Except as otherwise provided in this Article, a person employed in the territory of one of the Contracting Parties shall be subject exclusively to the legislation of that Party with respect to that employment. An agreement that came into effect on March 1, 2009 between the United States and Poland improves social security coverage for people who work or have worked in both countries. It helps many people who, without the agreement, would not be entitled to a monthly pension, disability or survivors` benefits under the social security system of one or both countries. It also helps people who would otherwise have to pay social security taxes to both countries with the same income. The agreement includes Social Security taxes (including the U.S. portion of Medicare) and survivors` retirement, disability, and social security benefits. It does not cover benefits from the U.S. Medicare program or the Supplemental Security Income program. Pension reduced to the normal retirement age** with 20 years of insurance for men and 20 years for women. Early retirement in old age for fully disabled workers with 25 years of insurance for men and 20 years for women. If you live abroad, you can apply for the combined benefits in the United States either with the foreign agency where you are insured or with the Federal Benefits Unit. Please contact the relevant agency or, if you would like to submit your claim to us, follow the instructions on our Benefits page. If you work abroad for a U.S.
company or, in some cases, for a foreign company affiliated with a U.S. company, you and your employer may have to pay U.S. and foreign Social Security taxes on the same income. However, if you work in Poland, your Social Security will be allocated to the United States or Poland, so you and your employer will not have to pay taxes on both systems. If you were sent to the United States by your employer to work in a treaty country for five years or less, you only pay U.S. Social Security tax and are exempt from foreign tax. On the other hand, if you have been hired or delegated to a treaty country to work there for more than five years, you usually only pay Social Security taxes to the foreign system and are exempt from paying U.S. Social Security taxes. Similarly, employees employed in the United States pay only U.S. social security taxes, unless they were sent to the U.S. by their employer in a contracted country, typically for five years or less.
The person referred to in Article 3 residing in the territory of one Contracting Party shall be treated in the same way as nationals of the other Contracting Party in the application of the legislation of the other Contracting Party as regards entitlement to or payment of benefits. This booklet covers the highlights of the agreement and explains how it can help you while you work and when you apply for benefits. 1) as regards the Republic of Poland, the following laws on social security and social security benefits for farmers: one of the key elements of these agreements is that the partner countries largely share responsibility for the protection of social security. If a person has lived and worked in more than one country, it is right that those countries share the responsibility of providing for that person when applying for a pension. The scope of the agreements varies. As a general rule, it includes old-age pensions, invalidity pensions, survivors` pensions, benefits in the event of an accident at work or occupational disease, sickness benefits; and if both parties express their will, including health benefits, family allowances, unemployment benefits. Note In addition to retirement, disability and survivors` benefits, Polish social security taxes cover several other programmes, including one-off benefits, pensions for accidents at work and occupational diseases, and funeral allowances. As a result, workers exempted from Polish social security coverage by the agreement do not pay social security taxes on these programs and generally cannot receive benefits from them. If the agreement exempts you from Polish coverage, you and your employer may want to arrange for another performance protection. Except as otherwise provided in the national statutes of a Party, information relating to a natural person transmitted to that Party by the other Party in accordance with this Agreement shall be used solely for the purposes of the application of this Agreement. Such information received from a Party shall be subject to that Party`s national law on the protection of privacy and the confidentiality of personal data.
We may also use the information you provide in computer correspondence programs. Matchmaking programs compare our records with those maintained by other federal, state, or local government agencies. Information from these matching programs may be used to determine or verify an individual`s eligibility for government-funded or administered benefit programs and to repay outstanding payments or debts under these programs. Since January 1, 2019, a significant change has been implemented regarding the sale of real estate obtained by inheritance. Until 2019, the legal provisions exempted from tax the sale of real estate after five years from the date of opening of the estate, which is usually the date of death of the testator. .