| Summary: | > A self-employed insured person must, on the basis of Art. 41bis para. 1 lit. f RAVS pay interest on his AHV and IV contributions if he leaves the current account payments more than 25% below the actual contribution obligations and does not pay them in full by January 1 of the following year.
> In the present case, the insured had left his current account payments for the years 2009 and 2010 by more than 25% below the actual contribution obligations. He had not fully paid the missing contributions by January 1, 2011.
> The Caisse de compensation M.________ had therefore rightly charged interest on the missing contributions.
> The insured's complaint has been dismissed.
Explanation:
> The insured was obliged to make the account payments on his AHV and IV contributions in such a way that they amounted to at least 75% of the actual contribution obligations for the current year.
> Since he had not done this, he was obliged to pay interest on the missing contributions.
> The Caisse de compensation M.________ had rightly charged the interest, as it met the legal requirements.
Further information:
> The interest rate for AHV and IV contributions is 5% per annum.
> The interest period begins on January 1 of the following year, in which the account payments were not made in full.
> The interest is to be paid until the missing contributions are fully compensated. |