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# How do I determine and manage my professional status on Salary.lu?

This guide helps you identify your professional status in Luxembourg and configure your Salary.lu account correctly.

## Determining your professional status

In Luxembourg, your professional status is defined by your registration with the CCSS (Centre Commun de la Sécurité Sociale). There are two main statuses:
* **Employee** – you work under an employment contract and receive a salary from an employer
* **Self-employed (independent)** – you run your own professional or business activity and pay your own contributions

||| The term "self-employed employee" does not exist in Luxembourg law. You are either employed or self-employed.

To determine your status:
1. Check your affiliation in your CCSS documents or online via MyGuichet
2. Review your employment contract or company registration
3. Identify whether you are receiving a salary from an employer or managing your own independent activity

## Managing your self-employed status on Salary

If you are self-employed, your account setup differs from that of an employee. 

### Steps on Salary

1. Log in to your account
2. Create your profile as "Self-employed" (CDI with the "self-employed" box checked)
3. Configure your salary manually in the "Contract" tab

### What you manage yourself

* Updating your salary (not automatically)
* Communication with the CCSS
* Payment of social security contributions

|| Self-employed incomes are not automatically indexed in Luxembourg. You must manually renew them.

## Social security contributions for self-employed

As an independent in Luxembourg, you contribute to:

**Mandatory contributions:**
* Health-maternity insurance
* Pension insurance
* Accident insurance
* Dependency insurance

**Voluntary contributions:**
* Employers' Mutual Insurance (MDE)

### Contribution base

* **Minimum base (main activity):** 2,703.74 €
* **Minimum base (secondary activity):** 901.26 € (one-third of the full base)

||| If you plan to increase your declared income as a self-employed person, it is strongly recommended to inform the CCSS in advance. This helps you avoid unexpected adjustments or higher back-payments at year-end when the CCSS reconciles your contributions.

## Getting your tax card based on your status

### For employees

* Your employer manages tax cards via MyGuichet
* They are automatically integrated into Salary.lu

### For self-employed

1. Download Form 164 from the ACD
2. Submit it to your local RTS tax office
3. Receive your tax card by mail
4. Access the digital version through MyGuichet
5. Import it into your Salary.lu profile 


| Whenever there is doubt, always clarify your situation with the CCSS before setting up your Salary.lu profile.