Public Announcements
Annual Survey 2020
This is to inform all beneficiaries of Social Security
that the 2020 Annual Survey Form has been mailed out to
beneficiaries whose last names begin from A to M
on November 14, 2019. You are required to complete your
survey form and submit it to Social Security Office on or
before January 15, 2020. Annual Surveys for
beneficiaries whose last names begin from N to Z,
will be mailed out to them on March 14, 2020 and are due
at Social Security Office on or before May 15, 2020.
This Annual Survey Form provides all beneficiaries
the opportunity to update their information such as
addresses, phone numbers, marital status, and other
important information needed to continue Social Security
Benefits. As such, Social Security Administration will put
benefits on hold if you do not comply with this
requirement. Your benefit shall resume should you complete
the Annual Survey Form.
If you have not received your survey form via mail, you
can visit our Forms page
under Downloaded Documents and download a copy.
Renewal of Existing/New Business EIN
The Social Security Administration would like to inform
the Public that effective December 1st, 2019,
all existing businesses and or/new businesses are required
to come in to Social Security Office on December 1 through
December 31, 2019 to renew its business Employer
Identification Number (EIN) prior to renewal of National
Business License at the Bureau of Revenue and Taxation.
Click here to learn more details of this
announcement.
Businesses/Employers'
FREE WORKSHOP
On May 07, 2019, the Republic of Palau.
Social Security Administration and the Palau Small
Business Development Center signed into agreement a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) ending December 30, 2019
to collaborate in providing free workshops to the public
specifically businesses and/or employers in relations to
Social Security and Health Care Fund tax reporting.
The first workshop took place on May 16, 2019
at Kedarm Conference Room at the PICRC located in Koror,
Palau. The workshop focused on how to assess and report
contributions by self-employed or businesses without
employees, businesses with employees, and retirees who own
businesses.
The ROP Social Security Administration and
Palau SBDC plan to continue to provide workshops at least
once a year to all businesses and/or employers. All
workshops announcements happen at least a week prior to
each event so that all interested businesses and/or
employers will have the time to register and prepare
themselves to attend workshops.
SS New Location
The temporary Social Security Administration
Office is located Ngesekes, Koror State. It is situated
across the office of Palau Community Action Agency (PCAA).
The office will be conducting the services at this new
temporary location until the new "One Stop Shop" is
completed for relocating back to previous site in central
Koror area.
HCF Website
$50 Supplemental Benefit
Social Security Administration wishes to inform all Social Security Beneficiaries that supplemental benefit of $50 a month add on to your SS benefit began in fiscal year 2016 or October 1, 2015 and continues to be supported by the National Government appropriation in FY 2017. In FY2018, the supplemental benefit was turned over to ROPSSA to be a regular benefit on top of SS defined benefit formula. Hence, the benefit for FY2018 of additional $50 a month applied earning test (ET) for those who continues to earned wages while receiving benefit. In FY2019, National Government again appropriated another $50 supplemental benefit to date. Accordingly, the National Government FY2020 proposed budget includes the continuing supplemental budget of $50 a month to all SS beneficiaries.
Increase of Maximum Taxable Wage
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