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You can apply for a lump sum for surviving dependants.

If you have been granted ongoing survivors' benefits, e.g. under the Federal Pension Act or from statutory accident insurance, you can apply for a lump sum of EUR 370. You will also receive this lump sum if the right to the benefits is suspended or if you have received a lump-sum settlement for the entitlement to the benefits.

In the case of survivors' benefits, proof must be provided in the form of official documents (e.g. pension certificate from the pension office, the relevant compensation authority or a statutory accident insurance institution). A pension certificate from a statutory pension insurance provider is not sufficient proof.

There are survivors' benefits under one of the following laws:

- the Federal Pension Act or another law that declares the provisions of the Federal Pension Act on survivors' benefits to be applicable mutatis mutandis, or
- the provisions on statutory accident insurance or
- the civil service regulations for surviving dependants of a civil servant who has died as a result of an occupational accident, or
- the provisions of the Federal Compensation Act on compensation for injury to life, body or health.

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The lump sum for surviving dependants is applied for in the income tax return or already in the income tax reduction procedure.

If you have been granted ongoing survivors' benefits, e.g. under the Federal Pension Act or from statutory accident insurance, you can apply for a lump sum.

Contact the tax office responsible for you. You can find this out using the tax office search on the website of the Federal Central Tax Office.