Which is more cost-effective to pay social security for companies or individuals?

It is more cost-effective for companies to pay social security and individuals to pay social security. Generally speaking, social security is paid by the work unit, but for those freelancers, how to choose the payment method of social security is very important. If the company pays the fees, there will be more industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance. Aside from these three insurances, as far as pension and medical care are concerned, the cost of hanging the company name is relatively high, and individuals pay less.

Social security payment methods are divided into individual payment and unit payment. Under normal circumstances, when paying social security funds in the name of an individual, it can only be two parts of social security: pension and medical insurance.

The characteristics of social security are as follows:

1. The objective basis of social insurance is the risks existing in the labor field, and the object of insurance is the individual workers;

2. The subject of social insurance is specific. Including workers (including their relatives) and employers;

3. Social insurance is compulsory;

4. The purpose of social insurance is to maintain the reproduction of labor force;

5. The insurance fund comes from the payment and financial support of employers and workers. Insurance coverage is limited to employees, excluding other social members. The insurance coverage is limited to all kinds of risks in labor risks, excluding other risks such as property and economy.

Individual social security policies are as follows:

1. The payment base for urban individual industrial and commercial households and flexible employees to participate in the basic old-age insurance is the average salary of local employees in the previous year, and the payment ratio is 20%, of which 8% is credited to personal accounts. After retirement, the basic pension shall be calculated and paid according to the method of calculating and paying the basic pension for enterprise employees;

2, medical insurance, freelancers, self-employed insured, you can choose to establish a pool fund, not to establish a personal account, according to the local average monthly salary of 4.2% to pay the basic medical insurance premium; You can also choose to pay 8% of the local average monthly salary in the previous year and establish a personal account. Employees participating in medical insurance, 6% units and 2% individuals;

3. After completing the old-age insurance procedures, pay medical insurance at the local medical insurance center with the old-age insurance procedures and related documents;

4. Minimum payment period of endowment insurance 15 years, and minimum payment period of medical insurance is 25 years. And when you reach retirement age, you can apply for pension benefits and medical reimbursement concessions.

Article 58 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * The employer shall, within 30 days from the date of employment, apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration for employees. If the social insurance has not been registered, the social insurance agency shall verify the social insurance premium it should pay.

Employees-free individual industrial and commercial households who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time employees who do not participate in social insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees shall apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration.

The state establishes a national unified personal social security number. Personal social security number is a citizen's identity number.