Translation of "Künstlersozialkasse" in English

It is administered by an artists' provident fund.

And: all contributions to Künstlersozialkasse are included.

Also get tips and support on entry into the artists' social fund.

An examination of artists' working conditions shows that the Künstlersozialkasse itself plays an important role.

Further information concerning membership of the Social Security Scheme for Artists (KSK) can be found in the corresponding procedural description.

The Bund will provide a subsidy, equal to about one sixth of the full costs, to the artists' social insurance scheme that is scheduled to be set up.

During the private cost planning in such a way some does not make sure a founder that he is obligation-insured due to its occupation industry e.g. with the old age pension insurance or itself with the artist social insurance patient insuring can/must.

It creates in co-operation with tax counsels and attorneys for more transparency in an area, which concerns almost all advertising agencies, Freelancer and clients, but hardly admits due to official communication lacking on the part of the artist social insurance is.

Labels and producers ask us to prepare standard contracts, artists want us to represent their legal and invoicing interests versus record companies, agencies, broadcasting stations, performance rights societies (GEMA, GVL, SUISA etc.), event organizers and the German social security system for artists.

Frequent subjects of advice are problems with the Artists’ Social Security Fund (“KSK”), the Job Centres and social welfare offices.

However, in the case of a profit from commercial business of more than 4.800 Euro, the contribution of the Social Insurance Fund to health insurance is not applicable.

An examination of artists' working conditions shows that the Künstlersozialkasse itself plays an important role.

Anyone who is insured through the artist's social insurance fund may also be the owner of a limited company - in the specific case, one has to disagree with the KSK in advance.

There is an exception for self-employed artists and publicists. They are compulsorily insured with the artists’ social welfare fund (KSK) in the statutory pension, health and nursing insurance.

In this way we do not speak of a certain sector (cultural industry), nor of a surveyable social category (members of the artist social class in Germany, for example), nor of a professional self-understanding.

All companies which use artistic and journalistic services must pay social security contributions for artists to the social security fund.

The allegation of tax evasion or tax reduction, as well as social security fraud, is increasingly being charged by the financial and customs authorities. We represent and defend you in the area of ??sales and income tax, as well as procedures of the social insurance carriers (German pension insurance, SOKA BAU, Artist Social Fund, etc.).

While the German government continues to push austerity and the liberal-conservative press frets over a too-low inflation rate, most regular citizens have other business to take care of: surviving in the era of ever falling incomes. Not everybody is participating in the journey to the top. And as is traditional, artists are at the forefront of the new “precariat”- those statistically making under €1000 a month (reported by the Künstlersozialkasse, the German body that supports artists and writers in hard times).

This group grew four times more rapidly than the aggregate figures for self-employed individuals as a proportion of the workforce.7 Figures provided by the Künstlersozialkasse [Artists' Insurance Scheme] reveal that in 2003 the average annual revenue of male insurees was 12 489 euro, whilst for women insured in the scheme it was only 9 359 euro.

This comprises legal aspects of the Copyright– and Ancillary Copyright Law, the Artist Pension Insurance Law as well as the Right to a Name, Trade Mark and Competition Law. Thus we help you for example realizing a remake of an old classic song, with your own online-distribution, with your own merchandising or with the conclusion of a Publishing-, Booking-, Performance-, Music Studio- or Promotion-Contract.