The Refund of Social Insurance Contributions of Disabled Persons Conducting Non-agricultural Economic Activity

Abstract

Disabled persons conducting non-agricultural economic activity may apply for the refund of social insurance contributions from the State Fund for Rehabilitation of the Disabled Persons. The exception to the general rule of financing social insurance contributions of persons conducting non-agricultural economic activity by the insured persons themselves, entirely from their own funds, constitutes one of the instruments introduced by the law-maker to enhance vocational activation of disabled persons. However, the scope of requirements of technical and formal nature to be met by a person applying for the refund, as well as the assessment whether it was justified on the part of the law-maker to replace the mechanism of co-financing social insurance contributions with the refund of social insurance contributions leave room for doubt.

Keywords

• disabled person
• non-agricultural economic activity
• social insurance
• social insurance contribution
• refund of social insurance contributions