Bulgaria Ups by 1.8 Percentage Points Social Security Burden
Thursday, 01 January 1970
Bulgaria has increased by 1.8 percentage points social contribution payments as of next year, following the agreement to this effect that the government and employers reached last year.
Bulgaria's government backtracked in October last year on plans to increase social contributions payments by 3 percentage points as of next year to 31.5% in the face of strong resistance.
Prime Minister Boyko Borisov then said the government decided to up payments for social security for retirement by 3 percentage points in a bid to relieve the country's strained health care system.
The move was motivated by the fact that funds for healtcare, which are not sufficient anyway, are apparently being used to supply the state retirement pension system.