Source-cited draft: payroll & social contributions for Suriname (tax year 2025) — rates, thresholds and rules with primary-source citations. Unverified; pending local-accountant review.
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| Payroll withholding and social contributions | Employers withhold wage tax (loonbelasting) under a progressive PAYE-style schedule and remit pension (AOV) contributions. The general old-age pension contribution rate for 2025 is 8%, applied between a minimum and maximum monthly base. | |
| Wage tax-free amount | SRD 108,000 per year (SRD 9,000 per month)Wage Tax Act (Loonbelasting) | |
| Wage tax band 1 (monthly) | 8% up to SRD 3,500 (above the tax-free amount)Wage Tax Act (Loonbelasting) | |
| Wage tax band 2 (monthly) | 18% from SRD 3,500 to SRD 7,000Wage Tax Act (Loonbelasting) | |
| Wage tax band 3 (monthly) | 28% from SRD 7,000 to SRD 10,500Wage Tax Act (Loonbelasting) | |
| Wage tax band 4 (monthly, top) | 38% above SRD 10,500Wage Tax Act (Loonbelasting) | |
| AOV old-age pension contribution rate | 8% for 2025 (General Old Age Pension Act / AOV)General Old Age Pension Act (Algemene Oudedagsvoorziening, AOV) |
Employers withhold wage tax (loonbelasting) under a progressive PAYE-style schedule and remit pension (AOV) contributions. The general old-age pension contribution rate for 2025 is 8%, applied between a minimum and maximum monthly base.
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| AOV minimum contribution base | SRD 2,250 per monthGeneral Old Age Pension Act (AOV) |
| AOV maximum contribution base (cap) | SRD 22,500 per monthGeneral Old Age Pension Act (AOV) |
| State Health Insurance Fund (SZF) contributions | Employer and employee contribute to SZF; rates vary by income bandState Health Insurance Fund Act (Staatsziekenfonds, SZF) |
| Professional-expense deduction (payroll) | 4% of wages, capped at SRD 4,800 per year (SRD 400 per month)Wage Tax Act (Loonbelasting) |
| Statutory minimum hourly wage | SRD 49.12 per hour (as of 1 April 2024)Minimum Hourly Wage Act (Wet Minimum Uurloon) |
| Wage tax remittance deadline | By the seventh working day of the month following the pay periodWage Tax Act (Loonbelasting) |
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