Seasonal agricultural worker registration period begins

The registration of seasonal agricultural workers is taking place from April 1 to November 30. This will be the sixth season when farms operating in the fruit and vegetable growing sectors, as well as employing agricultural workers in seasonal work, can register these employees with the service. In the electronic application system. This tax regime significantly reduces the tax burden for those people who are employed in seasonal work in growing or planting fruit trees, berries and vegetables, caring for crops and plantations, harvesting, and sorting fruits, berries and vegetables.

The service draws attention to the fact that when registering employees, the 2018 area application data must be used until April 30 of this year, but from May 1, only the 2019 application data must be used.

Over the past five years, the number of farms using the seasonal agricultural worker module has increased significantly, from 86 farms in the first year to 186 farms in 2018. The interest in the module for registering seasonal agricultural workers shows that it is a convenient and useful tool for farmers. The number of employees has grown from 1,804 to 2,516 during the implementation of the program, and the average wage per employee per season has increased from 143 euros to 444 euros. Interestingly, the youngest registered agricultural worker was 10 years old, and the oldest was 82 years old.

Using this tax regime, both employers and employees benefit. The income tax for seasonal agricultural workers is 15% of the earned salary, and the employee becomes socially insured for retirement. More information about seasonal agricultural worker registration is available in the menu “Seasonal farm workers”.

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