While being a student representative is not a paid job, the UV can decide to pay student representatives a function fee to compensate for their work.

Function fees are taxable income and may affect the eligibility limits for scholarships or social benefits. See the HTU guidelines for details.

The current function fees paid by Hufak are documented in the financial regulations, and are limited by the upper limits stated in § 31 HSG.

Hufak is required to report earnings from function fees to the tax office if:

• the total remuneration paid to the official in the calendar year for all services including any reimbursement of travel expenses is more than EUR 900 OR
• the remuneration, including any reimbursement of travel expenses, for an individual service is more than EUR 450.