When will pensions be paid? Who is entitled to a social supplement to their pension - calculation of federal and regional pension supplements. We were promised “mountains of gold”

The state provides financial assistance to citizens in various ways. Non-working pensioners should receive a social supplement. This is a type of state support that appeared in 2010 due to requests from low-income retirees. That is why a social supplement to pensions for non-working pensioners appeared.

What is meant by help?

If a citizen earns less than the subsistence level, the state will pay him extra from the federal budget.

This is not affected by what pension a citizen receives or how much he invested in its amount. Payment is made every month. They stop paying it extra if the pensioner gets a job or his pension becomes equal to or greater than the subsistence level.

• You can determine who is eligible to receive additional funds based on several factors:
• what pension does the citizen receive;
• monthly payments for disabled people, veterans and their relatives;

payments for services to the Fatherland.

Who can receive additional payment

1. A social pension supplement for non-working pensioners is provided under certain circumstances:
2. Only for unemployed and retired citizens.
3. Exclusively for citizens of the Russian Federation.

Low-income retired citizens who receive less than the minimum wage.

• Pension can be received by:
• a citizen who has retired due to age;
• disabled person;
• by length of service;

upon loss of a breadwinner.

• A non-working pensioner in 2020 has the opportunity to receive bonuses, which can be of two types:
• state or federal, which is paid without fail;

regional payment to non-working pensioners, the calculation of which is made according to the available financial components.

Social supplement: types and sizes

The federal social supplement is paid by the territorial bodies of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation and is established automatically if the SGP in the Russian Federation is significantly higher than the SGP level in the region. Regional social supplement is paid by the authorities social protection

When calculating the total income of a non-working pensioner, the following are taken into account:

• pension amount;
• the amount of additional material (social) support;
• the amount of monthly cash payment;
• the cost of a set of social services;
• monetary equivalent of measures social support(payment for telephone, residential premises and utilities, travel on passenger transport, as well as monetary compensation for the costs of paying for these services).

According to the law, payments of additional funds are prescribed:

1. pensioners who have interrupted their work experience and do not have additional income;
2. when such persons reside in the territory of the Russian Federation. If the citizen moves, the surcharge is automatically withdrawn and is not issued again;
3. the amount of income must be below the subsistence level.

These include areas with a high standard of living. In Russia there are 17 of them as of 2020. Social security authorities at the place of residence are looking into the issue. Since payments are made according to the region of residence, when a pensioner moves, the amount of additional payment may be changed. This will be affected by the cost of living in the place where the citizen will live.

Living wage upon retirement

PM is established on the basis of Federal Law N 134-FZ. It is calculated based on what is included in the consumer basket. That is, everything that will help maintain a person’s health and normal lifestyle. To calculate the value, it matters:

1. The price of a consumer basket, which includes food and non-food products.
2. Obligatory payments.
3. Payment of government fees.

The composition is revised if the standard of living of the population changes. It depends on natural conditions and climate, and therefore is different everywhere. This happens once every five years. The size differs depending on the category of citizens. When the PM is established to calculate the social supplement for pensioners, the age of the citizen does not matter.

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For what reasons can you receive additional payment?

Every pensioner who is financially less secure than the calculated subsistence level can receive cash assistance. Any questions can be addressed to the relevant authorities. Since many retired citizens do not work, this issue is important for them.

Important! In 2018, every pensioner over 70 years old and registered in the Moscow region received a lump sum cash payment from social protection authorities. Its size was 5 thousand rubles. For 2020, there have been no instructions on lump sum payments to pensioners yet.

For all retirees, the absence of official work is important. If it works, you must notify the Pension Fund at your place of residence. Every citizen must fulfill this requirement, since the calculation is based on the entire income.

For additional payment you must provide the following documents:

1. identification;
2. ID or certificate of a pensioner;
3. certificate of pension amount and other social benefits.

If a citizen refuses a pension, reasons are provided.

Reasons for stopping additional payments

In some cases, a pensioner will not be able to receive additional payment if social security issues an order to this effect. This is influenced by the following factors:

1. The pensioner decided to go back to work.
2. His material support reached the subsistence level.
3. The payment of the basic pension is terminated if it was the basis for calculating the additional payment.
4. The pensioner independently notifies the regional office of any changes, including moving for permanent residence abroad.

In December 2018, Prime Minister D. Medvedev instructed departments to develop a system of additional payments to the pensioner's monthly pension of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation for people with disabilities retirement age. The task of the ministries is to provide for the possibility of providing a social supplement up to the level of the regional PM even if a disabled pensioner is employed. The departments reported to the government on the work performed by April 10, 2019.

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In accordance with the legislation of the country, persons who have reached retirement age are entitled to a payment.

However, if a pensioner is engaged in the maintenance and upbringing of children who have not reached the age of majority, or children who are studying in vocational educational organizations, he is entitled to a pension supplement.

Legislative regulation of the issue

The procedure for accruing additional funds to the insurance portion pension provision for the maintenance of minor children is carried out in accordance with “On Insurance Pensions”.

In accordance with this regulatory document, persons who are retired and who have disabled citizens as dependents are entitled to additional fixed payments to an insurance pension or pension paid in connection with obtaining the status of a disabled person.

The package of documents required for submission to the body responsible for assigning the specified allowance has been approved By Order of the Ministry of Labor No. 958n.

For certain categories of citizens who carried out labor activities in internal affairs bodies, the fire service, and bodies of the penal system, the accrual of an additional amount to the pension provision, in the case of dependent minors, is carried out on the basis Federal Law No. 4468 – 1.

Accrual conditions

An increase in the pension amount is possible if a minor is dependent on a pensioner. Dependency, in accordance with the norms Labor Code RF, assumes full maintenance and support.

Payment of the bonus is allowed to persons who have reached the appropriate age and have retired.

TO family members, whose dependents require the payment of additional funds, the law includes children, brothers, sisters, grandchildren:

• before they reach 18 years of age;
• if they carry out educational activities in secondary and higher educational organizations, until they reach the age of 23;
• with disabled status and after reaching adulthood.

It is necessary to pay attention to the fact that the legislative act emphasizes absence of necessity proving the dependency of minors.

Size

Amount of increase in benefit amount depends on several factors:

1. The number of minors maintained by a non-working person;
2. Age of the pensioner;
3. Whether or not he has the status of a disabled person;
4. Subject of residence of the person.

Thus, in 2018, the amount of increase in benefits to persons under 80 years of age and without a disability, if there are dependents:

1. One – 3416 rubles;
2. Two – 4,270 rubles;
3. Three – 5124 rubles.

For citizens who have reached the age of 80, the following allowances are paid:

1. For one child the increase will be 3,416 rubles, for two - 4,270 rubles, and for three or more - 5,124 rubles.
2. Mothers who are over 80 years old today are entitled to a large additional payment: for 1 child 5970 rubles, for two 6832 rubles, for three 7680 rubles.
3. For mothers who have reached the age of eighty and are able to document their disability group, the additional payment will be paid in the amount: for 1 child from 4,000 rubles to 11,200 rubles, for two from 6,440 rubles to 12,800 rubles, for three from 7,200 rubles to 14,400 rubles.

For residents of the North or territories equivalent to it, the payment amount increases in accordance with and varies from 6,000 rubles to 16,800 rubles.

For children who have reached 18 years of age and are undergoing training in middle and higher educational institutions, the amount of the pension increase is 1,500 rubles.

The above amounts of allowances can be changed in each specific case. In order to find out exactly what kind of increase you can claim, you should ask the Pension Fund employees to make a preliminary calculation.

Registration procedure

The possibility of obtaining a supplement to the established pension amount is being implemented by submitting an application on the recalculation of paid funds, as well as established documents, to the territorial branch of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, located at the applicant’s place of residence.

Document review period by fund employees is 10 working days from the date of registration. After this, payment of an additional amount to the pension provision is assigned.

Another option for registering an allowance is to use Internet service "Gosuslugi". In order to process the payment of additional funds, you must log into your personal account. Next you need to select section “Pension assignment” and fill in all the fields offered by the service. After that, send your application. In this case, verification of information and attached documents will take no more than 30 days.

Package of documents

In order to formalize an increase in the amount of pension payment to the territorial body, you must submit next package of documents:

Mothers of many children

For mothers who have status, the possibility of an old-age payment is fixed at the state level.

For this necessary:

Additional financial support at the state level is not provided for this category of citizens.

However, federal legislation has delegated powers to provide social support in the form of pension supplements to mothers with many children.

Payment of these amounts is made at the expense of the regional budget. Regulation of the provision of benefits is carried out at the local level by legislative bodies.

So by law Moscow payments have been established for mothers with the status of large families, the amount of which reaches from 4,000 rubles to 9,000 rubles .

by law St. Petersburg an additional pension has been established for mothers raising five or more children, in the amount 2,820 rubles .

It is worth noting that currently not all regions of the country provide assistance to this category of citizens.

Since the entry into force of amendments to the law regulating the transfer of pension insurance amounts based on mothers those with more than four children will be able to count on an increase in the size of their pension benefit.

Mothers who retired before 2015 can receive increased benefits.

In accordance with the new law, periods of raising not three children, but four children are counted as length of service. a total of 6 years. Accordingly, in order to gain the opportunity for early registration, she needs to work for 9 years.

In addition, for the entire period of caring for children, a mother with many children points are awarded. Their amount directly depends on the number of children.

A mother who has two or more children and retired early has the right to receive a fixed bonus to the insurance portion for each of the children under the age of majority.

When raising dependents who have reached the age of majority and who are studying full-time at a secondary specialized and higher educational organization, increases are also awarded for them.

To receive an increased pension, you must contact the territorial body of the fund with an application for recalculation based on pension points accrued during the period of child care.

In 2018, pensioners can receive increase in monthly payments for children:

1. Starting from 02/01/2018, pension payments will be indexed by 4.10%.
2. If citizens receive a pension, the amount of which does not reach the subsistence level in the region, then they are entitled to an additional payment.
3. Military pensioners may qualify for an additional payment (calculated as a percentage of the monthly benefit): for 1 child 32.00%, for two children 64.00%, for three or more 100%.
4. Pensioners of the Ministry of Internal Affairs can count on a supplement for children, the amount of which varies from 32% to 100%.

The rules for assigning additional payments for dependents are described in the following video:

Women who have one or more children (including adults born during Soviet times before the 1990s or later) and who have retired due to old age until January 1, 2015, can receive an increase by taking into account, in the form of pension points, the so-called “non-insurance periods” in which they cared for each child until he reached the age of 1.5 years.

• Until 2015 these periods were taken into account only in work experience women did not influence the size of the established pension provision.
• Now, according to the new law “About insurance pensions” dated December 28, 2013 No. 400-FZ, they can be taken into account in the form of pension points, on the basis of which the size of the pension is directly determined (however, the woman’s work experience will be reduced for the corresponding periods, which may have a negative impact on the pensioner’s already registered pension rights).

To receive a pension supplement for children in 2019, you must contact the Pension Fund (PFR) authorities at your place of residence with a corresponding application for recalculation or assignment new pension in connection with the replacement of periods, on the basis of which the amount of payments can be revised due to the inclusion of non-insurance periods in points. Moreover, this is not always possible to do - often, in order to obtain the right to take into account pension points for periods of child care, it is necessary to completely refuse a previously assigned pension with an application for the appointment of a new one, in which the option of such a replacement will be taken into account, which may entail significant changes in pension rights. In this case, when recalculating points, the length of service (including preferential service, which gives the right to ) will be reduced.

In this regard, the pensioner must approach this issue responsibly - in case of refusal, it will be impossible to return to the previous payment conditions!

It is also necessary to keep in mind that the size of the possible increase for children will be strictly individual, and to determine it, PFR specialists will need to raise the payment case and again carry out extensive work on. There is also no guarantee that the result will be more than the amount that the pensioner is currently receiving.

According to statistics, only 20-30% of the total number of women who applied as a result of such recalculation or reassignment receive an increase in pension, and her the average size in most cases does not exceed several hundred rubles.

Who is entitled to recalculate pensions for children?

For mothers who have retired since 2015, both of these options (consider the time spent caring for children as work or calculate it with points as a “non-insurance period”) have already been calculated by the Pension Fund employees at the time, and the most profitable method according to the new law has already been assigned to them for payment. Therefore, contact the Pension Fund with an application to recalculate payments taking into account childcare time for such pensioners doesn't make sense.

Only those pensioners whose pension is was appointed before January 1, 2015 and to whom will be more profitable accrue pension points for periods of caring for children until they reach the age of 1.5 years, which is usually true in the following cases:

• if during these periods a woman there were breaks in work- in other words, if she was not employed at all at the time of the child’s birth and until he was one and a half years old (for example, if the addition to the family coincided with the woman’s studies at a college, technical school or university);
• if the woman was employed at the time of birth and caring for the child, but replacing the period of work with a “non-insurance period” (for which pension points are now calculated) will be more beneficial for her, which in practice is often common in such situations:
  • if a woman has 2 or more children- in other words, the more children were born, the more points can be awarded for them and the more noticeable the addition to the already assigned pension can be (however, according to the law, points can only be awarded for no more than 4 children);
  • if, when assigning a pension, the pensioner’s taken into account salary in the period before 2002, which included caring for a child under 1.5 years of age, did not exceed the national average salary or did not exceed it by more than 20% (the maximum taken into account earnings ratio in force before January 1, 2002 year law " About state pensions in the Russian Federation" was set at 1.2) - in other words, if a woman at the time of the birth of the child had a low salary at the place of employment.

As a rule, due to all the above circumstances, a woman’s pension in most cases is until January 1, 2015 was prescribed in a low amount(in practice, this is usually no more - in most regions it is 10-11 thousand rubles as of 2017). If such circumstances occur, and the pensioner has several adult children, then recalculating her pension may be beneficial to her. When points take into account non-insurance periods for child care, she may be given an increase.

If a woman has all the grounds for revising the amount of her pension, but the results of the recalculation still turn out to be “minus”, then the Pension Fund employees will make a decision decision to refuse, and the amount of payments will not change downward.

In addition, it must be borne in mind that there are certain categories of pensioners for whom such a recalculation not allowed at all according to legal norms:

• recipients of early pensions who at the time of her appointment have not achieved and are no longer working (that is, do not belong to the category) - in this case, as a result of replacing their work experience, they may lose the right to early retirement due to shortening preferential length of service (this is, in particular, true for medical workers, teachers and other preferential categories);
• recipients of state pensions, established in a fixed amount (including for living in territories affected by the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant);
• recipients of survivor's insurance pension(situations where the insured person himself has died or gone missing, and the pensioner is a dependent disabled family member, the fact of caring for children does not in any way affect the pension points of the deceased person, from which the amount of the payment was calculated).

How much will the pension increase be for pensioners with children?

The amount of additional payment to the pension for children born depends on large quantities individual factors. Even if two pensioners of the same age have the same number of children, in each specific case the amount of the increase will be different, since the place of work, length of service, salary and the moment of birth of children is determined individually for everyone.

• Such a recalculation will definitely be beneficial to women who, at the time of birth and during the first 1.5 years of the child’s life didn't work(for example, received education). In this case, they simply add a new, previously unaccounted period for which pension points will be assigned.
• If the period of child care falls during employment mother, then it can be credited to her only in one of two forms, the most advantageous in each specific case (either in the form of length of service and the salary received during this period, or according to the new rules - insurance points). In this case, an important role will be played by the amount of earnings a woman received during the “non-insurance period”, as well as how much her work experience will be reduced as a result of such a replacement.

According to Art. 12 laws “About insurance pensions” from January 1, 2015, along with periods of work, periods of implementation are counted in the insurance period one of the parents care for each child until he reaches 1.5 years of age, but no more than 6 years in total(i.e. no more than 6 years / 1.5 years = 4 children).

At the same time, according to clause 12 of Art. 15 of the same law, for periods of caring for children up to one and a half years from 2015, the following number of pension points can be accrued (see the table below and an example of calculation).

Table - Recalculation of pensions for women for children in 2019

For example, an increase in pension for 2 children for pensioners in 2019 for periods of caring for them before reaching 1.5 years would be equal to 2.7 + 5.4 = 8.1 points. from January 1, 2019, it was set at 87.24 rubles. In other words, the amount of additional payment to a pensioner may amount to up to 8.1 × 87.24 rub. = 706.64 rub. per month. Similarly, the maximum additional payment for 4 children can be up to (2.7 + 5.4 + 8.1 + 8.1) × 87.24 = 2119.93 rubles.

However, in practice, the amount of the increase during recalculation in most cases turns out to be much less. The fact is that if a woman worked during the indicated periods, as a result of such a replacement the amount of the already assigned pension will be reduced in proportion to the amount of earnings received during this period. In this regard, for example, for the first child the result of recalculation may even turn out to be negative, since it provides for the smallest number of pension points, and it will not be economically profitable to carry out such a replacement (especially if the mother worked in a good position and received a high salary).

In other words, sometimes periods of work give a higher increase in pension than 1.5 years of child care, so replacing these periods when recalculating the pension may turn out to be “minus” and will lead to a reduction in the pension amount.

According to the territorial bodies of the Pension Fund of Russia, according to statistics only in 20-30% of cases of the total number of requests female may receive additional payment when recalculating pensions for children, while the average increase is within 100-200 rubles(although in some cases you can get a more impressive amount, so it’s advisable to try).

What documents are needed to recalculate mothers' pensions?

Recalculation of the amount of the insurance pension in connection with an increase in the amount of pension points (value - IPC) for periods before January 1, 2015 is carried out in accordance with clause 2 of Art. 18 of the law of December 28, 2013 No. 400-FZ. It is carried out in a declarative manner - i.e. the pensioner will need to send it to the Pension Fund application for recalculation of pension amount(the application form was approved by Order of the Ministry of Labor dated January 19, 2016 No. 14n), which, according to clause 2 of Art. 23 of the same law is submitted with the simultaneous provision of documents necessary for such recalculation.

It is also necessary to understand that the recalculation of pensions for pensioners from January 1, 2015 in accordance with Art. 34 new laws “About insurance pensions” was carried out based on payment case documents. If any documents indicating that the woman was caring for children were not presented when applying for a pension, then they could not be taken into account automatically, and in order to take into account the period of child care in points, recalculation will need to be done on an application basis.

The application can be submitted in person to the Pension Fund client services, as well as through the MFC. Currently, it is also possible to apply electronically through the “Personal Account” on the public services portal. Before this, it is advisable to make an appointment and get advice from employees of your Pension Fund branch, if possible - with carrying out preliminary calculations, which will confirm the advisability of filing an application in your particular case.

It is recommended to make an appointment in advance (the service is provided on the official website of the Pension Fund of Russia without registration). However, in some regions the queue for appointments may be busy a few months in advance. Due to long queues regarding the recalculation of pensions at the Pension Fund branches, it is often recommended to submit completed applications remotely, including by sending by mail notarized copies necessary documents.

When applying for recalculation of a pension for women for children, it is necessary provide the following documents:

• identification document of the applicant (passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation);
• birth certificates of all children (if they are not in the pensioner’s payment file);
• documents indirectly confirming that children have reached the age of 1.5 years:
  • if birth certificates bear a stamp indicating that the child has been issued a passport, then it will be sufficient to submit only a certificate with such a mark;
  • if there is no such stamp on the certificate, then you can present any other official document issued to the child after reaching 1.5 years of age (for example, a school certificate of education, a notarized copy of the child’s passport, his marriage certificate, etc.).

In cases where a pensioner for some reason cannot present birth certificates for her children (for example, if the children have grown up and moved with their documents to another region or even left the country), she can obtain them from the civil registry office child's birth certificate.

The law does not provide any restrictions on the timing of filing an application for recalculation (in other words, you can apply for recalculation of your pension at any time). It is being considered no later than 5 working days, counted:

• from the date of receipt of the application with a full set of necessary documents submitted on the applicant’s own initiative;
• from the date of receipt of the necessary documents by the Pension Fund through interdepartmental interaction channels.

If a positive decision is made, recalculation is made in the general manner from the 1st day of the month following the month of application.

Important! If periods of childcare coincide with the woman's labor activity, then the recalculation of the pension with the replacement of work for “non-insurance” periods can only be carried out by renouncing a previously established pension, which may entail a significant change in the pension rights of the pensioner. In this case, it is necessary to approach this issue more responsibly, since after refusal to receive a pension on the same terms it will be impossible.

Is there an additional payment to the pension for children born before 1990?

The recalculation of pensions for children born before 1990 is carried out in the general manner - there are no significant features in this regard and the age of the children does not in any way affect the possibility of taking into account the period of care for them up to 1.5 years in points.

Additional payment to pensions for adult children born during Soviet times will be significant in two main cases:

• if the woman did not have official employment during these periods;
• if she had low earnings at that time.

In practice, supplement to pension for children in 2019 will not be possible in the following cases:

• if the woman has retired, starting January 1, 2015(i.e. in 2015-2019) - in this case, the most profitable option has already been calculated and selected automatically when assigning pension benefits, since all Required documents is already at the disposal of employees of the Pension Fund;
• if a woman has only one child(pension points for the first child are minimal and the increase for them is usually completely “eaten up” by the reduction in length of service and earnings attributable to it);
• if the woman’s pension was initially calculated according to maximum earnings, taken into account until 2002 (maximum 20% more than the national average - the maximum taken into account earnings ratio was then set at 1.2).

Non-working pensioners. Federal social supplement to pension- one of the forms of providing such state assistance. This type of state support has significant differences from others, since it covers a fairly wide range of subjects. Let us further consider what the federal social supplement to pensions for non-working pensioners is.

General information

Since January 1, 2010, it has been produced in the Russian Federation social supplement to pension. Federal law No. 213, corresponding changes were introduced to Federal Law No. 178.

The emergence of this type of additional payment was due to the insufficient material security of citizens who stopped working.

Characteristic

The essence consists in bringing the size of the pension payment closer to the cost of living. Financing is provided from budget funds. Establishment of a federal social supplement to pensions does not depend on the type of pension payment and the person’s contribution to its value.

The main difference between this benefit and ordinary financial assistance, paid in a lump sum, is that it is accrued monthly until the citizen gets a job or his income reaches the subsistence level.

Composition of payments

At establishing a federal social supplement to pensions taken into account:

• Pensions of all types, including those provided to former employees of law enforcement agencies.
• Monthly cash subsidies for veterans, disabled people, and relatives of persons killed in the line of duty. These payments also include social services: payment for travel on suburban transport, to the place of treatment, stay in sanatoriums/dispensaries, provision of medicines, including those received in kind.
• Additional payments (for services to the Motherland, etc.).
• Regional benefits, with the exception of one-time benefits.

When determining the amount of the federal social supplement to the pension, state support measures provided in kind are not taken into account, except for the above exception and cash subsidies to pay for telephones, housing and communal services, and travel on public transport.

Example

Let’s say a citizen is disabled and receives a pension of 7,400 rubles. Regional legislation also provides for the opportunity for him to ride public transport for free. The cash equivalent of this benefit is 421 rubles.

Total payment amount to determine eligibility federal social supplement to disability pension will be 7821 rub.

Subjects of law

Who is entitled to the federal social pension supplement?? Not all pensioners can receive state support in this form. To do this, several conditions must be met:

• According to the definition, the additional payment is intended, firstly, exclusively for non-working pensioners. Accordingly, a citizen’s employment will entail automatic deprivation of the right to receive financial assistance. In this case, the amount of earnings does not matter.
• The citizen must reside in Russia. Pensioners living permanently abroad are not eligible for this assistance.
• The person's income level must be less than the subsistence minimum.

As a rule, the recipients federal social supplement to pension are those receiving payments in connection with disability, loss of a breadwinner and other social benefits.

Calculation of the cost of living

The amount is determined by the cost of the consumer basket, taking into account mandatory payments. Its value is established based on the provisions of Federal Law No. 134 at a time for the next year. In the regions, the cost of living is also determined once a year until November 1 of the current period.

When determining the cost of the consumer basket, prices only for necessary goods and services are taken into account:

• Minimum food set: potatoes, bread, cereals, salt, pasta, sugar, fruits, eggs, milk, spices, vegetables.
• Goods and services included in the non-food category. Their cost is determined in relation to food products.

The composition of the basket is reviewed every 5 years, taking into account changes in the economic situation and people's living standards.

The cost of living is set depending on the category to which the citizen belongs. The groups are divided according to socio-demographic characteristics:

• Pensioners.
• able-bodied citizens.
• Children.

It is necessary to take into account that when determining the amount of the subsistence minimum for calculation federal social supplement to pension whether a person belongs to the “pensioners” group does not depend on his age. For example, a minor receiving payment due to disability or loss of a breadwinner will be considered as belonging to the “pensioners” group when determining basic amounts.

The situation in the regions

The amount of the federal social supplement to the pension depends on the subject of the Russian Federation in which the citizen lives. The living wage amounts in some regions are presented in the table.

The basic size (general across the country) is 8,540 rubles.

The amount of the amount depends on the composition of the consumer basket, which is formed by regional authorities taking into account the specifics of the region. Thus, in areas with a harsh climate, greater costs are required for life support than in areas with mild weather conditions.

Important points

The legislation provides for regional and federal social supplement to pension. However, a citizen can receive only one of them.

When changing your place of residence (moving to another region), the amount is revised and brought into line with regional standards.

Federal social supplement to pension assigned in those regions where the subsistence level does not reach the basic level (common throughout Russia). These regions include:

• North Caucasus - the average monthly wage is 7535 rubles.
• Southern - 8171 rub.
• Privolzhsky - 7746 rub.
• Siberian - 8514 rub.
• Crimean - 8098 rub.

Such amounts are due to the low income and standard of living of citizens.

Calculation of surcharge

Let's look at the calculations using an example.

The citizen lives in the Kurgan region and receives a disability pension in the amount of 5,400 rubles. He is also paid monthly 1919 rubles. 30 kopecks, provide social services, the monetary equivalent of which is 995 rubles. 23 kopecks This amount is included in the monthly payment. In addition, the pensioner receives a discount on housing and communal services, the cost of which is 586 rubles. 16 kopecks

The total amount of financial assistance to a citizen is:

1919,30 + 5400 + 586,16 + 7905,46.

The cost of living in the Kurgan region. amounted to 8370 rubles for 2016. At the same time, in Russia for this year the value of the monthly average was 8803 rubles. Now let's count what is the federal social supplement to pension a citizen is entitled to:

8370 - 7905,46 = 464, 54.

Registration procedure

In accordance with the law, a citizen needs to provide only one document for establishing a federal social supplement to pensions - application. It can be submitted simultaneously with the papers on or later.

The application is submitted to the territorial division of the Pension Fund at the residence address of the person in need.

To receive a regional payment, you should contact the social security authority. The structure will receive all the necessary information about the pensioner from other authorities as part of interdepartmental cooperation.

The pensioner does not need to provide any additional certificates or documents.

When considering the application, authorized employees of the PFR unit will check all the information available in the pension file. In addition, a calculation will be made of all amounts paid to the person. If it turns out to be above the subsistence level, the citizen may be denied an additional increase.

Responsibilities of a citizen

The pensioner must report to the authorized bodies about all events that may lead to a change in the amount or cancellation of payments. A citizen is deprived of the right to receive additional payment if:

• Got a job.
• He left the Russian Federation for permanent residence.
• Payment of the pension, to which an additional payment was assigned, has been stopped.
• The amount of income has increased and exceeded the subsistence level.

The amount of the surcharge is recalculated if the citizen moved to a region where a different cost of living has been established.

5 days are given to notify the authorized bodies of the occurrence of the above circumstances. If a citizen does not send a notice, the overpaid amounts may be recovered from him in court.

Federal social supplement to pension for children

In July 2017, regional divisions of the Pension Fund began publishing explanations on issues related to pension increases for children. Before this, many conflicting rumors circulated throughout the country. In particular, it was believed that women pensioners could apply to the Pension Fund and receive an additional payment for children born before 1990. Some said that the payment was made for all children born in Soviet times before 1980. In July The Pension Fund of Russia dispelled all rumors and provided reliable information.

It is worth saying right away that we are not talking about independent payment. The additional payment is obtained by recalculating the already assigned pension. The new procedure was introduced in 2015. From this year, “non-insurance” periods are also taken into account, i.e., for example, 1.5 years used as parental leave.

Payment nuances

Women who retired after 01/01/2015 do not need to contact the Pension Fund for recalculation. The fact is that the most favorable pension amount has already been calculated for them. Recalculation is advisable if a woman has periods that were not previously taken into account or were taken into account, but according to the rules that were previously in force. Non-insurance periods are currently charged

The legislation does not limit the time period within which a woman can submit an application. A pensioner can contact the Pension Fund at any convenient time. This can be done directly at the Fund’s branch or through the MFC, as well as via the Internet on the government services portal.

The extra charge that will result from recalculation is not always beneficial. As practice shows, only in 20-30% of all cases the amount of security increases. In this case, the amount of additional payment ranges from a few rubles to a couple of hundred. Only in some cases can the value exceed 1 thousand rubles.

It also happens that the recalculation results in a negative amount. In such situations, the assigned pension is not reduced, since this will lead to a worsening of the pensioner’s situation, which is directly prohibited by current regulations.

Who can count on recalculation

As representatives of the Pension Fund note, the age of children does not matter when revising the amount of payment. The child may be born before 1990 and later.

The opinion that recalculation is made only for children born before 1990 is due to the fact that the new procedure introduced in 2015 provided a significant increase in pensions for persons with experience accumulated mainly during the Soviet era. Now it has virtually no effect on the amount of payments, but can be taken into account on more favorable terms in the form of pension points. It is these people who are recommended to contact the Pension Fund first. As practice shows, such citizens became pensioners precisely before 01/01/2015.

Meanwhile, the birth of children after the collapse of the Union does not mean that a woman automatically loses the right to recalculation. The right remains, but recalculating the pension may not be profitable. In particular, it is inappropriate to revise the amount of pension benefits for women who have accumulated service after 1990.

It should also be taken into account that periods used to care for a child up to 1.5 years old do not in themselves provide for an automatic increase in pension. The fact is that when assigned, working periods can provide a higher increase than replacing them with “non-insurance” periods.

Documentation

To recalculate pension benefits according to the new rules, only those citizens to whom it was assigned before 2015 need to apply. Any person, regardless of the type of pension, can write a corresponding application. A citizen receiving benefits for old age, disability, etc. can apply.

The application is submitted to the territorial division of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, where a pension file has been opened for the citizen. There is no need to provide additional information. The necessary information is either already contained in the pension file and can be obtained upon request through interdepartmental interaction.

Citizens fill out a standard application form for pension recalculation. Its form was approved by Order of the Ministry of Labor No. 14n of 2016.

Filling out the application is usually not difficult. It contains basic information about the person entitled to payment. The application is signed personally by the citizen.

Conclusion

Despite the rather unstable economic situation in the country, the state is trying to fulfill its obligations to the population. Special attention At the same time, it is given to people who have stopped working.

As you know, it’s quite difficult for pensioners today. Often there is not enough money to purchase medicines and proper treatment. Programs being developed at the federal level are designed to provide financial support to such people. Social supplements make it possible to bring the amounts received by pensioners closer to the subsistence level.

Undoubtedly, this is not always enough to ensure a decent life for people. The government, however, is constantly looking for new ways to provide financial assistance to vulnerable categories of citizens. At the same time, government agencies are simplifying the procedure for obtaining state support as much as possible.

In 2017, Moscow pensions were indexed by 20%. In addition to the fact that pension payments have now become larger, pensioners have the opportunity to apply for city additional payments, which raise the amount of the pension to the level of the capital’s social standard. These measures were taken due to the fact that food, non-production goods and utility services are becoming more expensive in Moscow, and therefore pensions are not enough for a decent life. Let's take a closer look at how the Moscow pension supplement is calculated in 2020.

Who is paid the Moscow pension supplement?

In some constituent entities of the Russian Federation, Russian citizens are provided with special payments intended exclusively for special categories of persons - labor veterans, low-income families, home front workers, and so on. This type of financial assistance is a fixed amount paid monthly or only once.

Under what conditions is the Moscow pension supplement paid in 2020?

In 2017, the cost of living in Moscow was increased to 14,500 rubles for pensioners who have lived in the capital for at least 10 years.

Now that the city's subsistence minimum has been significantly increased, even a working pensioner can qualify for an additional payment to his pension, since the pension together with wages sometimes does not reach 14 thousand rubles.

Those pension recipients who have lived in Moscow for less than 10 years are entitled to a smaller additional payment, since the cost of living for them is 11,428 rubles.

How much is the Moscow pension supplement paid?

The size of the Moscow supplement to the pension payment directly depends on how long the pensioner lives in Moscow, while having permanent registration in the capital or its annexed areas - if the pension recipient lives here for less than 10 years, the supplement is calculated based on the subsistence minimum equal to 11 428 rubles, and if the time spent in the capital exceeds 10 years, the maximum allowance is paid up to the subsistence level (social standard) of 14,500 rubles.

How is the Moscow pension supplement calculated in 2020?

The Moscow supplement to pension payments is designed to increase it to the regional subsistence level (social standard), and therefore it can be calculated using the formula:

RMN = VPM – VP,

where RMN is the size of the Moscow allowance,

VLM – the cost of living (depending on the time of residence in Moscow),

VP is the amount of monthly pension.

An example of calculating the Moscow pension supplement

Ivan Fedorovich receives an old-age pension of 8,900 rubles. The pensioner moved to Moscow 15 years ago and registered in the capital. In addition, he was given a subsidy of 500 rubles to pay for heating.

Lev Nikolaevich registered in Moscow 5 years ago, at the moment he is a pensioner and receives an early preferential pension in the amount of 9,350 rubles, since he worked in hazardous work all his life.

For Ivan Fedorovich, the Moscow allowance will be calculated on the basis of a subsistence minimum of 14,500 rubles, and the full amount of material support for the month will be taken into account, including benefits assigned by the state:

14500 – 8900 – 500 = 5100 rubles - this will be the regional social supplement to the pension.

For Lev Nikolaevich, the capital’s allowance will be calculated based on the subsistence level of 11,428 rubles:

11,428 – 9,350 = 2,078 rubles – a pensioner will receive such a social supplement to their pension.

How the Moscow pension supplement is processed in 2020

The Moscow pension supplement in 2017 is added to the amount of the basic pension automatically, and there is no need to contact the Pension Fund separately.

It happens that employees of authorized bodies do not timely classify a pensioner into one or another category of pension holder, and therefore the pensioner may notice that he has the right to a social supplement to his monthly payments, but for some reason does not receive them. In such a situation, it is better to collect a certain set of documents and “remind yourself” to government agencies.

What documents are needed to apply for an allowance?

So, to apply for an additional payment to your pension, you will need to collect the following set of papers:

Where to apply for a Moscow allowance

If a misunderstanding has arisen, you should rightfully receive a Moscow pension supplement, but you do not receive it, you need to contact the regional office Pension Fund Russia. An employee of the institution will ask you to write an application in free form or according to a sample and provide documents confirming your identity and right to additional payment.

When will an application for additional payment to a pension be considered?

Pension Fund employees will study your application and submitted documents for a maximum of 10 days.

If any data requires clarification, it will take 30 days to review the issue, but this rarely happens. If a positive decision is made to accrue an additional payment to the applicant’s pension, in an increased amount will be credited to the pensioner’s account starting next month (documents must be submitted before the 20th of the month).

Legislative acts on the topic

Common mistakes

Error: A citizen has the right to receive a Moscow pension supplement. After he submitted documents to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, an unfounded decision was made to refuse. He continues to receive his pension without additional payment.