Field help: (2018) Occupation type:

Enter the type of occupation that you had during your active employment in the past year. Choose between

• Employee subject to social security contributions
• Civil servant
• Judge
• Soldier
• Retiree (civil servant, judge, soldier)
• Pensioners with company pension or secondary occupation
• Managing director of a GmbH (a limited liability company) / executive board members of an AG (a public limited company)
• Occupation not subject to social security contributions

Only select "Occupation not subject to social security contributions" if no contributions were paid to statutory social security (health, nursing care and pension insurance) from your wages. This applies, for example, to

• Working students,
• Interns,
• Seasonal workers,
• Harvesters
• Temporary jobs,
• Sick / vacation leave replacement work.

The type of occupation is needed to calculate provident expenses in the "Special expenses" section.