How much will your pension increase in a year? Latest pension indexation news

Based on the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 756 dated 08/04/16, May 8 is recognized as a day off. According to Art. 112 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, the first and ninth of May are recognized as holidays and federal holidays are established on these days.

In this regard, the issue of pension provision is acute these days.

Pension payment schedule for May 2017 in Moscow

From the end of April to mid-May, citizens of the Russian Federation will have two blocks of days free from work. The first is from April 29 to May 1. The second is from May 6 to May 9.

Due to holidays and weekends, public services will operate on a different schedule than normal. Accordingly, pensions will be issued in a modified manner.

Changing the pension delivery schedule is necessary in order to provide pensioners with timely payments, since money delivery services will not work on the above days.

So, where can you find out information about the pension delivery date?

The pension in May 2017 will be provided within the time frame established by the organization making the payments. Such enterprises are:
Russian Post, Sberbank.

Another financial organization that has entered into an agreement with a pensioner on the delivery of cash benefits.

You can obtain more detailed information about the issuance of a pension at a specialized institution where the applicant actually receives the funds, for example, at a post office. If such an enterprise has an official website, the necessary data will be posted on the main page of the portal in a timely manner.

The necessary information is provided by the Pension Fund (PFR). To receive it, a citizen must:
Visit the website of this body.
Select your region of residence.

You can view the May payment schedule by downloading it to your local computer or viewing it online.

Let us remind you that from April 1, 2017, social pensions and state pensions for both working and non-working pensioners have been increased. At the same time, the minimum level of pension provision for non-working pensioners will still not be lower than the subsistence level of a pensioner in the region of residence. If the amount of the pension, together with other payments due to a non-working pensioner, is below the subsistence level of the pensioner in the region of residence, then a social supplement to the pension is established for him.

Let us recall that from February 1, 2017, insurance pensions of non-working pensioners, in accordance with the resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation, were indexed upward by 5.4%.

From April 1, insurance pensions of non-working pensioners were indexed again, in accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation and the norms of the current Russian legislation on the federal budget. State pension benefits will be paid from the Federal Budget and, accordingly, based on the real cost of the pension coefficient. Thus, the overall indexation of insurance pensions, taking into account the February indexation, will be 5.8% from April 2017.

On March 12, the State Duma considered a bill providing for the recalculation of pensions in 2019 for non-working pensioners.

The document submitted by the Russian government has already received a positive recommendation from the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs. Deputies agreed on the need to review the rules for increasing pensions for 4 million citizens.

Why will non-working pensioners be recalculated?

Let us recall that since January 1, 2019, a situation has arisen in which a number of pensioners, who are “paid extra” to the subsistence level, have not seen the promised increase by an average of 1 thousand rubles. This money was counted instead of an additional payment up to the subsistence level, and as a result, there was simply no real increase in the pension.

Pensioners complained to Putin, and he ordered the injustice to be eliminated. Now, in 2019, a second indexation of pensions will be carried out according to new rules.

During his annual address to the Federal Assembly, Putin said: “...The state must first bring pensions to the subsistence level, and only then carry out indexation. We need to count and return to people the money they have not received since the beginning of the year...”

To correct the current situation, deputies are urgently adopting a bill on additional payments to pensions for low-income citizens.

How pensions will be recalculated in a new way

According to the bill, first the pensioner’s total income will be brought up to the subsistence level, and then the pension will be indexed. As a result, the increase will be paid above the “minimum wage” established for pensioners.

“If we take the form that the president spoke about, then, accordingly, the social allowance is first calculated. The pension was together with a monthly cash payment of 8 thousand rubles, the cost of living was 11.2 thousand rubles. This means that the social supplement is set at 3.2 thousand rubles. Next, the pension is indexed by 7.05%. It turns out that in addition to the indexed pension of 8.56 thousand rubles. a social allowance of 3.2 thousand rubles is added. “As a result, the pensioner receives 11.76 thousand rubles,” Yaroslav Nilov, head of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs, told the Rambler News Service (RNS) information agency.

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In addition, non-working pensioners will be paid additional amounts that they did not receive this year. For recipients of old-age insurance pensions who are entitled to a federal supplement to their pension, the increase in payments will amount to an average of 511 rubles per month, and for those who are entitled to a regional social supplement - 876 rubles.

When will pensioners be given unpaid money?

It all depends on how soon deputies will adopt the necessary laws.

On March 12, the State Duma considered the bill in the first reading. And the State Duma is going to finally adopt the document prepared as part of the implementation of the President’s Address to the Federal Assembly on March 21.

Then pensions will be recalculated retroactively - from January 1 - and the money will be paid no later than July 1.

“If the document is adopted on schedule, the Pension Fund will have time to start payments in May and complete them before July,” said Deputy Head of the Ministry of Labor Andrei Pudov.

Increase in social pension in 2019 from April 1

From April 1, 2019, state pensions, including social ones, will be indexed. This increase will apply to all recipients of state pensions, regardless of the fact of work (both working and non-working). Indexation of state pensions, including social pensions, from April 1 will be carried out taking into account the growth index of the pensioner’s cost of living over the past year.

According to the data initially provided by the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, the indexation of social pensions from April 1, 2019 was planned at 2.4 percent.

However, at the end of February new information appeared.

The Ministry of Labor has developed a draft resolution that It is proposed to index social pensions by 2 percent from April 1, 2019.

This was reported in the press service of the department, noting that based on the data on the cost of living of a pensioner in 2018 (8,483 rubles) and for 2017 (8,315 rubles), the growth rate of the cost of living of a pensioner in Russia for 2018 year was 2%.

As a result, the average size of the social pension will increase to 9,266 rubles, including the average size of the pension of disabled children and people with disabilities from childhood of group I will increase to 13,674 rubles. and 13,812 rubles. respectively.

The average disability pension for military personnel who served in conscription will increase to 12,899 rubles, the average pension for the loss of a breadwinner for the families of military personnel who served in conscription will increase to 10,942 rubles.

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Since August 1, 2019, Russia has been carrying out a non-declaration adjustment of the insurance pensions of working pensioners. That’s when the holiday will come to the streets of working pensioners.

Pensioners who worked in 2018 will have their insurance pensions increase in August 2019. The maximum increase will, as usual, be equal to the monetary equivalent of three pension points. The increase that you can count on will be about 230-250 rubles.

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In 2017, the issue of indexation of old-age pensions arose most acutely in connection with latest changes in the pension legislation in the previous year - the abolition of annual indexation, the low percentage of its increase (only 4% with inflation of 12.9%) for those who are no longer working, and the replacement of the planned second indexation, which was paid only in January 2017.

The increase in the size of pension payments is carried out by the state in order to compensate their recipients for the decrease in the purchasing power of benefits due to inflation. Its size for 2016 was determined as 5.4% - this value is included in the increase in pensions in February.

How and when are pension payments indexed?

Conducted by the state annually:

• On February 1, pension benefits are increased.
• On April 1, and increase.

The increase in the size of pension payments to Russian citizens depends from the inflation rate, which is determined based on the results of the previous year and established by the Government.

Depending on the growth of income of the Pension Fund itself and according to the economic situation in the country, the law provides for the possibility of holding additional indexing insurance pension by increasing and (clause 7 of article 16 of law dated December 28, 2013 No. 400-FZ).

Pension indexation percentage in 2017

Until 2016, in accordance with the law, pensions were increased at the level of price increases over the previous year. By the same principle in 2016, taking into account inflation at the end of 2015, pension benefits should have increased by 12.9%. However, due to the difficult financial situation in the country, the Government made a number of decisions:

• From January 1, 2016 to January 1, 2017, the operation of certain legislative provisions establishing the procedure for the annual increase in pension payments to citizens based on the price growth index and based on the income of the Pension Fund was suspended.
• Indexation of insurance and social pensions was carried out only for a fixed amount 4% , which is significantly lower than the level of real inflation in 2015.
• Old age insurance pensions are indexed.
• Additional increase in insurance payments on April 1 not carried out.

However, already in 2017, the usual indexation procedure was returned, thus, insurance pensions and social benefits were indexed in full.

Increase in insurance (labor) pensions

Changing the amount of insurance pensions towards their increase in accordance with the law of December 28, 2013 N 400-FZ “About insurance pensions” occurs through an annual (February 1) increase in the value of the pension coefficient (IPC) and the size of the fixed payment.

In 2017, there was an increase in insurance pensions by an amount equal to the level of price growth in the past 20176 - 5.4% (according to Rosstat).

Thus, from February 1, 2017 the cost of IPC has risen to 78,28 , fixed payment amount - up to 4,805.11 rubles. As a result of indexation, the average size of insurance pensions increased:

• - about 400 rubles;
• - about 160 rubles;
• - for 315 rubles.

Additionally, on April 1, 2017, the cost of the pension point and fixed payment was increased by 0.38%, which, coupled with the February indexation will be 5.8%. At the same time, now the SIPC is 78.58 rubles, and the value of the PV is 4823.37 rubles. This amount of insurance pension components will remain until until February 1, 2018.

Increasing state pension provision

The procedure for increasing the amount of pension benefits for state security, including social ones, is provided for by Federal Law No. 166-FZ of December 15, 2001 “On state pension provision in the Russian Federation”. Legislatively introduced restrictions on increasing pension payments in 2016 also affected these benefits, as a result from April 1, 2016:

• the size of social pensions, indexed by 4%, increased on average to 8,562 rubles;
• (EDV) for recipients of state pension benefits increased by 7%.

At the same time, an increase in social pension provision by 2.6% was planned for April of this year, but it was actually carried out by only 1.5%- this is explained by the declining growth rate of the pensioner’s cost of living. EDV was indexed on February 1 by 5.4%.

Will there be a second indexation in 2017?

Back in 2016, there was a question about the possibility of re-indexing pensions, which was discussed for a very long time, and in May 2016, during his visit to Crimea Dmitry Medvedev noted that in the budget for an additional increase in pension payments no money. When deciding to carry out partial indexation in 2016, the Government legislatively provided for an additional increase in insurance pension payments, but taking into account the current economic and social situation in the country based on the results of the first half of the year current year. Thus, carried out on August 23, 2016, the fate of pre-indexation of pension payments was decided: instead of increasing pensions to the level of inflation of the previous year (12.9%), a decision was made on an amount that partially compensated for indexation, equal to 5 thousand rubles.

Already in 2017, they planned indexation according to the level of actual inflation (5.4%), which was determined by Rosstat in the first half of January. However, earlier YES. Medvedev reported that indexing “will be 5.8%”, after which the Pension Fund budget included the value of the pension coefficient as of April 1 at 78.58 rubles, which would amount to an increase in pensions by the previously assumed 1.054 times.

According to Maxim Topilin, a meeting may be held in April additional indexing to a total of 5.8%.

Problems of indexing pensions for working citizens

Until 2016, pension payments were indexed to all pensioners, regardless of their continued working activity. Since this year, the procedure for increasing state and social pensions has remained the same, which cannot be said about insurance payments.

An important feature of the indexation of insurance pensions in 2016 was that its payment applies to insurance benefits only non-working pensioners(Article 26.1 of the law “About insurance pensions”). At the same time, the legislation provides for the conditions under which a pensioner will again be able to receive an increased pension:

• the recipient of the pension benefit needs income-generating income;
• from the 2nd quarter of 2016, the benefit increases in an undeclared form, that is, there is no longer any need to submit an application to the pension fund; the calculation will take place on the basis of.

After the dismissal of a pensioner, the amount of his old-age pension will be increased using all indexings that he missed. At the same time, he will be able to receive the increased payment in the month following the month in which the pension authority became aware of the pensioner’s termination of work.

Receiving an indexed pension payment does not prohibit its recipient to get a job again, while the amount of payments will not be reduced.

At the same time, working pensioners also received a one-time payment of 5 thousand rubles, which should serve as compensation for lost pension income in 2016 for both non-working and old-age pensions.

Cancellation of pensions for working pensioners in 2017

For quite some time now the Government has been talking about reduction of rights of working pensioners, linking this to their total monthly income (pension + salary). Therefore, back in 2015, a bill was created, according to which, if the annual income was more than 1 million rubles, the payment of pensions would be cancelled.

It was never adopted, but the issue of other restrictions regarding working pensioners is already being quite vigorously discussed. Based on the results of meetings held in the Government at the beginning of 2016, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation prepared a plan for the next change in the pension system in a crisis, some of the points of which contains sentences:

• Cancel the payment of pensions to working pensioners, or at least its fixed part.
• Stop pension payments to workers in hazardous and hazardous industries who continue to work under the same conditions to which they were given the right to receive.

The measures proposed by the Ministry of Finance were discussed at the ministerial level, and whether they will be accepted for implementation is not yet known, but they already have a number of negative reviews. To implement such a plan, it is necessary to properly calculate everything and predict the possible consequences of its application.

However, in 2017, pension payments to working citizens will not be cancelled.

Certain categories of citizens will receive pensions in May 2017 earlier than others. Those who receive social benefits on bank cards will be able to use their pensions on May 3 or 5. The exact date must be clarified with the servicing bank, since some financial institutions will go on vacation from May 1 and will resume their work only on May 10, after all the spring holidays.

Citizens to whom benefits are delivered by mail will be able to receive them on May 4 and 5 for the periods of May 4 and 7, and May 5 and 9, respectively. At the same time, as the latest news reports with reference to the Penfund, this schedule applies only to residents of Moscow. The department also recommends that you clarify in advance the schedule for receiving pensions at your place of residence.

Ways to receive pensions

The recipient of social benefits is required to present a document proving his identity. He also has the right to choose the method of receiving his pension:

• home delivery;
• at the cash desk of the delivery organization;
• transfer to an account (bank card) in a credit institution;
• by a third party with a power of attorney.

Delivery to your home or collection at the organization's cash desk is carried out by Russian Post. Each department has a benefit schedule according to which they operate. Sometimes situations arise when a pensioner receives payments a little later. This is usually associated with state or national holidays, so it is better to check the timing of pension delivery in advance. Also, if for some reason the recipient cannot collect benefits within six months, their payment is suspended.

In addition to the post office, social benefits can be received from organizations involved in their delivery. A complete list can be found at the Penfond branch at your place of residence. At the same time, the pension payment schedule is similar to that established in post offices.

Banks. Funds are credited to the card on the day they are received from the Penfond territorial office. There is no enrollment fee. You can receive your pension at a bank cash desk or through an ATM.

To choose the most convenient method of delivering social benefits, the pensioner needs to write a corresponding application to the territorial branch of the Pension Fund. If in the future a citizen decides to change the method, he will also have to write a written statement.

Indexation of social payments to working and military pensioners

Every year, social pensions are indexed taking into account the cost of living. According to Federal Law No. 415 of December 19, 2016, the average cost of living in Russia in 2017 is 8 thousand 540 rubles. At the same time, the highest level is set in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug - 19 thousand rubles, and the lowest - 7 thousand 460 rubles in the Kursk region.

Region	Kursk region	Tambov Region	Astrakhan region	Kamchatka Krai	Nenets a.o.	Chukotka a.o.
Minimum cost of living	7’460	7’468	7’665
Maximum cost of living				16’400	17’092	19’000

Attention! The pension cannot be lower than the minimum subsistence level established in the region. If it is lower, then the non-working pensioner will be paid pension increase by issuing appropriate additional payments.

The annual indexation of pensions is as follows:

• insurance - based on rising consumer prices and the cost of the individual pension coefficient.
• social – taking into account the increase in the cost of living.

This procedure is carried out annually; the last pension recalculation took place on April 1, 2017. The table below shows the amounts of monthly payments to all categories of recipients, including working pensioners, military pensioners, disabled people injured due to military action, and others.

Pension	Old age insurance	Disability insurance	Survivor's insurance	Social	Social services for disabled children	For disabled people and WWII participants
Size, rubles	13’714	8’465	8’619	8’774	13’026	30 thousand rubles and 34.2 thousand rubles