternehmen und Verwerter der Künstlersozialkasse
• Häufige Fragen (FAQ) zu Unternehmen und Verwertern auf der Internetseite der Künstlersozialkasse
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about businesses and rights-holders on the Künstlersozialkasse website
• Information on the basis for calculating the artists’ social security contribution on the Artists’ Social Security Fund’s website
• Information leaflet on the Artists’ Social Insurance Remuneration Regulation, including exceptions to the assessment basis, on the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund’s website
• Information leaflet: General information and procedures on the Künstlersozialkasse website
• Information leaflet on artistic and journalistic activities and contribution rates on the Artists’ Social Security Fund website
• All information leaflets and checklists in the Media Centre for businesses and users of the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund