Social Security with the SVS - Types of Contributions & Adjustment

• Registration at the SVS

• Mandatory social insurance, opting-out, and adjustment of contributions

  • Beginning of the mandatory social insurance

  • When am I obligated to pay mandatory full social insurance contributions as a new self-employed person?

  • Opting in for the new self-employed

  • Grounds for opting out from the mandatory health and pension for business licence owners

• Types of contributions

• Adjustment of the preliminary contribution base

• The end of the mandatory social insurance

The SVS, formerly known as the SVA (the name changed on 1st January 2020), is “a self-governing organization of the self-employed for the self-employed”. The acronym “SVS” stands for Sozialversicherung der Selbständigen (Social Insurance of the Self-Employed), and as it indicates, it’s an organization that manages all affairs related to social insurance for self-employed individuals in Austria. The SVS claim to maintain the health of 1.3 million customers and protect them during illnesses, accidents, or retirement. Both the tax office and the SVS are two of the most important institutions that you want to keep good relations with during your time as a self-employed person in Austria.

Registration at the SVS

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