
Employees belonging to the commercial sector and carrying out their work throughout the country receive the second installment of the SAC (Annual Complementary Salary) in the last month of the year; This is why worry arises Until when the bonus for commercial employees can be paid out in December 2025which can be easily answered by consulting national legislation.
The commercial clerklike registered workers in other sectors, You collect the bonus in two annual installmentsin the months of June and December.
It is important to know that this concept is paid at a time established by law. This is what the regulations say The second installment of the bonus must be collected by December 18thwhich coincides with Thursday; However, there is an extended deadline of four business days for processing, so the deadline is December 24th.
The second tranche of the SAC, which corresponds to the year 2025, is aimed at employees in a dependent relationship as well as pensioners and retirees; for what remains excluding unregistered workers, the people who are Monotributists and those in informal employment without contributions.
Each half bonus corresponds to this 50% of the highest monthly salary which the employee received in the corresponding semester (that is, the highest salary for the period from July to December).
On the other hand, if an employee does not complete the months required for the full December bonus, This concept is billed in proportion to the months worked. Since each bonus installment refers to the first or second semester, knowledge of the start date of the activities is required for the exact calculation.
To know what amount corresponds to the SAC, the following must be done: formula: the employee’s salary divided by the 12 months of the year and multiplied by the months worked. Example: (100,000/12) x 6 = $50,000.
In the last month of the year, commercial employees have one 1% increase and payment of a fixed amount of $40,000which is paid on the usual collection date An additional $60,000 is addeda product of the recent joint agreement.
Both deliveries will continue until March 2026and in the following month they are included in the basic salary.
In the meantime, feces (Argentine Association of Commercial and Service Employees) states in its grid for all categories of workers that “the Free salary conversions are paid: that of the month of December/2025, during this monthduring the month of January/2026 from January 1st to 10th; those of the month of February/2026 from February 1st to 10th and those of the month of March/2026 from March 1st to 10th.