[Intime News]
The Labor Ministry has gifted a new extension to the 1.4 million unemployed, freelancers, self-employed and farmers for calculating the annual adjustment of their social security contributions, based on average inflation and not the wage change index, according to a provision included in a Development Ministry bill about the reform of the Capital Market Commission.
Therefore, instead of an increase in contributions of 5.5% to 6%, which is estimated to be applied from January 2026, based on the wage growth index under recommendation, there will be contribution increases of 2.6% to 2.7%, based on the average annual inflation.Â
In practice, with the rise in contributions based on 2025 inflation, the burdens that will arise in 2026 on the monthly contributions of freelancers and farmers will be from 6.6 euros per month for the first category to €17.40/month for the sixth.
That is half the increase compared to what would have been the case if the wage growth index had been applied, as in this case the monthly increases that would have resulted in the contributions of professionals would have been from €14 to €37 per month.Â