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description: "Source-cited draft: payroll & social contributions for Timor-Leste (tax year 2025) — rates, thresholds and rules with primary-source citations. Unverified; pending local-accountant review."
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  jurisdiction: "TL"
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# Timor-Leste Payroll & Social Contributions

## Payroll withholding and social security

Employers must withhold Wage Income Tax (WIT) from wages and remit it monthly, and contribute to the mandatory general social security scheme. Unverified draft figures.

- **Social security — total contribution rate** — 10% of gross earnings percent  _(Social Security General Regime (Law No. 12/2016) — https://pinnacledili.com/insight/social-security-scheme-in-timor-leste)_
- **Social security — employer contribution** — 6% of gross earnings percent  _(Social Security General Regime (Law No. 12/2016) — https://pinnacledili.com/insight/social-security-scheme-in-timor-leste)_
- **Social security — employee contribution** — 4% of gross earnings (withheld by employer) percent  _(Social Security General Regime (Law No. 12/2016) — https://pinnacledili.com/insight/social-security-scheme-in-timor-leste)_
- **Social security — small-employer reduced rate** — Reduced contributory rate (until 2026) for private employers with 10 or fewer workers where at least 60% are Timorese nationals ((approx — confirm reduced rate and sunset date))  _(Social Security General Regime (Law No. 12/2016) — https://pinnacledili.com/insight/social-security-scheme-in-timor-leste)_
- **Social security — contribution base** — Gross remuneration; no published earnings cap confirmed ((approx — confirm any ceiling/floor))  _(Social Security General Regime (Law No. 12/2016) — https://pinnacledili.com/insight/social-security-scheme-in-timor-leste)_
- **Wage Income Tax (PAYE-equivalent) — residents** — 0% on the first USD 500 of monthly wages; 10% on the excess ((approx — confirm monthly threshold)) percent  _(Taxes and Duties Act (Law No. 8/2008) — https://attl.gov.tl/wage-income-tax/)_
- **Wage Income Tax — non-residents** — 10% flat, no threshold percent  _(Taxes and Duties Act (Law No. 8/2008) — https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/timor-leste/individual/taxes-on-personal-income)_
- **WIT remittance deadline** — By the 15th day of the month following the month of deduction  _(Taxes and Duties Act (Law No. 8/2008) — https://attl.gov.tl/wage-income-tax/)_
- **Social security remittance deadline** — Contributions remitted monthly, generally by the 10th–20th of the following month ((approx — confirm exact day))  _(Social Security General Regime (Law No. 12/2016) — https://segurancasocial.gov.tl/)_
- **Social security administrator** — Instituto Nacional de Segurança Social (INSS) / Segurança Social Timor-Leste  _(Social Security General Regime (Law No. 12/2016) — https://segurancasocial.gov.tl/)_

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