Social insurance (Sociálne poistenie)

What

Your obligation to pay social insurance depends on the income you reach in the particular calendar year. This obligation arises one year following the calendar year in which your income reached the required amount. If during the calendar year your income reaches the legally set limit, you are obliged to pay social insurance from July 1st of the next year and to register at the Social Insurance Company by July 9th.

Good to know

You are required to prove the amount of your income with an extract from your tax return by June 30th.

Where

For more information, visit the Social Insurance Agency at the place of your stay (or in the district/regional capital): http://www.socpoist.sk or contact them (in English): www.socpoist.sk/contacts/48749s

For more information, see the following website (in Slovak):

www.socpoist.sk/2088-menu/55369s#Platenie poistného a príspevkov and (in English):

www.mic.iom.sk/en/download/booklets/item/76-sole-trading-of-foreing-natinals-in-slovakia.html