Are social security and provident fund an account?

Legal analysis: 1, social security and provident fund are not the same account, and even cards are different;

2. At present, the social security card has been loaded with financial services, that is, a bank card, which is bound to your social security account. (You can use a medical card or a bank card to save money-you need to activate it at the bank counter; Simply put, this card has two accounts, a social security account and a bank account.

3. Similarly, the provident fund card has also been loaded with financial services, that is, bank cards, which are bound to your provident fund account. (Withdrawing the provident fund from the provident fund account to the bank account and then withdrawing it from the ATM machine can also be used as a bank card alone; Simply put, this card has two accounts, a provident fund account and a bank account.

4. If you have applied for a social security card before, under normal circumstances, the human resources department of the company will go to the Social Security Bureau to handle it for you. They know how to handle it. As long as you provide your ID number, the Social Security Bureau can find your account number.

3. If you haven't applied for a card before, ask the HR person. They often handle it and know how to handle it, so as not to delay your time running around in the social security bureau.

4. If you are in the same city as the city that paid social security or provident fund before, you can pay directly. If you change cities, you must transfer the social security relationship from the previous city to the current city (except for the province's joint guarantee), or you can re-open an account in the current city (these are all handled by human resources for you, don't worry, you may not be able to handle it yourself, for example, foreign accounts must be paid by local units), and you can merge in the future.

Legal basis: Article 2 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance, etc., to protect citizens' right to get material help from the state and society according to law in case of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.