For employees, who during the tax period, for part or all of the tax period, have not worked because they became entitled to receive short-term benefits under the social insurance scheme, the benefits shall be claimed from the social insurance authorities through the relevant taxpayer in accordance with the rules set by Social Security Institute.
Benefits under the health insurance scheme are requested by the contributor in accordance with the rules established by Mandatory Health Care Insurance Fund.
In the “Social Security, Health Insurance, and Employment Income Tax Contribution Payment List” statement, the taxpayer does not report benefits paid to various employees under the social security and health insurance scheme.
In support of the Labor Code and Law No. 7703, dated May 11, 1993 “On Social Security in the Republic of Albania”, as amended, for cases of illness and care of a sick dependent child, certified by a medical certificate, the first 14 days of the certificate are paid by the employer while after the 14th day the medical certificates are paid from social insurance funds. The individual's income resulting from the medical certificate for the first 14 days, for the purposes of contributions to social security, health insurance, and income tax on employment, is treated, the same as salary income, regardless of how the daily benefit is calculated. Thus, from the calculated amount of the employee's earnings, contributions for social security and health insurance, as well as income tax on employment income, are withheld in accordance with legal provisions. Additionally, the employer pays the social security and health insurance contributions, which are his obligation and are calculated against the employee's earnings.
In support of Law No. 7703, dated May 11, 1993 “On Social Security in the Republic of Albania"”, as amended, and Law No. 10383, dated February 24, 2011, “On the mandatory provision of health care in the Republic of Albania”, As amended, social security and health insurance contributions are allocated, as a percentage of monthly gross wage, according to the insurance branches as follows:
According to the percentages in the table above, social security contributions for the employee are calculated on the monthly gross wage up to the national minimum wage threshold and the maximum wage threshold for social security contribution calculation, as approved by the relevant Council of Ministers decision.
The employer's health insurance contribution for the employee is calculated on the monthly gross wage, which cannot be lower than the national minimum wage and has no upper limit.
In the gross wage for calculating and reporting social security and health insurance contributions, the amount of money deducted from the salary and paid by the employer into voluntary pension funds as the employee's contribution is also included. In the gross wage for calculating and reporting employment income tax, the amount of lekë deducted from the wage and paid by the employer into voluntary pension funds as the employee's contribution is not included.
For a self-employed individual, with or without employees, as well as for unpaid family workers with whom he works and legally co-lives, The social security contribution is calculated on the national minimum wage, while the health insurance contribution is calculated on twice the national minimum wage on which the social security contributions are also calculated.
A natural person, on his own initiative, may calculate and pay social security contributions on the basis of a wage even higher than the national minimum wage, up to the maximum wage limit for the purpose of calculating an employee's social security contributions.
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Source: General Directorate of Taxes.