By Vangelis Dourakis

The notices for the insurance contributions of 2024 have been posted and the countdown to repay the relevant obligations begins: freelancers, self -employed and farmers, who also work as employees, are required to pay the extra contributions that would have been paid by them. There are several thousands of insureds who will be refunded.

Notices have been posted on the online service ‘Non -employed contributions’ On the E-EFKA website (www.efka.gov.gr). The entrance is done with the personal taxisnet codes and the insured’s AMKA.

The procedure of paying and refunding contributions

The liquidation was a total of 345,993 insured persons, 223,498 of which have to pay, 37,181 will receive a refund and 85,314 do not owe EFKA, nor do they owe them!

Regarding the method of payment or refund, E-EFKA announced the following:

– Debit Clearing: The amount owed may be paid in six equal monthly installments. The first dose must be paid up time by 31/07/2025.

– Credit Clearing: Insurers can submit ‘Application for a refund of unnecessaryly paid’ through the E-EFKA electronic services. If no application is made, the amount to be refunded remains to the body as a credit balance and will be offset by future insurance contributions.

The legislation in force from 1-1-2020 stipulates that employees, who have a block at the same time, are exempt from contributions from the parallel freelance profession, provided that the minimum amounts of contributions paid as employees are at least the amount of the taxpayers who correspond to the contributions.

For 2024, the levy of the second -tenant’s second class was € 285.88, which means that the insured persons, if they paid a monthly contribution of less than 285.88 euros, will be required to pay the difference corresponding to the specific amount for 12 months of 2024.

What are insured to know

In cases where a credit clearance is arising, in the sense that the non -employed insured person has selected a high insurance category and thus paid higher amounts of contributions than required, a refund or set -off of the contributions due to the current ones will be refunded or offset.

It is also clarified that:

If the blocking of a block is in the same employer, in which he or she is employed as an employee, the exemption does not apply and pays contributions to the blocks.

For young people with a professional activity of up to 5 years, if there is a parallel employment, the exemption applies as long as the lease levy covers the amount of the first insurance category, ie EUR 238.23. The difference between the first and second insurance category, which young professionals have been gained for five years, “It is not an insurance debt and is not sought.”

Also, insured persons should be aware that the payment of last year’s contributions is paid in parallel with the payment of current contributions, as derived from the employment of each of the stakeholders, but also by the parallel unpaid work, in accordance with the insurance categories.

In the event of a non -timely payment of the amounts due for the contributions of 2024, the competent authorities of the body will seek a monthly debit balance of at least two months.