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# Assets considered for means testing

The table below gives an overview of all tangible and intangible assets which are
considered when performing means for several transfers. A cross indicates that the asset
class is not considered and, hence, deducted from the overall assets of a household.

This documentation shall help to understand the composition of the

{ref}`basic input variable <input_variables>`

'vermögen_bedürft_hh'. Despite small differences over the transfers, we decided, for
now, to require only one wealth variable as input and use it for all transfers.

```{note}
ALGII = Grundsicherung für Arbeitslose

GSA/E = Grundsicherung im Alter/ bei Erwerbsminderung

WoGe = Wohngeld

KiZu = Kinderzuschlag

HC = hardship case
(Asset class is not considered if it would constitute a particular hardship for that person, see § 90 Abs.3 SGBXII [https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_12/\_\_90.html](https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_12/__90.html))
```

| Not counted as assets                                                             | ALGII  | GSA/E  | WoGe | KiZu   |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ------ |
| Appropriate household goods                                                       | x      | x      | x    | x      |
| Adequate motor vehicle for eachperson capable of working                          | x      | x (HC) | x    | x      |
| Assets for retirement provision andretirement assets                              | x      | x      | x    | x      |
| Owner-occupied house/apartment ofappropriate size                                 | x      | x      | x    | x      |
| Assets for obtaining/maintaining a houseproperty for people in need of care       | x      | x      | x    | x      |
| Assets to build up/secure a livelihoodor establishment of a household             | x      | x      | x    | x      |
| Family and heirloom pieces                                                        | x (HC) | x      |      | x (HC) |
| Property and rights, if realization wouldbe uneconomical or a particular hardship | x      | x      |      | x      |
| Items to start/continue vocationaltraining/employment                             | x      | x      | x    | x      |
| Items for the satisfaction of spiritual needs                                     |        | x      | x    |        |

```{seealso}
See the following links for legal bases for the definition of assets for each transfer.
: - ALGII: §12 SGBII [https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_2/\_\_12.html](https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_2/__12.html)
  - GSA/E: §90 SGBXII [https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_12/\_\_90.html](https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_12/__90.html)
  - WoGe: §21 WoGG [https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bkgg_1996/\_\_6a.html](https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bkgg_1996/__6a.html)
  - KiZu: §6a BKGG, Abs.3 [https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bkgg_1996/\_\_6a.html](https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bkgg_1996/__6a.html)
```