Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the one-time payment by the patronal welfare foundation counts as AHV-taxable earned income.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. The payment economically related to the employment relationship and, because it was based on an individual discretionary decision rather than a binding regulatory basis, it formed part of the contributory wage.
Extrahierte Begründung
AHV contribution liability is determined objectively and can cover payments from third parties if they are economically linked to employment. Only employer contributions to pension institutions that are owed on a binding regulatory/statutory basis fall outside the contributory wage under Art. 8 lit. a AHVV. Here, the foundation's financing of the early retirement was discretionary and not enforceable by the employee.