REMITTANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SSS

• Generally, the contributions imposed under the Social Security Act of 2018 shall be remitted to the Social Security System (SSS) within the first ten (10) days of each calendar month following the month for which they are applicable

• Self-employed members shall remit their monthly contributions quarterly

• An employer may be liable for failure to timely remit the contributions

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PERMANENT DISABILITY BENEFITS UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM

• The Social Security System (SSS) provides cash benefit to members with a total or partial permanent disability

• The benefit is paid either as a monthly disability pension or one-time lump sum benefit

• SSS member with a partial or total disability must have paid at least one-month SSS contribution before the semester of disability
  

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DEPENDENTS AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM

• Dependents under the Social Security System (SSS) may be the legal spouse, children, or the parent of the member

• There are two kinds of beneficiaries: the primary and the secondary

• Secondary beneficiaries are to receive the benefits only in the absence of primary beneficiaries

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DEATH AND FUNERAL BENEFITS UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OF 2018

• The Death Benefit is a cash benefit either in monthly pension or lump sum paid to the beneficiaries of a deceased member

• Lump sum benefit is a one-time cash benefit paid to the beneficiaries

• The Funeral Benefit is intended to help defray the cost of funeral expenses upon the death of a member
  

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