social insurance – Albanian  Telegraphic  Agency. http://en.ata.gov.al News Agency Tue, 05 Aug 2025 13:19:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Tax administration collects 15.77 billion lek in social contributions in July http://en.ata.gov.al/2025/08/05/tax-administration-collects-15-77-billion-lek-in-social-contributions-in-july/ http://en.ata.gov.al/2025/08/05/tax-administration-collects-15-77-billion-lek-in-social-contributions-in-july/#respond Tue, 05 Aug 2025 13:19:59 +0000 https://en.ata.gov.al/?p=271000 TIRANA, Aug 5 /ATA/  – Albania’s tax administration collected 15.77 billion lek in social security contributions in July 2025, marking a year-on-year increase of 1.82 billion lek, or 13.09%, compared to July 2024, according to official data.

The amount also exceeded projections for the period by 1.34 billion lek, or 9.32% above the approved plan.

In a statement on Tuesday, the tax administration praised the positive response from businesses to the implementation of indicative wages – a policy aimed at formalizing the labor market and improving the country’s social insurance scheme.

“This positive development is an important step toward ensuring sustainable and good pension pots for all contributors,” the agency said.

Tax authorities confirmed that the monitoring and enforcement campaign regarding indicative wage rates and the collection of social contributions will continue without interruption, in cooperation with relevant institutions.

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]]> http://en.ata.gov.al/2025/08/05/tax-administration-collects-15-77-billion-lek-in-social-contributions-in-july/feed/ 0 MoFA: Social insurance deals signed with 16 countries, 17 more being negotiated http://en.ata.gov.al/2024/02/11/mofa-social-insurance-deals-signed-with-16-countries-17-more-being-negotiated/ http://en.ata.gov.al/2024/02/11/mofa-social-insurance-deals-signed-with-16-countries-17-more-being-negotiated/#respond Sun, 11 Feb 2024 11:10:59 +0000 https://en.ata.gov.al/?p=227224 TIRANA, Feb 11 /ATA/ – Signing a long-awaited deal between Albania and Italy on recognizing each other’s social insurance contributions, which will benefit more than 500,000 Albanian residents in Italy and any Italians who have worked in Albania, is the latest of the 16 similar agreements that Albania has already finalized with other countries.

The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs announced Sunday that in addition to Italy, Albania has 16 signed bilateral agreements on recognition of social insurance with several countries, including Austria, North Macedonia, Belgium, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Canada, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Romania, Türkiye, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Croatia.

The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs also said that deals on mutual recognition of social insurance contributions are being negotiated with 17 more countries, namely Greece, Moldova, Denmark, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Australia, the United States of America, France, Poland, Sweden, Serbia, Norway, Spain, Iceland, United Kingdom, Finland and the United Arab Emirates.

Three more agreements are currently being considered with India, Israel and Saudi Arabia.

These deals encompass a wide array of social security benefits, including provisions for old age, disability, family pensions, sickness and maternity benefits, as well as unemployment insurance.

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]]> http://en.ata.gov.al/2024/02/11/mofa-social-insurance-deals-signed-with-16-countries-17-more-being-negotiated/feed/ 0 Tax administration to collect 156.7 billion lek in revenue from social contributions under 2024 state budget http://en.ata.gov.al/2023/11/04/tax-administration-to-collect-156-7-billion-lek-in-revenue-from-social-contributions-under-2024-state-budget/ http://en.ata.gov.al/2023/11/04/tax-administration-to-collect-156-7-billion-lek-in-revenue-from-social-contributions-under-2024-state-budget/#respond Sat, 04 Nov 2023 18:22:52 +0000 https://en.ata.gov.al/?p=219476 TIRANA, Nov 4 /ATA/ – Albania’s tax administration plans to collect a total of 156.7 billion lek in revenue from social and health insurance contributions under the draft state budget for the next year.

According to the draft budget, the revenue from the social and health insurance contributions are projected to surge by 9.3% or around 13.3 billion lek more than in 2023.

The planned revenue growth support the country’s projected growth from employment and insurance contributions increase, the effects of the wage hike and contributions under the new wage increase policy, as well as the fight against unreported employment.

The budget revenue collections from the social and health insurance contributions amounted to 102.6 billion lek in the first nine months of 2023, 11.3% more than planned.

The service sector is accounted for the highest increase in collections from social and health contributions with 61.1 billion lek, followed by trade with 15.8 billion lek.

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]]> http://en.ata.gov.al/2023/11/04/tax-administration-to-collect-156-7-billion-lek-in-revenue-from-social-contributions-under-2024-state-budget/feed/ 0 Government approves Albania-Croatia social insurance agreement http://en.ata.gov.al/2023/06/07/government-approves-albania-croatia-social-insurance-agreement/ http://en.ata.gov.al/2023/06/07/government-approves-albania-croatia-social-insurance-agreement/#respond Wed, 07 Jun 2023 20:09:27 +0000 http://en.ata.gov.al/?p=207896 TIRANA, June 7 /ATA/ –  With the technical-level negotiations complete, the Council of Ministers of Albania has approved an agreement on social insurance and social protection with the Republic of Croatia.

The Minister of Finance and Economy Delina Ibrahimaj said in a press statement after a regular cabinet meeting on Wednesday that the agreement is designed to provide social insurance benefits and is based on the equal treatment of the employed, self-employed people and employers.

According to the Finance and Economy Minister around 4200 Albanian and Croatian citizens are entitled to benefit.

Ibrahimaj noted that the agreement is part of a series of similar deals the Ministry of Economy and Finance is reaching with many EU member states.

Albania has already signed social insurance agreements with Hungary, Canada, Türkiye, Belgium, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, Kosovo and Montenegro.

In the meantime, negotiations are underway with the Netherlands, Romania, Greece, France and Italy.

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