Financial Auditor Consultant - NSSF & Taxation

GENERAL

For 40 years, the humanitarian aid organization Solidarités INTERNATIONAL has been committed to providing aid in the event of conflict and natural disasters. Our mission is to provide aid as quickly and as efficiently as possible to endangered populations by meeting their vital needs: drinking water, food and shelter.

After emergency, our humanitarian teams accompany the most vulnerable families and communities until they recover their livelihoods and self-sufficiency, to enable them to deal with the challenges of an uncertain future with dignity.

Solidarités INTERNATIONAL is particularly committed to fighting water-related diseases, the primary cause of death in the world today. Drawing on their expertise, our teams develop and carry out aid programs in the fields of water, sanitation and hygiene, as well as in the essential domains of food security and reconstruction.

CONTEXT

Solidarites International - Lebanon mission, is a non-profit, independent and non-political organization, whose mission is to provide humanitarian assistance to vulnerable populations.

The Organization is registered at the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities with a unique ID and wishes to obtain advisory and consulting services from the Consultant as its independent external consultant for business development and the Consultant agrees to assist the Non-Governmental Organization Solidarites International - Lebanon with such services as an independent external consultant related to NSSF and Taxation.

OBJECTIVES

Solidarites International – Lebanon, appoints the Consultant as an external consultant and the Consultant hereby agrees to provide independent advisory and taxation services to SI in the fields of National Social Security Funds services and Ministry of Finance – Payroll Tax services.

The tasks of the Consultant shall consist in and be carried on transactions and reports exclusively related to the period covered by this agreement:

• National Social Security Funds
• Registering and de-registering of employees.
• Monthly payrolls subscriptions calculation and payment (Social Security).
• Monthly and annual payrolls report submission (Social Security).
• Annual Clearance (Social Security).
• Registering and de-registering of employees (Ministry of Finance).
• Monthly payrolls calculation verification (Ministry of Finance).
• Quarterly and annual payrolls report submission (Ministry of Finance).
• Annual Cash Report preparation and submission (Ministry of Interior Affairs).
• Preparation, submission and follow up on VAT Exemption Stamps.
• Circulation of new laws and regulations.
• Phone support.
• Email and online support.

EXPECTATIONS

In a more specific, but neither exclusive nor restrictive manner:

Ministry of Finance

-Registration and De-registration of employees

 Employees will be registered at the Ministry of Finance according to special forms provided by the Ministry of Finance (R3, R3-1 & R4).

-Quarterly payroll Tax calculation and submission within due dates

 By law, every quarter’s payroll tax report should be submitted and paid within 15 days end of   

 quarter.

The report is noted by the name of “Quarterly Payroll Tax Report – R10”.

-Annual payroll Tax calculation and submission within due dates

By law, every year annual payroll tax reports should be submitted by the end of Feb year +1.

These reports are noted by the name of “Annual Payroll Tax Report – R5”, “Personal annual Statement of gross payrolls – R6” and “General Statement of Resigned Employees during the Year – R7”.     

-Annual Financial Report preparation and submission within due dates

By law, every year annual Financial reports should be submitted by the end of March year +1.

National Social Security Fund

-Registration and De-registration of employees (full time and part time), daily workers as well.

Employees will be registered and or deregistered at the Social Security according to special forms provided by the Social Security Administration.

-Monthly payrolls subscriptions calculation of payment within due dates, Monthly payrolls report

Submission within due dates

By law, monthly payrolls subscription reports should be submitted and paid within 30 days end of month.

-Annual payrolls report submission within due dates

By law, annual payrolls subscription reports should be submitted by end of March year +1.

-Annual clearance at end of contract

Communication:

- NO DELAYS IN SUBMISSIONS

- DEADLINES TO BE RESPECTED

- RAPID ANSWERS FOR EMAIL/PHONE CONSULTATIONS

The average number of employees at the mission is around 170 employees more or less, considering hiring and turn over.

DURATION

1 year, renewable.