Source-cited draft: payroll & social contributions for Curacao (tax year 2025) — rates, thresholds and rules with primary-source citations. Unverified; pending local-accountant review.
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| Social security contributions and payroll withholding | Curacao social premiums are administered by the Social Insurance Bank (SVB) and cover old-age pension (AOV), widows/orphans (AWW), and basic health insurance (BVZ), plus accident/sickness insurance for employees. Employers withhold wage tax (loonbelasting) and premiums via payroll. Rates below reflect the 2025 SVB schedule. | |
| AOV (old-age pension) — employer share | 9.0%National Ordinance on Old-Age Insurance (Landsverordening Algemene Ouderdomsverzekering, AOV) | |
| AOV (old-age pension) — employee share | Employee AOV/AWW premium applies on capped wages (combined AOV/AWW employee share around 6.5%)National Ordinance on Old-Age Insurance (Landsverordening Algemene Ouderdomsverzekering, AOV) | |
| AWW (widows/orphans) — employer share | 0.5%National Ordinance on Widows and Orphans Insurance (Landsverordening Algemene Weduwen- en Wezenverzekering, AWW) | |
| AOV/AWW wage cap | Premium income base capped at ANG 100,000 per yearNational Ordinances AOV / AWW | |
| BVZ (basic health insurance) — total rate | 13.6% total (9.3% employer + 4.3% employee)National Ordinance on Basic Health Insurance (Landsverordening basisverzekering ziektekosten, BVZ) |
Curacao social premiums are administered by the Social Insurance Bank (SVB) and cover old-age pension (AOV), widows/orphans (AWW), and basic health insurance (BVZ), plus accident/sickness insurance for employees. Employers withhold wage tax (loonbelasting) and premiums via payroll. Rates below reflect the 2025 SVB schedule.
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| BVZ — employer share | 9.3%National Ordinance on Basic Health Insurance (Landsverordening basisverzekering ziektekosten, BVZ) |
| BVZ — employee share | 4.3%National Ordinance on Basic Health Insurance (Landsverordening basisverzekering ziektekosten, BVZ) |
| BVZ wage cap | Premium income base capped at ANG 150,000 per yearNational Ordinance on Basic Health Insurance (BVZ) |
| Sickness (ZV) and accident (OV) insurance | Employer-only premiums for sickness (ziekteverzekering) and accident (ongevallenverzekering) on wages up to the ZV/OV ceiling; rates vary by risk classNational Ordinance on Sickness Insurance (ZV) / Accident Insurance (OV) |
| Wage tax (loonbelasting) withholding | Employers withhold wage tax monthly on the progressive PIT scale as an advance on income taxWage Tax Ordinance (Landsverordening op de loonbelasting 1976) |
| Payroll remittance deadline | Wage tax and social premiums are filed and remitted monthly, generally by the 15th day of the following monthWage Tax Ordinance (Landsverordening op de loonbelasting 1976) |
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