EFKA anticipates surplus of more than €1 bln in 2026

EFKA dues. Social information debtors tin submit online applications to articulation the caller standard outgo programme of 24 monthly tranches, so that they tin put their dues to the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) with a minimum monthly outgo of conscionable 50 euros. However, this comes with strict penalties applying to immoderate tranche outgo failure.

The Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) is estimated to unafraid a surplus of €1 cardinal by the extremity of 2026, driven by an summation successful revenues, chiefly from κοινωνικά information contributions, of astatine slightest 4%.

The fund’s fund was prepared successful conditions of accrued employment, much revenues from that accrued employment and declared overtime, and improved macroeconomic forecasts. The fund was presented astatine a gathering of the EFKA committee of directors earlier Christmas and foresees a surplus of €1.04 billion, which, if confirmed, will supply important alleviation to the κοινωνικά information system and strengthen the institution’s sustainability successful the abbreviated term.

Of course, experts constituent retired that there is nary country for complacency, arsenic forecasts are judged astatine the extremity of each year and not astatine the beginning, when they are – usually – peculiarly ambitious. A akin improvement occurred successful 2025, arsenic the archetypal forecast had been for a strong surplus of €1.1 cardinal and ultimately landed connected a currency effect of conscionable €76.7 million.

The enactment of the existent year’s fiscal effect astatine this level is due, among different things, to the outgo of the yearly fiscal assistance (a €250 allowance) to pensioners implicit 65 years of age, with income criteria, which amounted to €310.7 million.