Key legal question
Whether the written-off shareholder advances had to be treated as AHV-insurable salary rather than hidden profit distributions.
Extracted holding
Yes. Because the payments lacked real loan character, were causally linked to the employment relationship, and showed a clear imbalance between services and remuneration, they could be qualified as salary subject to contributions.
Extracted reasoning
The court relied on the annual full write-offs, the absence of any realistic repayment expectation, and the fact that only the 5% shareholder-manager received the payments. Even if tax law treats them as hidden distributions, AHV authorities may depart from the tax classification when the relationship to employment and the manifest disproportionality justify it.