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The tax information contained in this website is accurate as at the date of its publication.

The information in the website is designed to increase the reader’s general awareness of the Cyprus Tax System.

For explanations/clarifications or professional advice please contact your CPEAS.’s advisors.

 

The amounts in euro included in this booklet have been converted using the irrevocable conversion rate of ¢1=.0,585274 except for cases where it has been fixed differently by law or relevant regulations.

 

January 2008

SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTION

 

Contributions

 

 

Social

Redundancy

Industrial

 

 

insurance

fund

training

 

 

%

%

%

 

Employer

6,3

1,2

0,5

 

Employee

6,3

-

-

 

Self employed

11,6

-

-

 

Upper limits for employees

 

per week

 

from 1/1/2008

per month

per annum

 

 

 

Weekly employees

885

-

46.020

 

Monthly employees

-

3.836

46.032

 

Lower limits for self-employed

 

Occupational Category

Weekly Annually

 

 

1. Medical Doctors, Pharmacists,

 

Health professionals

 

a. persons with up to

 

10 years practice

325

16.900

 

b. persons with more than

 

10 years practice

653

33.956

 

2. Accountants, Economists,

 

Lawyers and other

 

Liberal professions

 

a. persons with up to

 

10 years practice

325

16.900

 

b. persons with more than

 

10 years practice

653

33.956

 

3. Managers (Businessmen),

 

 

 

Estate Agents, Wholesalers

653

33.956

 

4. Teaching Professionals

 

 

 

(University, Secondary education,

 

 

 

Primary and pre-primary

 

 

 

education, Teaching Associates,

 

 

 

Special education teaching

 

 

 

professionals)

 

 

 

a. persons with up to

 

 

 

10 years practice

316

16.432

 

b. persons with more than

 

 

 

10 years practice

632

32.864

 

5. Builders and related

 

 

 

occupations

396

20.592

 

6. Farmers, Dairy and Livestock

 

 

 

producers, Poultry producers,

 

 

 

Fishermen and related

 

 

 

occupations

219

11.388

 

7. Drivers, Excavator operators

 

 

 

and related occupations

316

16.432

 

8. Technicians, Mass Media

 

 

 

Associates, Stationary-Plant

 

 

 

(not related to building

 

 

 

occupations) and Metal,

 

 

 

Rubber, Plastic, Wood

 

 

 

and related products

 

 

 

assemblers

316

16.432

 

9. Clerks, Typists, Cashiers,

 

 

 

Secretaries

316

16.432

 

10. Artisans not falling

 

 

 

under any other

 

 

 

occupational category

316

16.432

 

11. Shopkeepers

299

15.548

 

12. Butchers, Bakers, Pastry-cooks,

 

 

 

Meat, Milk, Fruit,

 

 

 

Tobacco product

 

 

makers / preservers and

 

 

related occupations

241

12.532

13. Street vendors,

 

 

Mail carriers, Garbage

 

 

collectors, Miners and

 

 

quarry workers, Deck,

 

 

Underwater workers,

 

 

Riggers and cable splicers,

 

 

Sweepers, Service providers

 

 

and Salesmen

219

11.388

14. Cleaners, Messengers,

 

 

Watchpersons, Dry

 

 

Cleaning Owners

299

15.548

15. Draughtspersons,

 

 

Computer equipment

 

 

operators, Shipsengineers,

 

 

Agents and related occupations

 

 

Musicians, Magicians

325

16.900

16. Persons not faling,

 

 

under any other

 

 

occupational category

325

16.900

 

SOCIAL COHESION FUND

Every employer has an obligation to contribute 2% of

the amount of salaries paid to employees, to the

social cohesion fund.

The amount contributed to the social cohesion fund,

is calculated on the aggregate emoluments without

restriction or any upper limit.

Emoluments

"Emoluments" do not include the emoluments of a

non-Cypriot who is employed by an overseas

government or an international organisation or a

company that owns a Cyprus ship or a ship

management company.

Social Insurance Cyprus Department
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