Final subsidy statement of the Künstlersozialkasse
As a self-employed person as an artist or journalist, you are entitled to subsidies from the Künstlersozialkasse (KSK) under certain conditions. The subsidies concern the costs of your private or voluntary statutory health and long-term care insurance.
You may be entitled to these grants if you:
- are subject to compulsory insurance through the KSK and
- are exempt from compulsory health and long-term care insurance, or
- no longer have access to statutory insurance.
You will receive the grants monthly as a provisional grant. They are therefore advance payments on the final grant.
At the end of one year, you will receive a final grant statement. It is based on
- your actual contributions to your private or voluntary statutory health and long-term care insurance, and
- where applicable, your actual income.
The KSK compares the provisionally paid subsidies with the actual entitlement to the grant. This may lead to additional payments or reclaims.
If you do not submit the information and documents in time, the KSK will reclaim the provisionally paid subsidies. In addition, you will lose your current entitlement to a grant.
If you submit the documents subsequently, a late grant statement is possible. In this case, you can again receive a provisional monthly grant.
Process flow
The settlement of your provisional subsidy is possible after you prove your final costs for private or voluntary statutory insurance:
- For this purpose, you will receive a letter with a questionnaire from the KSK in April.
- Fill out the questionnaire with the values of the previous year.
- Check whether you need to send a certificate of monthly contributions in addition to the total amounts.
- If necessary, request this certificate from your insurance company. A corresponding reference can be found in the letter of the KSK.
- If you are asked for your final income, please enter the values additionally.
- Send the completed form and attachments to KSK.
- Answer any questions as soon as possible.
- You will then receive a written statement of your grant for the previous year.
Note: If the KSK has all the necessary information and documents, you can receive the statement of the grant earlier. To do this, you must submit the relevant information and documents earlier. This is possible informally by stating your insurance number.
Requirements
You must have received subsidies for the expenses of your private or voluntary statutory health and long-term care insurance in the past year.
Which documents are required?
- Proof of the actual expenses for your private or voluntary statutory health and long-term care insurance. You will usually receive this certificate automatically at the beginning of the year.
- from your private insurance company, or
- in the case of voluntary insurance from your statutory health insurance fund.
- If applicable, an additional certificate of monthly expenses if you have not received grants throughout the year. You will receive this certificate from your health insurance company on request.
What are the fees?
There are no costs for you.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
Deadline for submission of the complete documents for the final statement of grants to KSK:
31.05. of the following year of provisional grants
Processing duration
- depending on the workload, usually 4 weeks
Applications / forms
Forms: yes
Online procedure possible: no
Written form required: no
Personal appearance required: no
Appeal
- Contradiction
Detailed information on how to file an objection can be found in your decision.
Technically approved by
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Professionally released on
19.11.2021
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
