Submission of an application for pension insurance for a self-employed person

Main information

As a self-employed person (hereinafter referred to as 'self-employed person'), you are required to notify the competent social security administration of the date on which you commenced self-employment. Such notification does not always have to give rise to affiliation to a pension scheme.

In the case of secondary activity, participation in insurance arises by operation of law only when the tax base of the self-employed activity reaches the so-called decisive amount. If a self-employed person wishes to participate in pension insurance earlier than when he or she submits an overview of income and expenditure for a given calendar year, he or she may voluntarily submit an application for pension insurance for that year at any time during the year, at the latest by the date on which the overview for that year is submitted. 

If you pursue an ancillary activity, you may voluntarily apply to take part in insurance for a calendar year, if the tax base for that year has not reached the relevant amount. You can apply for pension insurance both in the main activity and in the secondary activity, if for some reason it is necessary to confirm that you are a member of the pension insurance during the given period. The application cannot be withdrawn.  

The application may be submitted only on the prescribed form issued by the Czech Social Security Administration.

This applies to you if

Ifyou are self-employed and want to participate in pension insurance before submitting an overview of income and expenses for a given calendar year.

When to use this service

You may apply for pension insurance at any time during the year, at the latest on the date of submission of the summary for the year for which you wish to take part in the insurance. 

You can also applyfor pension insurance if you need to confirm your insurance participation in a given calendar year for which an overview has not yet been submitted.

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What you need if you are using this service

Application for participation in pension insurance for self-employed persons . It must be in writing and submitted on the prescribed form .

It must indicate, in addition to your identification data, the year for which you are applying to take part in the insurance.

It will take you about 20 minutes to complete your application for pension insurance.

Where and how to solve this service

If you do not apply directly in the statement of income and expenditure for the calendar year for which you are applying, you can submit an application to participate in the pension scheme:

  • to the data box of the district social security administration competent according to the place of permanent residence, in Prague to the data box of any territorial office of the Prague Social Security Administration and in Brno to the data box of the Municipal Social Security Administration,
  • by e-mail with a recognised electronic signature to the address of the electronic filing office of the competent social security administration according to the place of permanent residence.
E-mail contacts and data box IDs of individual social security administrations can be found on the website of the Czech Social Security Administration 

The relevant district social security administration will check the data in your application and register your participation in the pension insurance for the calendar year for which you applied. By submitting your application, you are obliged to pay advances on pension insurance premiums from the month in which the application was submitted, at the latest by December of the calendar year for which you applied.

If you apply only in the following year, you will be required to pay pension insurance premiums for the calendar year for which you applied only after you have submitted your statement for that year.

How much will you pay

None

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What you need if you are using this service

An application for pension insurance for self-employed persons must be made in writing and must be submitted on the prescribed form .

The form must indicate, in addition to your identification details, the year for which you are applying to take part in the insurance. The last day on which you can submit an application for pension insurance for a calendar year is the day on which you submit an overview of income and expenses for that year.
As a person who is a member of the pension insurance scheme in a calendar year, you are always obliged to pay the premium for that year
It will take you about 20 minutes to complete your application for pension insurance.

Where and how to solve this service

You can applyto participate in pension insurance at the same time as submitting an overview of income and expenditure for the calendar year (by choosing directly in the overview of income and expenditure or by a separate prescribed form) for which you are applying.

You can also:
  • lodge in person with the district social security administration competent for the place of permanent residence, in Prague at any territorial workplace of the Prague Social Security Administration and in Brno with the Municipal Social Security Administration; 
  • send by post directly to the address of the competent social security administration according to the place of residence .
The contact details of the individual social security administrations can be found on the website of the Czech Social Security Administration.

The relevant district social security administration will check the data in your application and register your participation in the pension insurance for the calendar year for which you applied. By submitting your application, you are obliged to pay advances on pension insurance premiums from the month in which the application was submitted, at the latest by December of the calendar year for which you applied.

If you apply only in the following year, you will be required to pay pension insurance premiums for the calendar year for which you applied only after you have submitted your statement for that year.

How much will you pay

None

Additional information

What is the benefit of this service

Submission of an application for pension insurance shall give rise to participation in the insurance

Submitting an application for pension insurance also gives rise  to the obligation to pay insurance premiums

Appeal options

The service cannot be appealed. 

Legislation

Sanctions

None

Frequently asked questions

How long does the Office usually process my application and what is the legal deadline for processing it?

The legal deadline is 90 days, although in practice the application is often dealt with earlier.