Key legal question
Whether the simplified wage procedure applied to the spouses' salaries from the group companies
Extracted holding
The formal prerequisites were met, but the procedure was not available in this owner-managed holding structure.
Extracted reasoning
Although the statutory wording is broad, the procedure is intended to combat undeclared work by third-party employees in low-wage settings. Using it for the owners' own remuneration and board fees in a closely linked group structure is a misuse of the scheme.