How does the Riester pension work?

The Riester pension benefits only a legally defined group of people. This is regulated in § 79 of the Income Tax Act (EStG) as well as in §10a of the EStG and in the Retirement Provision Contracts Certification Act.
Riester contracts have a savings phase and a pension phase. In the savings phase, there are direct state allowances for the contract holder. In addition, one’s own payments can be claimed as special expenses in the income tax return.
In the pension phase, the saved capital and income is paid out until death. A Riester pension must be taxed. Contracts concluded from 2012 onwards also allow the earliest possible retirement date to be from the age of 62.

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