State the Christmas bonus at the ARGE?
Basic security for job seekers according to SGB II can also be obtained by those who actually do not looking for a job - or maybe a better paid one because they don't live from their job alone can. The ARGE resp. Of course, all income - and thus also the Christmas bonus - must then be disclosed to the job center.
At the ARGE or When submitting your application, you must fully disclose your income and financial situation to the job center. If you generate income, various deductible amounts will be deducted, which do not reduce your entitlement to benefits. For the Christmas bonus, the deduction amount according to § 11b para. 3 SGB II become relevant.
Christmas bonus and benefits according to SGB II
- The Christmas bonus is of course also part of the income and must accordingly be paid to the ARGE or specified to the job center.
- According to § 11b SGB II, however, certain amounts are to be deducted from the income that a beneficiary earns. In the case of beneficiaries who are engaged in an activity, this initially includes an amount of 100 euros per month, s. § 11b para. 3 sentence 2 no. 1 SGB II. The income, which is between 101 and 1000 euros, remains 20 percent free of credit.
- When considering income, the point in time at which it flows to the beneficiary is particularly important. If a beneficiary achieves current income - something from regular employment - these are to be taken into account in the month in which the money is paid, i.e. in the month in which the money is on the account lands, cf. § 11 para. 2 SGB II. Even one-time income is acc. § 11 para. 3 SGB II to be taken into account in the month of the inflow.
- Christmas bonuses, which are typically paid in November or December, would then also have to be taken into account in that month. However, if the benefits according to SGB II are already provided for the month, the one-off payment will only be taken into account in the following month.
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Distribution over several months by the ARGE
- Theoretically, taking Christmas bonuses into account in the month in question could then lead to the entitlement to benefits being dropped altogether - which also has consequences for the Health insurance would have.
- According to § 11 para. 3 sentence 3 SGB II, however, the one-time income is to be divided over six months if the benefit claim would otherwise lapse. The deduction amounts according to § 11b para. 3 SGB II must be taken into account accordingly (see Sect. a. the "Directives and laws of the Federal Employment Agency on the subject of SGB II benefits"under point 6.6.4).
You also have to pay the Christmas bonus to the ARGE or indicate to the job center as income. However, the deductible amounts according to § 11b para. 3 SGB II into consideration.
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