Total income (social law)
The total income is a term from the German Social Law . It is defined in § 16 SGB IV.
According to this, the total income consists of the sum of the person's income in terms of German tax law . As a result, tax-free payments do not have to be added to total income. Likewise, income-related expenses for non-self-employed work or business expenses for self-employed work are to be deducted.
Since no use has been made of the authorization to issue ordinances pursuant to Section 17 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Point 3 SGB IV, income must generally be taken into account at the time it is received. There is no legal basis for dividing one-off earnings over subsequent years or months.
The total income is especially important for determining the income limit for family insurance in the statutory health insurance, but is also used to determine the maintenance obligation of relatives of a recipient of basic security in old age and in the event of reduced earning capacity .
Individual references and sources
- ↑ BSG, October 9, 2007, AZ B 5b / 8 KN 1/06 KR R
Web links
- Joint circular on the total income of the statutory health insurances