Business closure and temporary suspension

• Notify the artists' social insurance fund of the company's business activities

  If you have given up or closed your business, you must inform the Künstlersozialkasse. The closure of your business leads to the termination of the obligation to pay artists' social security contributions.

• Consequences of the dissolution of a compensation association founded in cooperation with the Künstlersozialkasse

  If the equalization association of which you are a member is dissolved or you leave the equalization association, you must resume your obligations toward the Künstlersozialkasse (KSK) yourself.

• deregister a company, self-employed activity, or freelance work from the statutory accident insurance

  If your company ceases operations, you must inform your trade association or accident insurance fund. The same applies if you terminate your freelance or self-employed activity.

• Apply for, change, or cancel voluntary insurance or supplementary insurance under the statutory accident insurance

  If you are not legally insured against workplace accidents, you can apply for voluntary insurance. You can change or cancel the insurance at any time.

• Single Point of Contact Network

  The Europe-wide network of Points of Single Contact informs you about legal requirements and helps with the processing of procedures. 

• Founding or closure of a company

  If you want to start a business in Germany, it is necessary to comply with certain regulations and guidelines. Here you will find information on business formation, management, and closure, for example regarding the business license.

• Apply for cancellation of the registration in the aircraft register

  If you wish to have an entry deleted from the aircraft register, you can apply for this under certain conditions.

• Notify the Federal Network Agency of the termination of postal services provider activities

  If your company is registered in the Federal Network Agency's digital directory of postal service providers, but you no longer provide postal services, you must report the termination of your activity.

• Prohibition of commercial activities
• deregister a business for tax purposes

  When you hire or relocate a company or permanent establishment, you must inform your responsible tax office.