Key legal question
Whether the severance payment of CHF 160,000 is subject to AHV contribution as earned income
Extracted holding
Only CHF 61,000 of the employer-financed pension interest and CHF 80,000 in employer contributions were deductible; CHF 99,000 of the severance was exempt from contribution.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 8ter AHVV refers to the civil-law concept of replacement benefits in Arts. 339b and 339d OR. Only employer-financed pension benefits may be deducted; the interest accrued on employer contributions is itself attributable to employer financing and counts as a replacement benefit.