Disadvantageous tax burden in old age is not mentioned The Rürup pension was sold millions of times as a tax-saving model. As a matter of course, savings by paying insurance premiums in the savings phase are then precalculated by the agent or broker. However, if documentation has been prepared at all, it often lacks the […]
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Changing tariffs in the PKV is worthwhile
Changing tariffs in private health insurance often makes sense even for those who have been insured for many years. It is not just a matter of saving on premiums, but of improving benefits. Private health insurance (PKV) is cheap when you are young – because with statutory health insurance (GKV), contributions are based on […]
Rürup pension causes increasing insolvencies in old age
– Why basic pensions are not protected against insolvency – The Rürup pension is a typical tax-saving model. The seller’s trick is often to highlight the tax advantages at the beginning of the contract or in the savings phase, but to completely ignore the later risks of loss and tax burdens in the payout […]
Penalty payments instead of imprisonment are prohibited in the case of creditor disadvantage
– Do insolvent debtors have to go to jail for the benefit of their creditors? – “If the debtor pays a fine knowing that he is unable to pay, the challenge of intent may prevail if the enforcement authority is informed of the debtor’s unfavourable financial situation.” is the official guiding principle of the […]
New landlord certificate aims to protect against crime through bogus registrations
Why presumption certificates and well-intentioned laws invite crime Over 35 million citizens live in Germany for rent. Since 01.11.2015, they have to submit a certificate from the landlord about moving in and out to the registration office. A state secretary from the Ministry of the Interior commented on the amendment to the law: “The Federal […]
The late switch back to statutory health insurance and other alternatives
– Why the complete departure from private health insurance is questionable – A 55-year-old man reports to an actuarial expert after his private health insurance (PKV) has more than doubled its premiums within nine years, even though he has been insured for almost thirty years. The actuary replies, yes, I just calculated that for […]
Optimising the statutory survivor’s pension
Survivors rub their eyes when the survivors’ pension of the German Pension Insurance (DRV) is reduced to zero after three months. This regulation – which was last tightened in 2002 – affects marriages entered into after 2002 or those where both spouses were born after 1962. Then 40% of the additional net income is offset, […]
The late switch back to statutory health insurance and other alternatives
A 55-year-old man reports to an actuarial expert after his private health insurance (PKV) has more than doubled its premiums within nine years, even though he has been insured for almost thirty years. The actuary replies, yes, I just calculated that for a client – around 8% annual increases are quite realistic, especially if you […]
Tax-privileged health support by employer without any private supplementary insurance at all
– Efficient employee retention through company sickness benefits – According to § 10 I No.3 EStG should since 2010 all Contributions to private health and long-term care insurance are fully tax-deductible as “other pension expenses”. However, this only applies in so far as it is proportionally a so-called basic insurance (basic health insurance and […]
Tax benefits through sickness benefits
According to § 10 I No.3 EStG should since 2010 all Contributions to private health and long-term care insurance are fully tax-deductible as “other pension expenses”. However, this only applies in so far as it is proportionally a so-called basic insurance (basic health insurance and compulsory nursing care insurance). The Federal Fiscal Court (Bundesfinanzhof, BFH, […]