The new status of registration of professionals in e-EFKA

By Dimitris Katsaganis

A new procedure for registration and inclusion of the Unemployed in the insurance of e-EFKA brings a provision that provides for the bill for the modernization of the insurance super-body, which is valid from 22 February 2022. In particular:

– The obligation of inventory declaration (“pre-registration”) in e-EFKA or any document, certificate or insurance information, as a document for the start or change of work in the Tax Administration is abolished.

-Registration in e-EFKA, is carried out after the start or change of work in the Tax Administration, following a relevant request of the debtor and in case of non-submission of a request ex officio, by act of the competent insurance body.

-The citizen is registered directly, as an insured Unemployed, submitting an application electronically or in person, through cross-checking of data kept in the Information System of the Tax Administration.

The following are the scope of application, the entry into force of the new provision, the changes made to the functionality of the electronic services and the computer application “Revenue – Insurance of the Unemployed”, for the registration / re-registration of the Unemployed in e-EFKA after the entry or job change.

Generally

As it is known, the receipt of the Certificate of inventory declaration “pre-registration” of e-EFKA until the publication of the new provision, was for the self-employed a prerequisite for starting a profession in the competent Tax Office and the final inclusion in the insurance of e-EFKA. the commencement of insurance is linked to the commencement / change of operations in the Tax Administration. With the new provision of article 39A of law 4387/2016, is abolished:
1. The obligation to submit an inventory declaration (pre-registration) to e-EFKA, for cases of registration / re-registration with the institution.
2. The submission of any document, certificate or insurance information of e-EFKA, for cases of change of work in the Tax Administration.

Taking into account the above and in the context of the actions developed for the simplification of administrative procedures and workflows (electronically or physically), e-EFKA draws through the Center for Interoperability (KED) and cross-references all the necessary data that are available in the information system of the Tax Administration, in order to be utilized for the completion of the registration process in the institution.

Unemployed, self-employed, self-employed and farmers who take up employment in the e-EFKA or acquire the status of e-EFKA, for which work is required to start in the Tax Administration (DOY), are subject to the insurance of e -EFKA from the first day of commencement or change of work at the Tax Office until the last day of the month of cessation of exercise of the relevant activity at the Tax Office.

Entry into Force

The date of commencement of the registration process and inclusion in the insurance of e-EFKA according to the new provisions, is set at 22.2.2022.

Field of application

The scope of application of the new provisions includes Unemployed, Self-employed, Self-employed and Farmers, who undertake a job or acquire a status subject to e-EFKA, for which work is required to start in the Tax Administration.

Procedure for Registration and Inclusion of Unemployed in e-EFKA insurance – Electronic Services

The registration / re-registration / change of activity of the Unemployed is carried out after the beginning or change of work in the Tax Administration.

This procedure requires the submission of a relevant application through the electronic services available on the website of e-EFKA or through physical turnover.

Description of a new procedure

– The Tax Administration informs the person liable to the insurance of e-EFKA, for the relevant obligation, after the start or change of operations in the competent Tax Office.
– The application for registration is submitted either electronically or in person by the tenth (10th) day of the following month from the month of commencement or change of work to the Tax Administration.
– e-EFKA draws through the Center for Interoperability (KED) and cross-references all the necessary data available from the Tax Administration and follows work to complete the inclusion in the insurance of e-EFKA and start contributing.

Online Services

In order to support the new process of registration / re-registration / change of activity of self-employed, the necessary changes have been made and further modifications will follow in the functionality of the electronic services.

The new procedure is still supported electronically on the e-EFKA website (www.efka.gov.gr), through the route:

Online Services for Freelancers / Self-employed / Farmers -> Start / Change / Expiration of insurance -> choice of service. Registration application – Activity change statement – Re-registration application. The workflows (verification and registration of data, registration of KAD, completion of questionnaires, selection of insurance category, etc.) continue to exist, in order to determine the correct inclusion in the insurance and the contribution to the e-EFKA.

More specifically, through the online services:

1. The insured are given the opportunity after the start / change of work in AADE to submit electronically:
-Registration Form.
-Declaration of change of activity (addition or removal of KAD).
Re-registration application.

2. A Certificate of submission of application for registration / re-registration and declaration of change of activity (addition – removal of KAD) is produced automatically, with details of Activity Code Number (KAD), protocol number and date of submission with the possibility of saving and printing it.

After obtaining the information from the Tax Administration, about the start / change of operations and in combination with the data stated in the electronic application by the insured, the start of insurance and contribution is automatically achieved and the Registration and Re-Registration Decisions are posted.

According to the new provision, in order to start work and change activity at the Tax Office, it is no longer required to submit any document, certificate or insurance information of e-EFKA and consequently, in cases of re-registration and change of activity, no insurance awareness check is performed.

Ex officio Registration

In case of omission or late submission of the application of the person liable for insurance of the self-employed, the registration in e-EFKA will be done ex officio, since the inclusion in the insurance is mandatory from the first day of the month of commencement of work.

Particularly:

a) If the available data and in particular the Activity Code Number (KAD) declared to AADE, are sufficient for inclusion in the insurance, the debtor is insured ex officio in the bodies, sectors, branches and accounts of e-EFKA and pays the insurance contributions provided in this law, as in force, and is classified in the first (1st) insurance category.

b) If the data are not sufficient for inclusion in the insurance, e-EFKA will classify the person liable for the insurance of Fr. OAEE — in the second (2nd) insurance category.

Note:

In the cases of ex-officio registration, the insured can, by submitting data to the e-EFKA, request the retroactive correction of the inclusion in the resulting insurance and transfer to an insurance category.