After many years of delay, the return application process has begun overpaid contributions 2019 and 2020 for 23,000 full-time lawyers, full-time engineers and doctors. The platform is exclusively available to interested parties through the e-EFKA website (https://www.efka.gov.gr) using codes Taxisnet and his statement AMCA.

A week ago, the Union of Hired Lawyers sent to EFKA out-of-court application with notification of the prosecutor, ombudsman and Minister of Labor, for “a three-year delay in the payment of illegally and unreasonably collected additional insurance and social contributions for 2019 and 2020.” These are sums of several million euros imposed and collected by e-EFKA from thousands of in-house lawyers, as well as engineers and medical professionals, as well as from its employers.

In particular, with the provisions of Law 4578/2018, there has been a change in the amounts of insurance premiums for additional insurance and social security compared to those provided for in 2016, which from 01.01.2019 are now calculated on the minimum basic wage. 586.08 euros, which was set at 650 euros from 01.02.2019. These provisions were again modified by Law 4670/2020 and the premiums were defined in insurance categories (fixed amounts) at the choice of the policyholder with the participation of the principal as a percentage of one second of them. Despite the amendments, EFKA, as the entity managing the Analytical Periodic Reporting and collecting insurance premiums, did not modify the relevant circulars or the computerized system, as a result of which the collection of insurance premiums in excess of those established by law continued.

This was followed by the 2020 and 2021 Circulars, and the launch of a new 2019-2020 Designated Persons Insurance Change E-Service, where employers were asked to submit the amending DPA.

We are talking about hired lawyers, hired engineers and doctors for unreasonably paid fees for 2019 and 2020.

And yesterday, with its announcement, EFKA is informing stakeholders that an appropriate application platform has been set up without requiring the insured to provide supporting documents or interested parties to visit local EFKA offices.

Applications will be verified against the results that come or will come from their employers’ respective applications in the “In-house Lawyers, In-house Engineers and Medical Professionals Insurance Change Electronic Service”, which has been extended until 12/31/2023. Thus, on a periodic basis, the amounts of overpaid contributions for 2019-2020 attributable to them will be returned to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.

Of course, if there is a confirmed debt to EFKA, there will be a set-off and only if there is a balance, it will be returned.

It should be noted that unreasonably paid insurance premiums are understood as amounts of money paid in favor of e-EFKA for any reason, and in respect of which, based on the current legislation, there is no obligation to pay them. As an exception, unlawfully paid insurance premiums shall not be considered amounts paid upon cancellation of the insurance period in connection with fraudulent or fictitious insurance.