Can the social security paid be deducted from the individual tax?

The social security paid cannot be deducted from the individual tax.

Social insurance refers to a social and economic system that provides income or compensation for people who lose their ability to work, are temporarily unemployed or suffer losses due to health reasons. The main items of social insurance include endowment insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injury insurance and maternity insurance.

The social insurance plan is organized by the government, forcing a certain group to use part of its income as social insurance tax (fee) to form a social insurance fund. Under certain conditions, the insured can get fixed income or loss compensation from the fund. It is a redistribution system, and its goal is to ensure the reproduction of material and labor and social stability.

Social insurance is mainly through raising social insurance funds, coordinating and adjusting social insurance funds within a certain range, and giving necessary help to workers when they encounter labor risks. Social insurance provides basic living security for workers. Workers can enjoy social insurance benefits as long as they meet the conditions for enjoying social insurance, that is, they have established labor relations with employers or paid various social insurance premiums according to regulations. Social insurance is the core content of social security system.

The characteristics of social security include:

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.

legal ground

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

Article 57 An employing unit shall, within 30 days from the date of its establishment, apply to the local social insurance agency for social insurance registration with its business license, registration certificate or unit seal. The social insurance agency shall, within fifteen days from the date of receiving the application, examine and issue the social insurance registration certificate.

Where the social insurance registration items of the employing unit are changed or the employing unit is terminated according to law, it shall, within 30 days from the date of change or termination, go to the social insurance agency to handle the change or cancellation of social insurance registration.

The market supervision and management department, the civil affairs department and the organization management organ shall promptly inform the social insurance agency of the establishment and termination of the employing unit, and the public security organ shall promptly inform the social insurance agency of the birth, death, household registration, migration and cancellation of the individual.