Why the mediation of the basic pension almost certainly leads to the liability of the intermediary. 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 […]
Artikel zum Thema: Old-age poverty
Opportunities for a reduction in contributions or a return to statutory health insurance
– What the tariff change broker never reveals and rarely knows – A recent study by a lobby organisation proposes to make statutory health insurance (GKV) more attractive for lower earning self-employed persons, as reported by a newspaper from Southern Germany. For self-employed persons there would be a minimum contribution of 342 euros per month. […]
Can the “New Social Partner Model Company Pension” prevent increasing old-age poverty?
– Which disadvantages even the new occupational pension scheme (bAV) does not eliminate – Both the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BAMS) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) are currently interested in improving occupational pension schemes (bAV). On the one hand, there is the concept of a “new” implementation route via […]
What the tariff change broker never reveals and rarely knows
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has submitted a draft bill to transpose the EU Insurance Distribution Directive IDD into German law. Accordingly, the ban on commissions remains in force and in future there will be “fee-based insurance consultants The SHI system should become more attractive for the self-employed. In the guest article, attorney Dr. Fiala […]
Save taxes with Rürup pension?
The Rürup pension was sold as a tax-saving model in which savings made by paying insurance premiums during the savings phase are naturally pre-calculated by the agent. However, if documentation has been prepared at all, it often lacks the disadvantages of tax burdens in old age. The misadvice will already be that in old age […]
Tax-optimised compensation of pension commitments through a well thought-out spin-off from the GmbH
The pension promise as a tax trap? The advantages of a pension commitment are sufficiently known to every tax consultant and GmbH controlling shareholder-managing director. Tax advisors have also recommended this pension plan to their clients in order to reduce taxes and increase liquidity in the company. However, experts estimate that over 90% […]
The Rürup pension – customers receive millions of false advices
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 […]
If the maximum interest rate falls, the wheat is separated from the chaff
The average life insurance saver calls the secure interest on the savings portion of the life insurance premium the guaranteed interest rate, which will last be a maximum of 1.25 percent p.a. in 2015. This limit is the maximum actuarial interest rate used to calculate the actuarial reserves, above which no life insurer is currently […]
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 […]
Managing directors and senior executives give away the insolvency protection of their pension scheme
If managing directors and senior executives have been promised their company pension scheme(bAV) as a pension commitment or direct commitment, in the vast majority of cases the existing reinsurance assets are not sufficient to fully finance the retirement benefits. Insofar as reinsurance – e.g. as life insurance or investment funds – are available, employers think […]