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German disability pension — additional earnings limit

For full reduced earning capacity the limit is three eighths of 14 times the monthly reference amount; for partial reduced earning capacity it is 9.72 times per earnings point, but never below six eighths. One twelfth of the excess is deducted from the pension at 40%.

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Calculation assumptions

  • The input is the expected additional income for the calendar year; the later adjustment to actual earnings (SGB VI s. 96a(6)) is not calculated.
  • The earnings points of the best year among the last 15 calendar years before the loss of earning capacity are an input — they appear in the insurance record.
  • Not covered: the miners' pension (SGB VI s. 96a(1c) no. 3) and the detail of social benefits that count as income (subs. 3).

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