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, […]

Lawsuits in financial cases – private expert opinions make sense because errors often go undetected

Optimal revocation for credit, capital investment and insurance   When legal representation without an expert opinion is giving away pure money No one would accuse financial institutions, i.e. banks and insurers, of unlawful or dishonest behaviour if affected customers do not receive what they are actually entitled to after a revocation of credit and investment […]

Unchecked and often wrong

Contribution notices of the statutory health insurance for supplementary benefits: What you have to pay attention to in order to keep the overview   The current ruling of the Social Court of Dortmund of 22.01.2014 (Ref. S 39 KR 1585/13) led to the reimbursement of all additional contributions to the GKV levied by way of […]

BEG calculator: Further nonsense

As in VM 12/09, the 14th part of the series deals with errors of so-called citizen relief calculators. Unfortunately, there are many errors in the calculators for the Citizens’ Relief Act (BEG). So even civil servants who claim not to pay health insurance contributions get tax savings! In the first example (right-hand mask), the unmarried […]

Company pension scheme often disadvantageous: private pension beats deferred compensation

Intermediaries and employers are liable for failing to provide information to reduce social pensions – around €6 billion liability potential annually!     Advertising for deferred compensation with tax and social security savings The conversion of remuneration is made palatable to the employee by advisors or intermediaries, above all because of the tax and social […]

Employers in the pension obligation

Since 1 January 2002, all employees subject to pension insurance have the right to deferred compensation within the framework of a company pension scheme (bAV). Practically every employer must therefore deal with this issue in his own interest and in the interest of his employees and look for ways of implementing it in the best […]

Market shakeout is foreseeable

VM No. 12/06 took a close look at what is happening in 2007 in the market for occupational pensions in general and with individual insurers in particular. The continuation will look at the case law in this area and say where there are still weaknesses and where the opportunities lie. Employers face a lawsuit for […]