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Harald Schmidt should be financially secure even without a state pension
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Harald Schmidt turned 65 on Thursday, and retirement is not far off for the entertainer and actor.
In a recent interview, Schmidt stated that he was currently only entitled to a pension of 272 euros, although he had "paid in full for 15 years" through his work at the theater and for ZDF.
This statement was reason enough for the Federal Association of Pension Advisors to recalculate.
The moderator's "pension fate" is a good reason to fulfill his own task, which consists of "educating and informing the public about the relevant social code books, social security law and the other systems of old-age insurance," the association wrote on its website.
1,080.60 euros with a full deposit
In the statement, the association describes how the calculation of the pension is “clear, even for laypeople”, and explains how much pension Schmidt should actually be entitled to if he “has paid in full”.
The result: Schmidt should actually get 1,080.60 euros.
If the numbers are correct, Schmidt should be happy, even if he probably won't need to retire for a financially secure retirement.
An incorrect pension notice is not uncommon: According to the German pension insurance, 141,000 pensioners filed an objection to the notice last year alone - in 38,000 cases, corrections had to be made.
Schmidt is considered one of the most successful entertainers in German history.
From 1995 he wrote television history as the late-night presenter of the "Harald Schmidt Show" on Sat.1.
At the peak of his success, Schmidt was allowed to do whatever he wanted.
"My megalomania is that I consider myself the greatest entertainer in contemporary history," he told the "Stern".
Successes that he could no longer build on in later stations on ARD or Sky - and at some point he no longer wanted to.
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