Is social security separate from the tax authority?

(83% of economies responded to this question).

Labour taxes and social security contributions are often dealt with by separate government authorities. The chart to the right shows that that it is very common for social security to be administered by a separate authority - particularly in the African Union, Latin America and the Caribbean and in ASEAN. Within the G8 and EU it is a little more common to have the same authority, but still the majority of countries have to interact with a separate authority.