Künstlersozialabgabe Informationsveranstaltungen Durchführung

Would you like to find out about the artists' social security contribution obligation for your company? Then you can take part in an information event organized by the Artists' Social Security Fund under certain conditions.

The Künstlersozialkasse must inform and advise you as a company or exploiter about your rights and obligations if you are potentially or actually obliged to pay artists' social security contributions. As a rule, your company is obliged to pay contributions if it exploits artistic or journalistic works or services, for example as a

• publishing house
• press agency
• theater
• orchestra or
• radio and television broadcaster.

Under the artists' social insurance scheme, self-employed artists and publishers only have to pay half of their contributions themselves. The other half is financed by a federal subsidy and the artists' social security contribution from companies and exploiters. In order to provide you with comprehensive information on all aspects of artists' social insurance and the artists' social levy, the Künstlersozialkasse regularly organizes

• lectures
• seminars and
• web seminars.

As a rule, the lectures and seminars take place on site at your company or at an organizing organization - for example, an association or a working group. The events must be requested from the Künstlersozialkasse by you or the organizations and are organized in cooperation with you or the organizations.

You can take part in the web seminars online from anywhere with Internet access.

An on-site information event normally lasts 2 hours. You need to allow about one hour for a web seminar.

The information service is only aimed at groups. The Künstlersozialkasse does not offer individual consultations in this format.

• for lecture or seminar: e-mail for registration
• for web seminar: Questionnaire "GoToWebinar"

• As the organizer of a personal presentation or a seminar on site, you must be able to mobilize a large number of interested parties via a working group, an association or similar organizational structures, for example.
  
• Participation in a personal lecture or seminar is only possible via the respective organizer.
  
• To participate in a web seminar, you need:
  • PC or laptop or mobile device
  • Internet access
  • webcam
  • Microphone and headphones

There are no costs.

If you are planning an information and presence event:

• Please contact the Künstlersozialkasse, preferably by e-mail.
  
• Agree a date and the further procedure together with the speaker. Clarify the following points, for example:
  • Venue
  • Main topics
  • Sector
  • List of participants
  • Technology
  • Handout

If you would like to take part in a web seminar:

• Visit the website of the Künstlersozialkasse.
  
• Register online for a specified date and a specific topic.
  
• Complete the questionnaire on the website. You must answer the following questions, for example:
  • Which sector does your company belong to?
  • Are you already registered with the Künstlersozialkasse as a company liable to pay contributions?
    
• The person organizing the web seminar will contact you and provide you with further information.
  
• At your appointment, you can follow the web seminar on your PC, laptop or mobile device.

• Organization of face-to-face events: Once you have contacted us, an employee of the Künstlersozialkasse will contact you within 2 to 3 days to schedule the event with you.
• Participation in web seminars or online workshops: After booking your appointment, you will immediately receive a confirmation email.

• A lead time of approximately one month is required for the organization of a face-to-face event.
• Registration for the web seminar is possible at short notice, provided the maximum number of participants has not yet been reached.

There are no indications or special features.

An appeal is not possible.

• Artists' social security contribution information event Implementation
• The Künstlersozialkasse regularly organizes information events on the artists' social security levy for companies and users subject to the levy, such as
  • publishing houses
  • press agencies
  • theaters
  • orchestras
  • Radio and television station
• Type of events:
  • Lectures
  • seminars
  • Web seminars
• Contents of the events:
  • Reasons for the existence of
    social insurance for artists
  • Financing of artists' social insurance and responsibilities
  • Group of persons subject to compulsory insurance
  • Definition of artists and publicists
  • Companies and exploiters liable to pay contributions
  • Instructions for completing the registration and data collection form for checking the obligation to pay contributions under the Artists' Social Insurance Act and the registration form
  • Remuneration subject to levy and assessment basis
  • Fees and ancillary costs
  • Levy-free fees, for example payments to a limited liability company or travel expenses
  • Practical examples
  • Consequences of the obligation to pay tax
  • Reporting, recording and submission obligations
  • Procedure
• Responsible: Artists' Social Security Fund