Versorgungswerk der Steuerberater - Mitgliedschaft anmelden

The Versorgungswerk der Steuerberater in Hessen (VStBH) is the professional pension scheme for members of the Hessen Chamber of Tax Consultants. Information on membership of the Chamber of Tax Consultants can be found in the corresponding service description.

The pension fund grants its members and their surviving dependants the following benefits:

• Old-age pension
• Occupational disability pension
• Survivors' pension (widow's and widower's pension, pension for the surviving partner of a registered civil partnership, orphan's pension)
• Death benefit for the surviving dependants
• Lump-sum settlement to the surviving wife or husband in the event of remarriage

Note: In addition, the pension fund can grant subsidies towards the costs of necessary, particularly costly medical rehabilitation measures on application. However, you are not entitled to this.

Members of the pension fund must pay a regular monthly contribution as long as they do not receive an old-age pension or a disability pension. This corresponds to half the maximum contribution to statutory pension insurance. If your income does not reach half the contribution assessment ceiling, you can apply to have your contribution calculated according to your earned income. As a minimum, the minimum contribution of 1/10 of the maximum contribution to statutory pension insurance is due. Employee members who are exempt from compulsory insurance in the statutory pension insurance scheme must pay at least the contribution that would be payable to the statutory pension insurance scheme.

Most employers pay the membership contributions directly to the pension fund. If you are in an employment relationship, inform your employer of your membership number. Inform them of your exemption from compulsory insurance in the statutory pension insurance scheme. If you are not employed or your employer does not pay the contributions directly to the pension fund, you must pay the contributions yourself. You can download a form for issuing a SEPA direct debit mandate from the Internet.

Tip: You can find more information on contributions in the statutes of the pension fund for tax consultants in Hesse at www.vstbh.de under "Legal basis" and under "Service"> "Frequently asked questions".

• Initial registration form of the VStBH
• if you apply for the calculation of the contribution according to the respective proven earned income: certificate of the monthly gross income
  • for salaried employees: payslip for the first month of contributions
  • for self-employed persons: estimate of income for the current calendar year or submission of the penultimate income tax assessment notice (from the year of first appointment at the earliest)
• if you are in an employment relationship: Application for exemption from compulsory insurance in the statutory pension insurance scheme and, if you are an in-house tax consultant, a certificate of non-objection from the relevant Chamber of Tax Consultants or, in the case of initial appointment, a copy of the certificate of appointment.

You are obliged to become a member of the pension fund as soon as you are a member of the Hessen Chamber of Tax Consultants.

Membership of the pension fund is excluded if you

• have been exempted from membership as a founding member or have not applied for membership or
• are professionally incapacitated.

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If you meet the requirements for membership, the pension fund will provide you with your membership number. You should quote this in any future contact with the pension fund. At the same time, you will receive your personal access data for the member portal. You can use this secure service to exchange messages and information with your contact at the pension fund and simulate your retirement or disability pension online. You also have the option of archiving your pension documents electronically in encrypted form.

The pension fund first needs some information to register you as a member and determine your contributions. You can enter this information online in the member portal at portal.vstbh.de after your initial registration with your access data. When you are appointed as a tax consultant, you will receive an information flyer from the Hessen Chamber of Tax Consultants explaining exactly how to access the online registration form. If you do not wish to complete the initial data entry form online, you can download the blank form from the website www.vstbh.de under "Forms" in order to process it offline. Alternatively, you can request it from the pension fund and have it sent to you by post.

Tip: When you register, you can apply for exemption from compulsory insurance in the statutory pension insurance scheme in favor of the pension fund. You can obtain the required form for the exemption application via a link in the online registration form or at www.vstbh.de under "Forms". Please complete, sign and return it to the pension fund. It will complete your application and forward it to the German Pension Insurance Association.

• for registration: as soon as you meet the requirements for membership
• for a possible application for exemption: within 6 months of meeting the conditions for membership
• if you are in an employment relationship: An application for exemption takes effect back to the start of the exemption requirements if it is submitted within 3 months, otherwise it is valid from the date of application.

To the Pension Fund of Tax Consultants in Hesse, K.d.ö.R (VStBH).

You can also handle the procedure via the Single Point of Contact .

A separate platform has been developed for online applications. On the so-called service platform, you can submit your applications electronically and much more! You are welcome to get your own impression of the application in advance without registering first. Use the simulation for this. To make full use of the online application, you must first register for the online application procedure.

Online application procedure of the Point of Single Contact Hesse