Sodra reminds the self-employed: it is important to pay contributions in January

The amendments to the Social Security Sickness and Maternity Law will come into force in February, which stipulates that self-employed residents are considered insured for sickness and maternity social insurance if they have paid state social insurance contributions and have submitted an SAV notification to Sodra on a person employed during a calendar month, one month before the right to the benefit.

This means, for example, that fathers of mothers on maternity leave taking parental or parental leave in February will only receive Sodra benefits if they have paid their January social security contributions and have submitted an SAV notification. Likewise, sickness benefits for the self-employed who fall ill in February will only be granted if they have contributed in January. In addition, you must have completed the required duration of social insurance for sickness and maternity.

It is up to the resident to choose the amount of contributions to pay.

Otherwise, self-employed residents would receive these benefits only in 2022 if they declared income for 2021 and paid social security contributions, if they had acquired the required duration of illness or social maternity insurance.

Furthermore, maternity social security benefits are no longer reduced on the basis of income from self-employment.

There is a particular need for freelancers with individual activity certificates

residents who plan to go on maternity, paternity or paternity leave in February, since they will not be able to pay the contributions of the previous months at the end of this year, they will only be able to do so in 2022, when the time comes to declare the income of that year .

Only the self-employed who have not contributed to social security the previous month due to incapacity for work or illness from the previous month, labor rehabilitation, maternity, paternity or childcare benefits or the right to the benefit arose in the same calendar month in which started. your activity.

Sodra benefits – only for those who have paid contributions

For example, if a self-employed worker plans to take maternity leave in February, she must pay social security contributions to Sodra by the end of January in the amount she chooses and send a SAV notification through the insured information system EDAS www . sodra.lt / prohibited. When you go on maternity leave in March, you must pay your contributions and present your SAV for February.

It will also be assessed whether you have completed the required period of social security, having paid social security contributions of at least 12 MMA in the last 24 months before the first day of maternity leave.

If maternity benefit is granted, its amount is calculated on the basis of the person’s insured income received during the 12 consecutive calendar months prior to the month in which the right to maternity benefit arose.

If a resident did not pay contributions to Sodra in 2020, but has paid social security contributions for January 2021 and has submitted an SAV notification, a minimum monthly benefit of 234 euros per month will be paid, which will be recalculated when a woman declares income to the STI for 2020 and from them they will pay social security contributions to Sodra for the year 2020.