
AHV branch office ReuteRegistering a cleaner or a nanny: what you can do here
The AHV branch office Reute gives information, has the forms and forwards paper forms to the Ausgleichskasse Appenzell Ausserrhoden. Your registration as an employer is processed by the Ausgleichskasse Appenzell Ausserrhoden.
Address and opening hours
AHV-Zweigstelle Reute
- Phone
- 071 898 82 60
- Responsible for
- Reute (AR)
Sources: Sozialversicherungen Appenzell Ausserrhoden, AHV-Zweigstellen · Checked
Where the Reute office is
Coloured: the municipalities this office is responsible for. Click a neighbouring municipality to go to its office.
- Population
- 688
- District
- Bezirk Vorderland
- Area
- 4.99 km²
- Elevation
- 703 m
Postcodes: 9411, 9437
Localities: Schachen b. Reute
What the office does for you
- Information on AHV, family allowances and your duties as an employer
- Forms and leaflets at the counter
- It accepts your completed paper form and forwards it to the Ausgleichskasse Appenzell Ausserrhoden
What goes through the Ausgleichskasse Appenzell Ausserrhoden
- The registration as an employer, online or on paper
- The annual wage declaration, online through connect or on paper
- The invoice for AHV, ALV and family allowances, in the simplified procedure with the 5 % withholding tax
Ausgleichskasse Appenzell Ausserrhoden ↗ · Neue Steig 15, 9100 Herisau · +41 71 354 51 51
The registration form, filled in
With the Ausgleichskasse Appenzell Ausserrhoden you register online. Here you see what goes where before you open the fund's form.
What to have ready for the registration
- Your own AHV number (on your health insurance card) and your date of birth
- Since when you employ someone and the estimated wage
- An IBAN for refunds
- Whether you already have accident insurance. If not, choose accident insurance through the compensation fund in the form (simplified procedure plus)
Depending on the form, the fund also asks about the employee: AHV number, date of birth and wage.
Register within 30 days
The registration must reach the Ausgleichskasse Appenzell Ausserrhoden within 30 days of the first working day. After that, you report the previous year's wages every year by 30 January.
What a household employee costs in Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Rates in Appenzell Ausserrhoden: family allowances 1.6 % of the wage, administration fee 5 % of the AHV contributions.
Clino prepares the documents, you submit them.
Employment contract, payslips and the pre-filled registration for the Ausgleichskasse Appenzell Ausserrhoden. You submit it online or take the paper to the branch office.
Nothing charged before day 30. Cancel monthly.
What does your cleaner really cost?
Good to know in Appenzell Ausserrhoden
What is particular here
- Each of the 20 municipalities has its own branch office. It advises you on your duties as an employer and accepts registrations with the required enclosures.
- The Ausgleichskasse Appenzell Ausserrhoden is part of the Sozialversicherungen Appenzell Ausserrhoden (sovar) in Herisau.
- In the simplified procedure plus, accident insurance is included. You pay the contributions once a year, with no advance invoices.
- Family allowance contribution: 1.6 % of the wage
- Child allowance CHF 230 a month, education allowance CHF 280
- Standard employment contract for household staff ↗V. über den NAV für hauswirtschaftliche Arbeitnehmer AR
- The fund's online portal: connect ↗
- Accident insurance through the fund (simplified procedure plus): on request
Household staff in Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Do you work in Reute as a cleaner, nanny or caregiver?
Your wage, your holidays and your AHV: this applies in every household, even for a few hours a week.
Offices nearby
- Heiden4.0 km
- Walzenhausen4.1 km
- Wolfhalden4.1 km
- Lutzenberg4.5 km
- Grub5.8 km
- Wald6.2 km
- Rehetobel6.9 km
- Trogen8.3 km
Frequently asked questions
When is the Reute AHV branch office open?
The office publishes no opening hours of its own. Call before you go: 071 898 82 60.
By when do I have to register my household help?
Within 30 days of the first working day, with the Ausgleichskasse Appenzell Ausserrhoden. The Reute office accepts paper forms and forwards them.
What does it cost to register household help in Reute?
The registration itself is free. On the wage you pay the social insurance contributions and, in Appenzell Ausserrhoden, 1.6 % for family allowances. The calculator on this page shows what that means for your wage.

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