Kernrechtsfrage
Whether payments from licence agreements and consulting contracts constituted AHV-liable income from self-employment or tax-free capital income
Extrahierter Entscheid
The payments remained causally linked to the appellant's earlier and ongoing economic activity and therefore constituted AHV-liable earned income.
Extrahierte Begründung
Exclusive licences did not sever the economic link because the appellant retained further exploitation possibilities and continued to collaborate. Consulting contracts were classic service arrangements with work-result obligations. The decisive factor was the relevant causal connection to the prior and continuing activity.