General Organization of Social Insurance (GOSI)
The General Organization of Social Insurance (GOSI) is a state agency in Saudi Arabia that has responsibility for social insurance. GOSI implements social insurance rules, collects contributions from employees and employers, and pays benefits to entitled insured persons and eligible family members. You use this functionality to record the required information for calculating GOSI contributions to be paid by an employee and employer.
Conditions
To be eligible to make GOSI contributions, receive social insurance benefits, or both, the following conditions must be met:
- The employee must be on the payroll of an organization within Saudi Arabia.
- The sponsorship of an employee by an employer must be effective.
- The employee should hold an iqama under the sponsorship of a Saudi-based company.
Contribution Types
Contributions are made separately towards two types of insurance:
- Annuity Branch (Retirement)
- Occupational Hazards
For documentation reference : http://help.sap.com/saphelp_lochrsae605/helpdata/en/b5/eb4152dd563807e10000000a441470/content.htm?fr...
Back End Settings
Before executing GOSI process make sure the back end setting or configuration settings:
Step # 1
Menu Path: Payroll>Payroll : Saudi Arabia> Social Insurance> Define Non Contribution Reason
Define Non Contribution Reasons
Use
In this Customizing activity, you list the reasons why the employee is not subject to GOSI.
You maintain the list of valid non-contribution reasons in the Maintenance of Social Insurance Non-Contribution Reasons (V_T7SA11) table. These exemption reasons are then available for selection in the Social Insurance (KSA) (3252) infotype.
If the Calculate SI Contribution checkbox is not selected for an employee in the Social Insurance (KSA) (3252) infotype, it is mandatory to record a non-contribution reason.
You can determine a default value of non-contribution reason to an employee in Customizing activity Determine GOSI Contribution Indicator and Non-Contribution Reason.
Example
The employees that visit Saudi Arabia on a temporary basis and do not hold a resident permit in Saudi Arabia are not subject to GOSI contribution.
Step # 2
Menu Path: Payroll>Payroll : Saudi Arabia> Social Insurance> Define GOSI Contribution Groupings
Define GOSI Contribution Groupings
Use
In this Customizing activity, you create groupings for GOSI contribution calculation. Then you assign the employees to the corresponding grouping in the Customizing activity Determine GOSI Default Grouping
.When you create a record for an employee in Social Insurance (3252) infotype, the default value appears automatically in the SI Grouping field, you can change the default value based on your requirement.
Since each employee grouping (based on employee's nationality) has different contribution rate, payroll function SASI uses the grouping information stored in infotype 3252 to retrieve the contribution parameters for GOSI contribution calculation.
Standard settings
The standard employee grouping is basically a one-to-one mapping to nationality
Activities
Create new groupings if require
Step # 3
Menu Path: Payroll>Payroll : Saudi Arabia> Social Insurance> Define GOSI Contribution Parameters
Define GOSI Contribution Parameters
Use
In this Customizing activity, you define the GOSI contribution parameters for each employee grouping, for example, the contribution percentage, the maximum and the minimum contribution base.
If the monthly GOSI applicable earning of an employee exceeds the maximum amount, the system then uses the maximum amount to calculate GOSI contributions for the employee. If the monthly GOSI applicable earning of an employee is less than the minimum amount, the system then uses the minimum amount to calculate GOSI contributions.
Payroll function SASI reads the table and performs calculation for GOSI contributions.
Requirements
You have defined the employee groupings for GOSI contribution in Customizing activity Define GOSI Contribution Groupings.
Example
The minimum and maximum monthly levels of contributory wage for Saudi employees are SAR 1,500 and SAR 45,000 respectively.
For non-Saudi employees, the minimum and maximum levels are SAR 400 and SAR 45,000 respectively.
Step # 4
Menu Path: Payroll>Payroll : Saudi Arabia> Social Insurance> Maintain Retirement Ages for Social Insurance Contribution
Maintain Retirement Ages for Social Insurance Contribution
Use
In this Customizing activity, you use the return values of feature 24ERA to specify the statutory retirement ages for employees according to nationalities.
Requirements
The social insurance funds must be maintained in Payroll: Saudi Arabia -> Social Insurance -> Define GOSI Contribution Groupings.
Step # 5
Menu Path: Payroll>Payroll : Saudi Arabia> Social Insurance> Define GOSI Employer Number
Define GOSI Employer Number
Use
In this Customizing activity, you record the number that the employer registered in GOSI authority.
Step # 6
Menu Path: Payroll>Payroll : Saudi Arabia> Social Insurance> Define GOSI Offices
Define GOSI Offices
Use
In this Customizing activity, you define the codes, names, and addresses of the General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) offices where your employees are registered.
Activities
You enter the keys and names of the GOSI offices as required. To enter address data for a GOSI office, select the relevant entry and choose the Address icon.
Step # 7
Menu Path: Payroll>Payroll : Saudi Arabia> Social Insurance> Determine GOSI Contribution Indicator and Non-Contribution Reasons
Determine GOSI Contribution Indicator and Non-Contribution Reasons
Use
In this Customizing activity, you determine the default values for the Calculate Social Insurance Contribution checkbox and the Non-Contribution Reason field when you create a record of Social Insurance Saudi Arabia (3532) infotype.
For more information, see GOSI Contribution Default (24GOS) feature.
Step # 8
Menu Path: Payroll>Payroll : Saudi Arabia> Social Insurance> Define GOSI Default Grouping
Determine GOSI Default Grouping
Use
In this Customizing activity, you determine the default grouping for an employee when you create a record for an employee in the Social Insurance (3252) Infotype.
The system uses the grouping information to retrieve the GOSI contribution parameters for the employee.
For more information, see KSA Social Insurance Contribution Grouping (24SIG) feature.
Requirements
You must have defined the contribution groupings in Customizing for Payroll Saudi Arabia under Social Insurance-> Define GOSI Contribution Groupings
Step # 9
Menu Path: Payroll>Payroll : Saudi Arabia> Social Insurance> Determine Calendar for GOSI Age Calculation
Determine Calendar for GOSI Age Calculation
Use
In this Customizing activity, you specify a calendar, Gregorian or Islamic, that the system uses to calculate an employee's age. The HJAGE : Compare Employee's Age with Specified Number Hijri Calendar (HJAGE) payroll operation reads the specified calendar and calculates the age.
Note
The calendar for age calculation is independent from the calendar used for payroll calculation.
Activities
You can choose either of the following:
- G: Gregorian Calendar
- T: Hijri Tabular Calendar
- A: Hijri Tabular Calendar with Date Format A
- B: Hijri Tabular Calendar with Date Format B
You can run the Program I18N_MAINTAIN_TISLCAL (I18N_MAINTAIN_TISLCAL) report to define date format A and date format B based on the standard Hijri Tabular calendar.
After you done and make sure all above mentioned back end settings in SPRO then you have to create Master data employee:
GOSI Employee Master Data
You have to maintained first below master data for employee:
Infotype 3252 Social Insurance for SA
For Saudi Employee:
For Non-Saudi Employee
Then Run the Regular Payroll system with help Saudi Arabia schema calculate GOSI contribution for saudi and non-saudi employee:
Good luck.!
Regards:
Bashir
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