Old-age provision Investigation into false AHV figures exonerates Federal Office
The employees of the Federal Social Insurance Office (FSIO) did not breach their duty of care when calculating the AHV's financial prospects. And the inflated figures were not based on a calculation error. This is the conclusion of an investigation.
21.02.2025, 10:47
SDA
The Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA) published the report of the law firm commissioned with the administrative investigation on Friday. According to the report, the calculation program used by the FSIO contained two formulas that were mathematically insufficiently supported and documented and led to implausibly high expenditure in the long term.
The law firm had already submitted the analysis in November. The final report confirms information provided by the FDHA last December.
In the documents for the vote on the latest AHV revision and thus the higher women's pension age in September 2022, an overly pessimistic forecast for AHV financing was mentioned. This was also included in the voting booklet for the vote on the 13th AHV pension on March 3, 2024.
In September of last year, the federal government revised the assumed AHV expenditure for 2033 downwards by CHF 2.5 billion - to CHF 69 billion.
