What does it mean that social security is levied by tax authorities?

Social security is levied by the tax authorities, which means:

1, to ensure the safety of social security funds. The tax authorities have strict financial management and auditing systems, which can effectively prevent misappropriation and corruption of social security funds.

2. Improve the collection efficiency of social security fees. The tax department has a mature tax collection and management system and rich experience in tax collection and management, which can improve the collection efficiency of social security fees.

3. Standardize the collection and payment of social insurance premiums. The tax department has strict collection and management system and standardized collection and management process, which can reduce the irregular behavior in the collection of social security fees.

What are the benefits of collecting social insurance premiums by tax authorities?

Social insurance premiums are collected by local tax authorities and have the following advantages:

1, which is conducive to expanding coverage;

2. It is conducive to improving the collection rate;

3. Conducive to standardizing the collection method;

4. Conducive to standardizing fund management and ensuring the safety of funds;

5. It is beneficial to reduce the collection cost;

6, is conducive to improving the level of social services.

To sum up, if social security fees are also collected and implemented through taxes, it means that the payment base of employee social security needs to be consistent with the collection base of individual taxes in the future.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Article 12

The employing unit shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium according to the proportion of the total wages of its employees stipulated by the state, and record it in the basic old-age insurance pooling fund.

Employees shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium in accordance with the proportion of wages stipulated by the state and record it in their personal accounts.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic old-age insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees who have participated in the basic old-age insurance shall pay the basic old-age insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations and record them in the basic old-age insurance pooling fund and individual accounts respectively.