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  UNDERSTANDING THE 2025 SSS CONTRIBUTION TABLE   The CONTRIBUTION TABLE shows the compensation range and its corresponding MSC per membership category, effective January 1, 2025 .  It reflects the contributions for Regular Social Security (SS), the Employees’ Compensation (EC, if applicable) and the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) administered by the SSS. MONTHLY CONTRIBUTIONS are computed on the corresponding Monthly Salary Credit (MSC) based on the compensation of SSS members , and payable under the three (3) programs: 1.   Regular Social Security (SS) Program Effective January 2025, FIFTEEN PERCENT (15%) of the MSC . From 14%, the additional 1% in the new contribution rate shall be shouldered equally by the employer (ER) and employee (EE) who shall pay at 10% (from 9.5%) and 5% (from 4.5%), respectively. Self-employed (SE), Voluntary Members (VM), Non-Working Spouse (N-WS), and Land-Based OFWs shall pay at the total rate of 15% (from 14%...

2025 CHINESE NEW YEAR January 29, 2025 is a Chinese New Year.   It is the YEAR OF THE SNAKE .   Chinese New Year will ALWAYS FALL on or between  January 21  and  February 20 . People born on  February 20 ONWARDS  would surely have the animal sign of their  RESPECTIVE BIRTHYEAR . Those who were born from  January 1 to January 20  would surely have the animal sign of the  PREVIOUS YEAR . If you were born AFTER January 20 and BEFORE February 20 (i.e., January 21~ February 19), YOU SHOULD CHECK on the actual date of the Chinese New Year of your birthyear—might be the PREVIOUS year’s animal sign.   For the year 2025, if you were born BEFORE January 29 your animal sign is that of the DRAGON and NOT of the SNAKE . Most of the time, Chinese New Year will fall 11 days (or sometimes 10 or 12 days) EARLIER than the previous year.   The reason for this is that a lunar month is about 29.5 days only (about...