Versorgungswerk der Steuerberater - Mitgliedschaft anmelden

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

The pension scheme provides its members and their survivors with the following benefits:

• Old-age pension
• Disability pension
• Survivor's pension (widow's and widower's pension, pension for the surviving partner of a registered partnership, orphan's pension)
• Death grants for survivors
• Lump-sum compensation to the surviving wife or husband in the event of remarriage

Hint: In addition, the pension fund may, upon application, grant subsidies towards the costs of necessary, particularly complex medical rehabilitation measures. However, you are not entitled to it.

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

Most employers pay membership fees directly to the pension fund. If you are in an employment relationship, please provide your employer with your membership number. Inform him of your exemption from compulsory insurance in the statutory pension insurance. If you are not in an employment relationship or if your employer does not pay the contributions directly to the pension fund, you must pay the contributions yourself. A form for issuing a SEPA direct debit mandate can be downloaded from the Internet.

Tip: Further information on the contributions can be found in the articles of association of the pension fund of tax consultants in Hesse on www.vstbh.de under "Legal basis" and under "Service"> "Frequently asked questions".

• Initial registration form of the VStBH
• if you request the calculation of the contribution according to the respective proven earned income: certificate of gross monthly income
  • for employees: payslip for the first month of contributions
  • for self-employed persons: estimation of the income of the current calendar year or submission of the penultimate income tax assessment (at the earliest from the year of the first appointment)
• if you are an employee: application for exemption from compulsory insurance in the statutory pension insurance and, as an in-house tax consultant, a clearance certificate from the competent chamber of tax consultants or, in the case of a first appointment, a copy of the order certificate.

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 in the pension fund is excluded if you

• have been exempted from membership as a founding member or have not applied for membership, or
• are unfit for work.

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If you meet the requirements for membership, the pension fund will provide you with your membership number. You should specify this in every future contact with the pension fund. At the same time, you will receive your personal access data for the member portal. This secure service allows you to exchange messages and information with your contact person at the pension fund and simulate your retirement or disability pension online. At the same time, you have the option of encrypting your retirement planning documents and simply archiving them electronically.

The pension fund first requires some information for your registration as a member and the determination of contributions. You can enter these online in the member portal under portal.vstbh.de after the initial registration with your access data. When you appoint as a tax consultant, you will receive an information flyer from the Hessen Chamber of Tax Consultants, in which you will once again explain exactly how to access the online registration form. If you do not wish to complete the initial registration form online, you can download the blank form from the www.vstbh.de website under "Forms" to edit it offline. Alternatively, you can also request this from the pension fund and have it sent by post.

Tip: As soon as you register, you can apply for exemption from compulsory insurance in the statutory pension insurance scheme in favour of the pension fund. The required form for the exemption application can be obtained via a link in the online registration form or under www.vstbh.de under "Forms". Please fill it out and sign it and send it to the pension fund. It supplements your application and forwards it to the Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund.

• for registration: as soon as you meet the requirements for membership
• for a possible exemption application: within 6 months of the fulfilment of the conditions for membership
• if you are employed: An application for exemption has retroactive effect on the beginning 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 complete the procedure via the Point of Single 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 beforehand. To do this, use the simulation. In order to make full use of the online application, you must first register with the online application process.

Online application procedure of the Point of Single Contact Hesse