Reductions in basic pensions: Married couples are at a disadvantage. Social associations have been criticizing annual income tests for a long time.
Criticism of the income test also comes from the German Social Association (VDV), which also has doubts about the basic pension. The basic pension supplement is not set as a flat rate, but is determined individually by the pension insurance company after an examination of the insurance biography. There are allowances: up to a creditable income of currently 1,317 euros for single people and 2,055 euros for couples (in 2023)