Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the applicant qualified as a person in education on the relevant date for 1999 premium reduction.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. The decisive date is 1 January of the claim year, and the applicant was still in initial vocational training on that date.
Extrahierte Begründung
The special rule for self-taxed persons in education depends on family and personal circumstances as of 1 January of the claim year. The training must be vocational initial training that can justify continued parental support beyond majority.