Starting from January 2019, a certain category of citizens will be paid a supplement to pension contributions of 25%. The bonus will be paid former employees agriculture, this will affect everyone: from livestock breeders to grain growers. Thanks to the amendments that the President made to pension reform, the state will be able to provide the due reward.

This category of citizens has been waiting for an increase in pension payments for five years, but since there were not enough funds in the budget until a certain time, the program had to be suspended. Then it was planned to renew the law in 2016, but the moratorium was extended until the beginning of 2020, due to the economic crisis.

Probably, everything would have remained this way if not for the law on increasing retirement age, as well as the subsequent presidential amendments. Thanks to the fact that the retirement age was increased by five years, there was no need to further freeze such payments. As a result, Vladimir Putin himself proposed lifting the moratorium and resuming payments of the required 25% to rural workers, starting in 2019.

Who will receive a 25% increase in pension?

All pensioners who previously worked in agriculture and have worked for at least 30 years will receive an increase in their pension. This rule applies to both women and men. Although it is immediately worth noting that the required interest will not be added to the entire amount pension payments, but only the fixed part of the pension will be taken into account. The Pension Fund will make recalculations based on available documents about the pensioner. Therefore, there is no need to write applications.

Only those pensioners whose documents are not in the fund should apply to the Pension Fund. These are documents confirming work experience in agriculture.

The fixed part of the pension for each pensioner is the same, which means that citizens will receive the same amount of bonus. It may differ slightly only in the northern regions of the country. Today the fixed part of the pension is 4982 rubles 90 kopecks. After the calculations are made, this amount will increase by 1245 rubles. This means that citizens applying for a bonus will be able to receive an additional 1,245 rubles starting in January.

In addition, based on the approved pension legislation, the fixed part of the pension in January will be indexed. The government promised that minimum size indexation will be 7% - this is the inflation rate.

Pensions for rural residents

Retired farmers will receive an increase of 1,332.9 rubles from January 1, 2019. Non-working pensioners who have worked in agriculture for more than 30 years can count on additional payment.

The President of the Russian Federation, during a televised address to the people, focused attention on the injustice of pension provision for rural residents. As part of this, Putin proposed increasing payments to former farmers by 25% from 2019. But not all village residents will receive it. To whom and by how much will pensions in the village be increased?

Legislative framework for changing pensions for rural residents

Proposals for promotion were submitted for consideration more than once, but no final decision was made.

Quote . “It has been repeatedly discussed and even decided on the need for a 25 percent supplement to the fixed payment of the insurance pension for non-working pensioners living in rural areas who have at least 30 years of experience in agriculture. But the entry into force of this decision was postponed,” Putin V.V.

For the first time, an amendment to the law “On Insurance Pensions”, providing for an increase in the fixed part of the pension for rural pensioners with 30 years of experience by 25%, was adopted in 2013 - paragraph 14 of Art. 17 Federal Law No. 400.

But the new norm did not come into effect, as it was immediately suspended for one calendar calendar year.

In 2014, as part of the May decrees, the head of state ordered to review the terms of pensions for agricultural workers. But the presidential instructions also remained unfulfilled.

Later in 2016 federal law No. 428 of December 19, the regulatory act on the growth of pensions for residents of rural areas was frozen until the beginning of 2020.

According to the Pension Fund of Russia, such a decision will save 17.5 billion rubles in 2017, 18.3 billion rubles in 2018, and 19.1 billion rubles in 2019. and will not affect “...the achievement of the goals of state programs.”

However, against the backdrop of reports on the growth rate of the agro-industrial complex, the success of agriculture and import substitution, the salaries and pensions of farmers remain below the average level - about 55% of the national average.

The president proposed returning to solving the problem in August 2018.

Quote : “We must support the villagers”

The head of state in his speech announced the introduction of a 25% increase to the fixed part of the pension non-working pensioners in the village.

Deputy Chairman of the Agro-Industrial Complex Trade Union Galina Yurova noted that “... this is a measure of social justice in relation to people who have devoted their entire lives to agriculture and today receive a pension in the amount of 7-10 thousand rubles.”

Who will receive pension increases for residents of rural areas?

The bonus will be received by village residents who worked in the agricultural sector and were able to.

That is, the benefit will be given to farmers who:

• have more than 30 years of experience in agriculture;
• live in the countryside;
• are on well-deserved rest.

If an employee, despite achieving , which will rise annually from 2019, he will not receive an increase in pension.

The benefit does not apply to other village residents who:

• worked in other areas: village councils, paramedics and medical stations;
• moved to a permanent place of residence in the village, having earned seniority in the city;
• retired farmers who left the village for the city.

It turns out that only non-working citizens permanently residing in rural areas and who have 30 years of work experience in the agricultural sector will be able to receive an increase in pensions for residents of rural areas.

Note! If the beneficiary returns to live in the village, he again receives the right to receive an additional payment.

The government estimated the number of rural beneficiaries who can qualify for the bonus at 1.2 million people.

Deadlines for increasing pension payments for residents of rural areas

The innovation will come into effect in January 2019, when most of the bills come into force. That is, they will recalculate from the beginning of the year, and they will receive increased payments at the end of January.

Deputy Prime Minister Golikova said that the trial increase is being introduced for a period of 6 years.

Means, increased pensions non-working rural pensioners will receive until the end of 2024.

Benefits for rural pensioners who worked in the public sector

Benefits are retained for employees of budgetary organizations who worked in rural areas, provided that they have worked at the enterprise giving the right to privileges for at least 10 years.

Pensioners in villages have the right to claim the following types benefits related to tax breaks:

• discount or complete exemption when paying property tax;
• benefit or 100% exemption from transport tax;
• exemption or reduction of the tax base for land tax.

The listed tax benefits are controlled by the Government of the Russian Federation at the federal level, however, the authority to determine the tax rate, and to designate the volume of benefits provided has been transferred to the regional authorities, and therefore you need to find out about the possibility of receiving a benefit in the territorial division of the Federal Tax Service at the place of registration of the pensioner.

At the federal level (regardless of the loyalty of regional authorities), pensioners receive an exemption from personal income tax on the following income:

• insurance pensions, social pension benefits, state pensions. pension provision;
• financial assistance from the heads of enterprises at their last place of work in the amount of no more than 4,000 rubles per year, provided to former employees who retired due to old age or disability;
• funds allocated for self-payment of medical procedures, medical care, stay in a sanatorium for former employees who are now receiving an old-age or disability pension.

How much will pensions increase for rural residents?

Not the entire amount of pension payments will increase, but only its fixed part by 25%.

In 2018, the fixed component is equal to RUB 4,982.9. If this part increases by 25%, the additional payment will be 1,245.7 rubles.

This is exactly how much additional pensioners will receive from January 2019.

But the government promised to raise payments to all non-working pensioners by 7%. This rule also applies to payments to farmers. After indexation in January 2019, the increase will increase to RUB 1,332.9.

Since both increases fall within the same period, the size of the pension for residents of rural areas for the preferential category will increase by 1,332.9 rubles.

For 2019, the pensioner will receive 15,994.8 rubles. more than this year.

16.7 billion rubles have already been allocated from the budget for payments in 2019. In total, the innovation will cost the state 117 billion rubles.

How to apply for a pension supplement for rural residents

To receive the benefit, the pensioner must confirm:

• permanent residence in the village;
• 30 years of rural experience.

It is with confirmation of experience that problems can arise. The period coincides with the collapse of the USSR, when many collective farmers were forced to work in small firms that replaced state and collective farms.

For the most part, such organizations did not make entries in work books and did not pay insurance premiums for employees. Therefore, confirming rural experience for these periods will be problematic.

Reference! If there is no entry in the work book, the enterprise has been liquidated and it is impossible to provide documents on transfers to extra-budgetary funds, witness testimony can legally confirm the length of service.

Therefore, experts advise pensioners who apply for benefits to start collecting documents in advance that can certify their work experience in the agro-industrial complex.

Those pensioners who, when applying for an old-age labor insurance pension, already had a preferential length of service exceeding 30 years of work in agriculture certified, are not required to re-submit documents and write an application for an increase in payments. Their payments will be recalculated automatically without notification.

The essence of the law on insurance pensions for rural pensioners: Clause 14, Article 17 of Law No. 400-FZ of December 28, 2013. provides a solution to the financial problem of rural pensioners who have worked for more than thirty years at agricultural enterprises. The law provides for an annual 25% increase to the current fixed rates of pension benefits. However, in order to save budget funds, by Law No. 385-FZ (dated December 29, 2015), the Government of the country suspended the norm for the annual increase in pensions for village residents until January 1, 2017.

The legislation also provides benefits for medical workers and pensioners in rural areas. The main benefit is a reduced payment for utilities for a working retired medical worker.

Government commission decision

The Ministry of Labor submitted to the government commission on legislative activities a proposal to extend the suspension of paragraph 14, article 17 of Law No. 400-FZ on the annual increase in pensions for rural pensioners until 01.01.2020. The government commission supported the proposal of the Ministry of Labor for inclusion in.

Expert opinion

Andrey Isaev, 1st deputy head of the United Russia faction, in an interview expressed the opinion that the effect of Article 17 of Law No. 400-FZ is fair gratitude for the work done to rural pensioners. In this regard, the parliamentarian believes that the extension of the moratorium on the entry into force of Article 17 of Federal Law No. 400 is groundless.

The parliamentarian turned to Maxim Topilin (Minister of Labor) with a request to provide calculations on the advisability of suspending the entry into force of Article 17 of the Law “On Insurance Pension”. According to Isaev, the Ministry of Labor made mistakes in its calculations. Therefore, the pension for rural pensioners with extensive working experience should increase annually, despite.

Average pension size in Russia

As of spring 2015, the Russian Pension Fund indicated the average pension payments presented below:

• The average pension of a WWII veteran is 30,257 rubles per month.
• Disabled military personnel – 28,490.
• In Moscow, the average pension payment is 14,000 rubles.
• Old-age labor pension – 13,900 rubles.
• Social pension – 8300 rubles.
• Survivor's pension – 8040 rubles.
• Disability pension – 7994 rubles.

Average pension in the world

Greece

The monthly payment to pensioners in Greece in 2015 was $573 (RUB 32,468.59). The basic part of the amount is $396 (RUB 22,439.02).

Germany

In 2015, pension payments in Germany amounted to $1,400 (RUB 79,329.88).

Belarus

The average pension payment is $175 (RUB 9,916.24).

USA

The pension payment for Americans is in the range of $1,200 (RUB 67,997.04). This is 50% of the average wages. Employees contribute 7.5% of their income to the pension fund + 7.5% is paid additionally by the employer.

Ukraine

The pension payment in Ukraine in 2015 was $52 (1,100 hryvnia or 2,946.54 rubles). This indicator is due to the difficult military situation in the country and the fall of the national currency.

Kazakhstan

The average pension for 2015 is around 250 dollars (14,166.05 rubles).

Estonia

The payout is $255 (RUB 14,449.37).

Armenia

The Pension Fund of Armenia for 2015 pays less than $100 (RUB 5,666.42).

Georgia

The monthly payment to pensioners in the country is no more than $60 (RUB 3,399.85).

Latvia and Lithuania

About 335 dollars (18,982.51 rubles), the amount of pension for Lithuanians is 245 dollars (13,882.73 rubles).

Finland

At the moment, the pension in the country is 58% of wages. On average, it’s about $1,982 (RUB 112,317.51).

Bulgaria

The monthly payment to pensioners in Bulgaria is 140 dollars (7932.99 rubles). This is the lowest figure in Europe.

Pension provision is one of those resonant topics that worry the population more than others and cause heated discussions in society. Since the payment of pensions requires significant budget expenditures, the authorities regularly try to cut them off in one form or another. For example, quite recently, instead of indexing payments in the current year, pensioners in the next one. Another frugal idea is the ultimate . And that's not all, in 2017.

Now the Ministry of Labor has come up with new way savings on pensioners, but now directly on rural people, who are recognized by experts as the poorest. So, The department proposes to postpone for 3 years (until 2020) the entry into force of the law establishing faster growth rates for pensions for rural pensioners . And this despite the fact that the norm is already delayed - the law was supposed to start working in 2016, however, due to the difficult economic situation, the start of its action was postponed to 2017. Karerist.ru tried to find out what this will give to the government and what, if the norm is adopted, should pensioners from villages expect?

Pension outpacing growth

As we have already said, the norm establishing faster growth rates for pensions of rural residents was supposed to come into effect in 2016. According to her, all pensioners whose work experience exceeded 30 years received the right to an annual increase in the fixed part of their pension provision by 25%. But this is not destined to come true, at least in the near future - the government commission has already approved the initiative introduced by the Ministry of Labor, which was first reported by RBC, and then by the website of the department itself. There is little left - the government must approve the freezing project, after which the document will be submitted to the State Duma, which, as a rule, supports the proposals of officials.

If adopted, the law on increasing pensions will come into force only at the beginning of 2020, which many rural pensioners will not live to see. And besides, what is the point in passing a law that will not be in force for 4 years after its adoption?! It is worth noting that fixed size insurance pensions, according to the law, today amount to only a little more than 4.5 thousand rubles, and it, by the way, like all other types of pensions, was also indexed by only 4% instead of the promised 12.9% of inflation in 2015. This once again lowered the base for paying pensions and calculating the necessary indexation.

Expect an increase in pensions for rural pensioners only by 2020.

But even if we do not take into account the size of inflation and the coveted indexation, and proceed only from the moratorium on the law in 2016, then rural pensioners have already lost a lot. Thus, if, due to the difficult economic situation, rapid growth had not been frozen, then today’s fixed part of the pension would already be 5.75 thousand rubles. Actually Every rural pensioner, whose length of service exceeds the legal threshold of 30 years, only during this year lost the additional payment due to him by law of... 15 thousand rubles! For most villagers, this amount would be the 13th, and perhaps half of the 14th pension a year...

Further more. Until 2020, when this law may still come into force, the size of the fixed part of the pension, without taking into account inflation in all subsequent years, should have already amounted to 11.2 thousand rubles. well andthe losses of all those who should have received such an increase over the next 3 years will exceed 65 thousand rubles. Taking into account inflation, this amount may be 15-20 thousand rubles more. Just imagine what colossal budget savings, just by freezing just one norm!

Postponed after the fact

Immediately after the announcement of the intention to freeze the growth of fixed parts of pensions for villagers, as reported by RIA Novosti, the information was confirmed by the Ministry of Labor. In a press release, the government department emphasized that the measure to increase part of pensions by 25% is already “in fact deferred,” and at the moment it has not yet been put into effect. Thus, it will not be able to affect the well-being of pensioner villagers in any way - they will receive support in the amount in which they received before. Moreover, according to the department, such a transfer of this norm was already included in the budget Pension Fund. It turns out that this “freeze” has already been included in the Pension Fund’s budget, although the State Duma has not yet made such a decision... well, everything is as usual.

All this is done just to save money.

As RBC reports, according to preliminary estimates, the budget

over the next 3 years, will be able to save almost 55 billion rubles on rural pensioners: 17.5 billion in 2017, 18.3 billion in 2018 and 19.1 billion in 2019. But what kind of savings can we talk about if, as the Ministry of Labor itself claims, in fact the decision has already been postponed, which means these funds have never been allocated. Moreover, the officials themselves said that the “freeze” had already been taken into account in the PFR budget - that is, the funds were not going to be allocated - this is profanation, not savings... But in return, the department notes that the budget includes the future indexation of pensions according to actual inflation...

Pensioners will be able to save 55 billion rubles.

Let us pay attention to one more point that makes this saving no less dubious. The fact is that the pensions of many rural citizens, who would be subject to the frozen law, clearly do not reach the regional subsistence level (which on average in the Russian Federation for a pensioner is 8.8 thousand rubles). In this case, the pensioner is set social supplement, which is paid by the Pension Fund of Russia. As a result, many rural pensioners, due to the freezing of the increase due to them by law, will obviously require such additional payment thatmay entail costs that exceed the imaginary savings.

Moreover, the methodology for calculating savings was not announced.

As soon as these initiatives were announced to the public, there were many opponents of such a freeze, including in the government itself. Understanding the social significance of this increase in pensions, many came to the defense of the “people's breadwinners” with 30 years of experience.

Who's against

The first to speak out, as expected, were the relevant department - the Ministry of Agriculture. As RBC wrote, Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets had to resolve the conflict. In addition to the Ministry of Agriculture, opponents of the initiative were the Accounts Chamber and the Institute of Legislation under the Government. The latter noted that we are talking about particularly vulnerable and needy segments of the population, so the idea of ​​freezing part of their pension does not seem so convincing.

State Duma deputies also expressed their indignation.

For example, as the Regnum news agency writes, Yaroslav Nilov, a member of the LDPR and chairman of the Labor Committee, spoke out against this moratorium. According to him, such infringement of socially vulnerable citizens is unacceptable. You can always find sources from which you can cut off funding so as not to touch the most sensitive groups of society. The deputy recalled that

behind last year growth in agriculture, which was one of the few areas that showed growth, amounted to 3% . In his opinion, against the backdrop of national slogans about import substitution and support for domestic producers, the proposal to stop the growth of rural pensions sounds outrageous, to say the least.

But there are also opponents of such actions; they believe that such infringement of socially vulnerable citizens is unacceptable.

Deputy Chairman of the “Fair Russia” faction Mikhail Emelyanov also agrees with Nilov. In his opinion, this is unfair to the people of the village; they do not deserve such treatment. In addition, the deputy notes that such a move is also incorrect from an economic point of view, because such a policy continues to reduce consumer demand, which lies at the heart of the current crisis. According to the deputy, Social payments should not be reduced today, but, on the contrary, increased, and for this purpose, today’s budget has all the resources . All that is needed is to radically change economic and monetary policies and support agriculture, and not discourage these people from their last desire to engage in socially important work.

However, as Nilov noted, even if the State Duma does not support the initiators of the moratorium and the law does come into force in 2017 (which is, of course, practically impossible), its implementation will be complicated for some reason. Thus, the parliamentarian claims that there is a problem associated with determining the specific status of the territory of residence, as well as the list of persons who specifically should be considered agricultural pensioners . In his opinion, rural doctors and teachers will not legally be included in this list, but they have every right to apply for inclusion there, since it was low rural income that became the reason for the adoption of this law.

But all these issues can be easily resolved within a short period of time.

Another question is that the Ministry of Labor and the government as a whole have already decided to extend the moratorium, which means that it will soon be submitted to the State Duma for consideration. And there, knowing the structural factional division of the parliament, he will definitely find the required number of votes among those who are far from agriculture and life in the village on a pension of 8.8 thousand rubles. One can only guess how they will explain this decision to their rural voters...

Answer:

Payment benefits:

• Property tax.
• Transport tax.
• Land tax.

Tax deduction.

A working pensioner can apply for leave and the employer is obliged to provide it without retaining the salary in accordance with Article 128 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. Depending on the category of pensioner, such leave can last:

• 35 calendar days, if the person is a participant in the Second World War.
• 60 days if the pensioner has a disability.
• up to 14 days for age pensioners.

A pensioner can be provided with assistance with gasification of housing in accordance with Government Resolution Russian Federation dated June 10, 2011 N 456.

Targeted assistance is provided to pensioners who find themselves in difficult life situations. It can be obtained not only in the form of money, but also food, hygiene products, clothing and other essential items.

Pensioners undergo medical examination every three years (from 60 to 99 years), with the exception of disabled people during the Second World War, persons awarded the badge “Resident of besieged Leningrad” and recognized as disabled due to a general illness, work injury and other reasons. These groups undergo medical examination annually, regardless of age.

Disabled veterans also have the right to free sanatorium vouchers.

Citizens over 60 years of age can get a flu vaccine every year.

Exemption of income from personal income tax:

• state pensions, labor pensions, social payments.
• payment at the expense of the organization’s own funds for the cost of sanatorium and resort vouchers, as well as the cost of treatment and medical care for former employees who resigned due to retirement due to disability or old age (clauses 9, 10 of Article 217 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation);
• amount of financial assistance not exceeding 4,000 rubles. per year, provided by employers to their former employees who resigned due to retirement due to disability or age (clause 28 of article 217 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation).

If the child’s mother cannot care for the child, then family members, including working pensioners (grandmothers or grandfathers), can do this. Parental leave in accordance with Article 256 Labor Code of the Russian Federation (Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation, 2002, No. 1, Art. 3; 2008, No. 30, Art. 3613) can be used in whole or in parts by the grandmother and grandfather who are actually caring for the child.

In the event that the mother of a child, who receives a monthly child care allowance, is unable to care for the child due to her illness or other reasons, the right to receive a monthly child care allowance can be exercised by those actually caring for the child at that time. period.

Benefits for labor veterans:

1. Federal

• free travel on all types of urban passenger transport (except taxis) in any city, regardless of their place of residence, and in rural areas - also on road transport general use (except for taxis) suburban and intercity transport;
• 50% seasonal discount on railway and water transport commuter service;
• A 50 percent discount in payment for the occupied total area of ​​residential premises (within the social norm), including for family members of these persons living with them (in communal apartments - a 50 percent discount in payment for the occupied living space). Housing benefits are provided to labor veterans living in houses of state and municipal housing stock, as well as in privatized residential premises;
• 50 percent discount on utility bills (water supply, sewerage, removal of household and other waste, gas, electricity and heat - within the limits of utility consumption standards, radio, collective antenna), and for labor veterans living in houses that do not have a central heating - in payment for fuel purchased within the limits established for sale to the population, and transport services for the delivery of this fuel. Fuel is provided as a matter of priority. Benefits for paying utility bills are provided to persons living in houses, regardless of the type of housing stock.
• social benefits in 2015 include compensation of 50% of the price of utilities for water, gas and electricity supply, garbage collection, operation of a radio and a collective television antenna, without taking into account the form of the housing stock;
• working veterans of labor can go on annual leave at any time at will and on vacation at their own expense for a month once a year;
• free production and repair of dentures in municipal medical government institutions, except for dentures made of metal ceramics and precious metals;
• free service in city clinics.

Regional (each region of the Russian Federation sets its own benefits, so you need to find out about them in the service social support population)

• free travel on public transport.
• 50% cash compensation for telephone fees.
• 50% discount on utility bills (within social standards).
• free travel on commuter rail.
• monthly city cash payment (247 rubles).
• if there are medical indications - free sanatorium-resort treatment and reimbursement of travel expenses to the place of treatment and back (by rail only).

Benefits for pensioners over 80 years of age

• the size of the insurance part of the pension increases by 2 times. You do not need to provide any documents for this; recalculation occurs automatically.
• free medical and social services, including boarding homes, nursing homes and other public medical institutions.
• if there are problems with housing (for example, emergency housing), housing may be provided from the state.
• temporary or permanent assistance in the form of receiving food packages, obtaining a place for temporary residence, providing legal and medical-psychological assistance.

After 80 years of age, a citizen can receive care for himself, for which money is paid to the person who cares. Care can be provided by his relatives or complete strangers, and the time spent on care will certainly be included in the insurance period for further retirement. This will provide pension points for the formation of the insurance (former labor) part of the pension. The amount of payment depends on the region and is credited to the pensioner’s pension account.

In order to be officially registered, the caregiver does not have the right to work, be on the stock exchange or receive a salary.