Tax Alert, December 2011Changes of the base for social security for 2012 |
Official Gazette no 137/2011 had published a Decree on amounts of base for the calculations of mandatory social security contributions for 2012.
The mandatory base is linked to the average salary which amounts to 7.756,00 kn gross and 5.408,00 kn net for 2011.
The following basis are prescribed:
- The lowest monthly base: 2.714,60 kn
- The highest monthly base (cap): 46.536,00 kn
- Annual cap: 558.432,00 kn
A Decree is prescribing, among other, basis for the following categories of insurance:
- Employment with the foreign employer without a branch registered in Croatia 7.756,00 kn
- Independent activity - craft 5.041,40 kn
- Independent activity – freelancer 8.531,60 kn
- Member of the management board and executive director 7.756,00 kn
- Voluntary pension insurance 2.714,60 kn
- Foreigner 2.714,60 kn (monthly health insurance contribution amounts to 407,19 kn)
- Member of the foreigner’s family 2.714,60 kn
- The lowest monthly base for entrepreneur’s salary 8.531,60 kn
