{"id":596509,"date":"2026-10-30T19:23:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T16:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=596509"},"modified":"2026-10-30T20:19:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T17:19:27","slug":"belarus-changes-list-of-payments-exempt-from-social-security-contributions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/belarus-changes-list-of-payments-exempt-from-social-security-contributions","title":{"rendered":"Belarus Changes List of Payments Exempt from Social Security Contributions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>From January 1, 2027, Belarus will change the rules governing payments exempt from contributions to the Social Protection Fund (FSZN). The relevant resolution was signed by Prime Minister <b>Aliaksandr Turchyn<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The changes will affect retirement benefits, compensation for employees&#8217; use of personal property, and expenses for souvenirs and events, the government press service reports.<\/p>\n<p>No contributions will be charged on retirement severance payments of up to three times an employee&#8217;s average monthly salary. If the payment exceeds this limit, contributions will be charged on the excess amount.<\/p>\n<p>A limit is being introduced for compensation for wear and tear on personal cars, equipment, tools and accessories used for work. Amounts of up to twice the minimum monthly wage per employee will be exempt from contributions. Contributions will be charged on any amount above that threshold.<\/p>\n<p>The measure is intended to prevent cases in which wages are paid under the guise of compensation.<\/p>\n<p>Souvenir and commemorative products will be exempt from contributions up to the amount specified in the Tax Code (in 2026, this is 259 rubles from each source during a tax period).<\/p>\n<p>Employer expenses related to ideological events will also be exempt from contributions. These include employees&#8217; participation in official celebrations marking public holidays and commemorative dates, themed and charity events, the purchase of flowers, souvenirs and national symbols, and transportation of employees to event venues.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution will come into force on January 1, 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From January 1, 2027, Belarus will change the rules governing payments exempt from contributions to the Social Protection Fund (FSZN). The relevant resolution was signed by Prime Minister Aliaksandr Turchyn. The changes will affect retirement benefits, compensation for employees&#8217; use of personal property, and expenses for souvenirs and events, the government press service reports. No [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":521546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ae4d1a45385d.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Belarus Changes List of Payments Exempt from Social Security Contributions"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-596509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-business"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":596510,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596509\/revisions\/596510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}