State pensions will be adjusted as of July 1, 2024.

Pensions will increase by 4.57% this year in all federal German states.

The corresponding adjustment notification will be sent out from mid-June 2024 onward.

Everything you need to know about your pension adjustment notification can be found in our FAQs.

If you are required to provide proof of life this year, you will receive the 2024 Digital Proof of Life letter and the 2024 certificate of life form together with your pension adjustment notification. They will be sent to you by letter mail sometime between mid-June and the start of August. Renten Service in Germany must receive your proof of life by Friday, August 16, 2024. If your pension adjustment notification does not include a proof-of-life request for 2024, you do not need to take any further action this year. If you receive more than one pension, more than one proof of life may be needed.

• Pension beneficiaries residing abroad:
  Since you are entitled to German pension payments from a statutory pension or accident insurance provider, you must submit evidence upon request that you continue to meet the requirements to receive those payments.
• Pension beneficiaries residing in Germany:
  Since you live in Germany, are a pension beneficiary of German pension payments from a statutory pension or accident insurance provider, and have a bank account abroad, you must provide annual proof of life beginning this year.

Detailed information about the 2024 Digital Proof of Life option can be found online at www.rentenservice.de/DLN

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Detailed information about the 2024 certificate of life form can also be found online at www.rentenservice.de/LB

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You will receive a pension receipt notification (“Information on the notification to the tax authorities”) for every taxable pension benefit – pension amount and contributions to health and long-term care insurance – within a calendar year. The organizations making the payments issue the notification once a year by mid-March for the previous calendar year.

1. Pension receipt notification for state pensions
Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) will send pension receipt notifications for state pension benefits to its pension recipients. You will automatically receive this notification if you have already applied for it once.
If you would like to apply for a pension receipt notification for the first time, you can do so simply and conveniently via the online service of Deutsche Rentenversicherung.

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You will find more information and contact options for the pension receipt notification for state pension benefits in our FAQs regarding the state pension.

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Note: The Pension Service cannot issue you with pension receipt notifications for state pension benefits.

 

2. Pension receipt notification for company pensions
You will automatically receive a pension receipt notification by the end of February for the previous calendar year for company pension benefits paid by the Pension Service of Deutsche Post on behalf of your previous employer.

The Pension Service of Deutsche Post creates this notification and sends it to you by mail. You will find more information and contact options for the pension receipt notification for company pension benefits in our FAQs for company pensioners and allowance beneficiaries.

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1)      The premiums for statutory long-term care insurance will increase on July 1, 2023.
The adjusted premiums may have an influence on your pension payment amounts.
 

Long-term care insurance – with children
The contribution to long-term care insurance with children amounts to 3.4% of your pension.
The contribution will be paid by the pension insurance provider to the long-term care insurance provider.

Long-term care insurance – without children
The contribution to long-term care insurance without children amounts to 4% of your pension.
If you have (or had) children, the contribution to long-term care insurance is reduced. The decisive factor is the time when the proof was submitted to the pension insurance provider.
The contribution will be paid by the pension insurance provider to the long-term care insurance provider.

Please contact your pension insurance provider if you have questions about how your contribution is calculated. You can find details of your pension insurance provider on your pension notices, for example.

Here you will also find an overview of all the pension insurance providers in Germany.