The microentrepreneur and the company should join eSocial tomorrow

From this Sunday (1st), individual microentrepreneurs (MEI) and micro, small and medium-sized companies will have to join eSocial, a tool that brings together and simplifies information on working in the federal government

eSocial is now extended to all individual companies and microentrepreneurs, and in 2019 it will be the turn of the federal public institutions have joined the system, according to an established schedule by the federal government in October of last year.

According to the Internal Revenue Service, the change will cover at least 7.2 million individual microentrepreneurs and 4.8 million micro and small businesses participated in Simples Nacional.

Any business with more than one employee will need to acquire a digital certificate, a valid legal digital signature that guarantees the protection of electronic transactions sold by specialized companies, to be respected by eSocial. Individual microentrepreneurs, who may have up to one employee, will only need to enter an access code to enter the information on the job.

Established in 2013, eSocial unifies the provision of employee information by the employer. Data such as the Caged, the Annual Social Information Report (Rais), the Guide for Collecting the Guarantee Fund and Information to Social Security (GFIP) and the information requested by the Ministry of Social Security (GFIP). Internal Revenue Service are sent in a

through eSocial, work obligations, social security contributions, payroll, possible work accidents, notices, declarations of damages. Taxes and deposits in the Working Time Guarantee Fund (FGTS) are communicated via the Internet to the federal government. First, the system became mandatory for national employers in October 2015. In a simplified module of the eSocial page, employers generate a single payment guide. simple household, a system that unifies the contributions and expenses of the professional category.