Poland: ZUS social insurance contributions and DRA declaration due by the 15th (legal persons)
Every month, due by the 15th. · Applies to payers with legal personality (e.g. sp. z o.o.), which covers essentially all Polish limited-liability and joint-stock companies. Payers without legal personality (sole traders, personal partnerships) instead have until the 20th; budget units until the 5th.
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What changes
Employers must submit the ZUS settlement declaration (ZUS DRA) together with personal monthly reports (ZUS RCA/RSA/RPA), and pay social and health insurance contributions for the reporting month, by a deadline that depends on the payer's legal form: the 15th of the following month for payers with legal personality (e.g. sp. z o.o.), the 20th for other payers (sole traders, personal partnerships), and the 5th for budget units.
Who is affected
Every Poland-registered ZUS contribution payer, including a self-employed sole trader (JDG) paying only their own contributions; a sp. z o.o. (a capital company with legal personality) falls under the 15th-of-month deadline described here, while sole traders and personal partnerships use the 20th (see the action text below).
Sizes: micro, small, medium, large · Sectors: All sectors
What to do
Submit the ZUS DRA declaration and personal monthly reports and pay social insurance and health-insurance contributions for the reporting month by the 15th of the following month if organized as a legal person (sp. z o.o., spółka akcyjna, spółdzielnia). Sole traders and personal partnerships (spółki jawne, partnerskie, komandytowe, komandytowo-akcyjne) instead follow the 20th-of-month deadline.
Next occurrences
Penalty
Late-payment interest (odsetki za zwłokę) on unpaid contributions; administrative and, in cases of persistent non-payment, criminal liability under the Social Insurance System Act (Ustawa o systemie ubezpieczeń społecznych).
Sources
- ZUS - Termin składania dokumentów i opłacania składek (5th/15th/20th-of-month deadlines by payer type) (www.zus.pl)
Last verified 8 September 2026. Informational only, not legal advice.