In 2017, capital pensioners will receive a 20% increase to their well-deserved monthly benefit. But besides pensions, older Muscovites are interested in what other additional privileges and additional payments they are entitled to.

A social allowance is a fixed amount that the state, regional or city government pays to certain categories of citizens. As a rule, this money should replenish the income of the low-income recipient to the level of the consumer basket.

The payment amount is influenced by 3 main factors:

• the applicant's income;
• his place of residence;
• local PM.

• honorary donors,
• pensioners with dependent children or disabled relatives,
• disabled people,
• citizens who have crossed the line,
• those who later retired or worked for 15 years in conditions
• “children of war”, etc.

Among the innovations of 2017, we can name a special supplement to the pension for children, which is due to those who cared for their offspring on vacation for up to one and a half years (usually these are mothers).

It is not difficult to calculate the size of the minimum city allowance: you need to subtract the monthly pension amount from the city subsistence minimum (LM). If the monthly income of a pensioner is less than the minimum pension, the citizen is entitled to an additional payment. These are the conditions for receiving additional payments in 2017.

The legislative framework:

1. OZ No. 36 dated March 23, 2006. In this source, you can clarify information about those Muscovites and residents of nearby areas of retirement age who are entitled to financial assistance.
2. Resolution No. 1005-PP dated November 27, 2007. It also contains lists of pensioners applying for an increase.

Important! Pension Fund employees take into account absolutely all the pensioner’s income (including daily allowance, various types of social assistance in cash, transferred to pay for utilities, telephone, travel) before assigning financial assistance to the needy. But everything that a non-working pensioner receives in kind cannot be taken into account when determining his level of income.

Additional payments due to non-working pensioners in Moscow

In Moscow, the most famous allowance is the “Luzhkovskaya”. It is paid provided that the citizen has lived in the capital (or has permanent registration in the annexed territories) for at least 10 years. Until 2017, only non-working low-income pensioners and people with disabilities received the bonus. In 2017, the monthly salary was increased to 14.5 thousand rubles, and they decided to pay the bonus even to those who continue to work in retirement. This means that there will be at least 500 thousand recipients.

In the capital, life is very expensive for most pensioners, so low-income elderly Muscovites who have lived in the country’s main city for less than 10 years are also entitled to an additional payment. But in this case, when determining poverty, it is not the city, but the regional subsistence minimum that is taken into account, which also rose this year to 11,428 rubles.

Let's make an approximate calculation.

• A native Muscovite receives a pension benefit of 9,000 rubles. He (she) belongs to category 1 (lives in Moscow for 10 years or more). The regional allowance will be: 14500 – 9000 = 5500 rubles.
• Second case: a Muscovite pensioner has been living in the capital for 7 years. He will also receive monthly financial assistance, but in a smaller amount: 11428 – 9000 = 2428 rubles.

Regional bonuses are calculated automatically. But it is in the interests of the pensioner to ensure that social workers assign him to the correct category in a timely manner. At this stage you may need:

• passport or other proof of identity;
• certificate of Moscow registration;
• SNILS;
• labor

In special cases required:

• ITU extract for disabled people;
• birth certificate, if the pensioner is caring for this child;
• certificate of change of surname;
• paper confirming the fact of loss of a breadwinner.

The documentation is submitted to the Pension Fund for consideration within 10–30 days. If refused, it can be challenged in court.

List of applicants for bonuses

• employees for each year worked after retirement - 3%;
• military personnel with injuries/wounds received in service - depending on the disability group;
• After his death, dependents of a military man receive a benefit as a percentage of the social pension.

In addition, the following are applying for additional funding:

• non-working retired citizens;
• everyone over 80;
• elderly people with disabilities of all groups;
• civil servants;
• WWII participants;
• Muscovites who were former civil registry office employees;
• working pensioners employed in the following areas: housing and communal services; entrance attendants; cloakroom attendants in government agencies.

On average, the increase amount is 4,500 - 12,000 rubles. More than 2 million Muscovites receive all kinds of bonuses.

Supplements for pensioners for children in Moscow

A pensioner who is dependent on young children or disabled relatives is entitled to an increase in the amount of a third of the fixed share of the pension.

In addition, in 2017, pensions were recalculated, mainly for women, for each child. Grounds: Federal Law No. 400 dated December 28, 2013, Art. No. 12.

The amount of the increase is not fixed and varies in each specific case. Typically, a significant increase is awarded to mothers of at least 2 children if the salary and length of service were small or there was no data on earnings upon retirement. On average, the amount is equal to several hundred rubles (the range is large - from several rubles to 1000).

For mothers of one child who have retired with a large salary and long experience, there is most likely no point in applying for a recalculation.

Important! According to rumors that have spread, the bonus is given only for offspring born before 1991. This is not true. The child's year of birth does not matter.

The nuances of calculating an increase for a child

This is not an independent bonus, but rather a small supplement to the pension. When calculating the payment, we mean caring for a child up to 1.5 years old. Previously, this period was included in the length of service, but now they receive pension points for it. But it is impossible to simultaneously take into account both the length of service for children born and points, so recalculation is not always beneficial even for those with many children. And those who went on vacation early are generally denied recalculation, since if they replace the length of service with points, they will lose their right to early vacation.

To receive money, you need to submit an application and a package of documents to the Pension Office:

• passport;
• children's birth certificates with a note about the issue of a passport to the offspring;
• evidence that the parent raised the child until 1.5 years of age (school certificate).

Documents can also be submitted through the MFC or a single service portal remotely.

An increase is not always guaranteed (more precisely, it is received only in 20 - 30% of cases), because due to recalculation you can end up with a minus. Then the pension will simply remain at the same level. Those whose pension was accrued as of January 1, 2015, do not need to worry: the optimal pension option for them is immediately calculated.

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 of a 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 in points periods. 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 receive an increase in their pension as a result of such recalculation or reassignment, and its average amount 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 before 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 a decreasing preferential length of service (this is, in particular, true for medical workers, teachers and other benefit 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 the large number 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, not the least 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, with the average increase being 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 the periods of childcare coincide with the woman’s working activity, then 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 the necessary documents are already at the disposal of the Pension Fund employees;
• 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).

If you have reached retirement age, are not employed, and your income/income does not reach the subsistence level (note - in your region), then you have the right to a social supplement.

How to get it, and what additional payment can you expect?

Who is entitled to a social supplement to their pension and what is taken into account?

Social supplements designed to improve the quality of life of our pensioners started in 2010.

A citizen of the Russian Federation has the right to count on a federal supplement (that is, paid from federal/budget funds) if...

1. He officially became a pensioner.
2. He is not employed.
3. The amount of his material/support is lower than the living/minimum amount that is established in a particular region of the country.

If the total amount of material/provision is lower than the amount of living/minimum in the region, which, in turn, is higher than in the country as a whole, the pensioner receives the right to a regional supplement to his pension.

It is worth noting that the cost of living (indexed annually) is different in each individual region, and the calculation of this “minimum” is made taking into account the needs/basket, food prices, as well as consumer prices.

The components of material support are...

1. Pension.
2. Additional material/support (note - social).
3. Compensation payments made monthly (note - in particular the cost of the “package” of social services).
4. Other social support measures, which are expressed in cash payments (with the exception of one-time social support measures), including compensation for housing and communal services, travel, telephone or services.

Important to remember!

If all conditions are met, you are provided with a social benefit in an amount that will be equal to (or higher than) the minimum cost of living in your region.

1st example:

1. Ivanov - Veteran of Labor. His mother/support = 5500 rub. It includes: 4677 rub. (pension) + 453 rub. (monthly payment for the status of “Veteran of Labor”) + 370 rub. (travel allowance).
2. Minimum cost of living in the Ivanovo region = 5,720 rubles. That is, the amount of Ivanov’s living expenses (5,500 rubles) is lower than the minimum living expenses in his region (5,720 rubles).
3. The amount of monthly social/additional payment to Ivanov = 5720 rubles. - 5500 rub. = 220 rub.

2nd example:

1. The minimum cost of living in the region of residence of a disabled pensioner of the 2nd group Sidorova = 6645 rubles.
2. Amount of support for pensioner Sidorova = 6362 rubles. This amount includes: 3288 rub. (pension) + 903 rub. (approx. - monthly / payment to the federation / beneficiary) + 1200 rub. (monthly/compensation for housing and communal services expenses) + 330 rub. (social/support for travel) + 641 rub. (note - a set of social services).
3. The amount of social/additional payment will be: 6645 rubles. - 6362 rub. = 283 rub.

Using Moscow as an example:

1. Life expectancy/minimum for a pensioner in the capital for 2016 = 11,600 rubles.
2. Mat/support for a pensioner = 7115 rub. (pension + social benefits/subsidies).
3. The amount of social/surcharge will be equal to: 11,600 rubles. - 7115 rub. = 4485 rub.

On a note!

Payments of social benefits/surcharges are terminated if...

1. The pensioner got a job.
2. The size of his mat/support has increased, exceeding the size of the regional living/minimum.
3. The payment of the pension, to which an additional payment was assigned, was stopped.

Every pensioner MUST report to the Social Support Center or Pension Fund about all circumstances that result in a change in the size of the regional/federal supplement to the pension. That is, about getting a job, about leaving the country for further residence there, about the expiration of the registration period and about other circumstances. 5 days are given for this.

Otherwise, all amounts that were accrued “excessively” will be collected from the citizen in court.

How to apply for a social supplement for your pension - where to apply and what is needed for this?

1. The authority responsible for federal surcharges is the Pension Fund of Russia. The amount of additional payment is calculated by specialists independently.
2. The authority responsible for regional surcharges is the social protection authority. The amount of additional payment is also calculated by specialists independently.

First, you should contact these institutions (at the place of registration) to clarify all your questions. Namely, whether you are entitled to additional payment, how to receive it, and what papers to prepare.

You should know that...

1. Citizens who already received a pension as of 12/31/09, region/surcharge was set automatically.
2. For those who are entitled to a region/additional payment, and who were assigned a pension AFTER 1/01/10, you should contact the Social Security Authority.

As for the general rules for registering and receiving pension supplements, they are as follows:

1. We write a corresponding application to the Pension Fund of Russia(note - if you are applying for a pension for the first time and have the right to an additional payment) or to the social security authority. This application should be submitted IN DECEMBER OF THE CURRENT YEAR in order to receive the required additional payment as early as January 1 of the next year.
2. Necessary documents with you: your civil passport, work book (as proof that you are not working), pension certificate and SNILS, as well as a certificate of cash/payments. For citizens receiving a pension from the FSB, the Internal Affairs Directorate, the Ministry of Defense, there is also an official document about the amount of support.
3. Along with the documents, specialists register the application in their special/journal and issue a receipt confirming that the documents have been accepted.
4. Wait for a decision on the accrual of the required additional payment(note - or about the refusal and their reasons) will take 5 days. A negative decision can be appealed in court or to a higher authority of the Pension Fund or social protection.

Welcome to website. In this article we will talk about additional payments to pensions for children. In July 2017, the pension fund in the regions began to provide explanations for changes in the law, which brought a lot of talk regarding whether there would be an addition to the pension for children.

Many people thought that if a woman is retired, then she has the right to come with an application to the territorial department of the pension fund and receive an addition to her pension if the children were born before 1990. And the size of such an allowance could exceed several hundred rubles for each child.

Most of the women who applied independently to the pension fund actually received this bonus, which caused a lot of conversation among other mothers of pensioners. As a result, long queues began to form at pension funds, and employees had to give public and detailed explanations to pensioners.

It is worth knowing that now we are not talking about independent payment. Additional payment to the pension for children is made using recalculation. In accordance with changes in the law in 2015, labor pensions began to be calculated according to new rules, both upon reaching retirement age and for disability. And now the size of the pension is influenced not only by periods of work, but also by non-insurance periods, that is, caring for a child until he reaches the age of 1.5 years.

There are several important points to know regarding this allowance:

1. Those pensioners who began receiving pensions after the beginning of 2015 do not need to apply for recalculation, since the advantageous accrual option is done automatically. Recalculation is carried out only if, when assigning a woman’s pension, periods considered non-insurance were not taken into account, or they were taken into account according to the old rules, for which points are now accrued.
2. The time limit for writing an application is not limited, that is, a woman can come with an application to the pension fund at any time; documents are submitted not only in person, but also with the help of multifunctional centers (MFC) or when submitting documents through the government services portal (gosuslugi.ru ).
3. The bonus that will be after recalculation is individual, and it is not guaranteed to all pensioners, since replacing the length of service with non-insurance periods is not always profitable. According to statistics, only 30% of women who apply receive an increase in pension, and the amount of the increase can be from several hundred rubles to several thousand.
4. If during the recalculation the pension amount is reduced, then in fact this will not happen, since PF employees will simply refuse the recalculation.

Which pensioner will receive a pension supplement for children?

It is worth knowing that the year of birth of children does not play a special role in this case, that is, they can be born before 1990, and at any time after this date.

The opinion that an increase in pensions for children is given only at their birth before 1990 was created by the fact that when changes were introduced in 2015, a serious increase was given to those pensioners who not only have adult children, but also the so-called “Soviet” experience. It does not particularly affect the size of the pension, but it provides the most favorable conditions for converting this length of service into pension points.

This recalculation is carried out for these pensioners first. As a rule, such mothers reached retirement age and retired before 2015, and they already have an honorable age, that is, more than 70 years.

But this does not mean that if a woman had children after the collapse of the USSR, then she loses the right to recalculation. Most often, such a recalculation becomes simply unprofitable for a pensioner for other reasons. That is, if a woman’s experience began to form according to new Russian laws, after the collapse of the USSR.

It is worth knowing that those periods during which a woman cared for children do not automatically increase the size of the pension. Since those working periods that were taken into account make the greatest contribution to the amount of the pension than replacing them with a 1.5 year non-insurance period. At the moment, there are many options when replacing the length of service with a non-insurance period is beneficial or, on the contrary, unprofitable.

Options when replacing length of service with a non-insurance period is beneficial:

• If a woman has two children whom she cared for until they were 1.5 years old.
• When several children are born at the same time. For example, twins or triplets.
• If at the time of caring for children the woman was not in an employment relationship or was studying.
• If retirement occurred with a minimum length of service.
• If the minimum wage was taken into account when calculating the mother’s pension, that is, lower than in the country.
• If, taking into account all the circumstances, the accrued pension is below the subsistence level, then there is a minimum pension.

Options when replacing length of service with non-insurance periods is unprofitable:

• If a pensioner has only one child.
• If a woman has a long work history, which also involves caring for children.
• If high wages were taken into account when calculating the pension. But wages, which exceeded 20% in the country until 2002, were not taken into account in the calculation, in other words, the income ratio for that period did not exceed 1.2, but this was enough so that recalculation for children did not provide additional payments to pension payments.

The law does not specify exactly who is entitled to an additional payment to the pension for children. As a result, it turns out that pension recalculation can be done for those women who have two or more children, and also for calculating the pension, the minimum length of service and low wages are taken into account.

Recalculation is not made to those women whose pension was assigned on preferential terms. These women include recipients of early pensions who have not reached retirement age. In this case, when replacing the length of service with a non-insurance period, the woman may lose the right to receive an early pension.

Calculation of points given for each child

In accordance with changes in pension legislation, the main indicator that affects the size of the pension is pension points. They are recorded in the personal account of each pensioner in the pension fund. Such points are reflected not in rubles, as was previously the case, but in relative units, that is, the amount of pension rights to receive a labor pension.

Pension points are generated on a personal account in two ways:

1. With the help of insurance premiums paid by the employer. In 2020, the employer pays 22% of the employee’s total salary, 6% of this amount is allocated to the formation of a fixed fee, and 16% goes to a personal account in the form of pension points.
2. When taking into account non-insurance periods, that is, if the pensioner does not work and insurance premiums are not deducted for him, then the state is responsible for the formation of the pension. These periods also include conscript military service for men, and caring for children under 1.5 years of age.

It is worth knowing that today parental leave is 3 years, but during the non-insurance period, which is taken into account, only half of this leave is spent. It is during this same period that a woman receives benefits for up to 1.5 years. Although this is unfair, due to the fact that children go to kindergarten when they reach the age of three, the woman is not able to go to work earlier and begin to provide for herself and the child.

At the time the pension is assigned, all points that are on the personal account and those that were accrued for non-insurance periods are multiplied by the legally established amount. In 2020, one point costs 93 rubles.

In accordance with the new law, the pension takes into account not only working periods, but also those when the woman was on maternity leave, but not more than 6 years in total. In other words, only 4 children are counted towards the pension. But it is worth knowing that the amount of points that will be awarded at the time of maternity leave will be different, depending on the order and year of birth of the child.

For one point in 2020 you get 93 rubles.

• For care for one child with 1 year of care they give 1.8 points, and with 1.5 years of care - 2.7 points. Accordingly, the maximum possible additional payment will be 235 rubles.
• For caring for a second child with 1 year of care they give 3.6 points, and with 1.5 years of care - 5.4 points. Accordingly, the maximum possible additional payment will be 471 rubles.
• When caring for a third child, with 1 year of care they give 5.4 points, and with 1.5 years of care - 8.1 points. Accordingly, the maximum possible additional payment will be 706 rubles.
• When caring for a fourth child, with 1 year of care they give 5.4 points, and with 1.5 years of care - 8.1 points. Accordingly, the maximum possible additional payment will be 706 rubles.

It is worth knowing that the maximum increase will be given only to those pensioners who were not in an employment relationship at the time of maternity leave, and this period was not taken into account when assigning a pension payment earlier.

Also, the maximum that was granted may be reduced in the following cases:

• Exclusion from the calculation of non-insurance periods that were taken into account according to the old rules, since when the pension for children is recalculated, the length of service is replaced by a non-insurance period. That is, the salary that was taken into account when assigning a pension is replaced by points, and such a replacement is not always profitable.
• A general reduction in working periods for a pensioner when a replacement is made.

It is worth remembering that an accurate recalculation of women’s pensions for children can only be made by a pension fund employee. It is carried out only on an individual basis, and the size of the increase with the same number of children will be different for all pensioners, since the formation of pension rights also occurs individually.

If at the time of recalculation the result becomes negative, then carrying out this recalculation becomes unprofitable and PF employees will refuse the pensioner, since the amount of the pension will be reduced.

Example of surcharge calculation

The woman began receiving old-age pension payments in 2012. As of January 1, 2002, when the formation of a pension in the country began through the payment of insurance contributions, its total work experience was 26 years, and the ratio of maximum earnings was 1.2.

A woman came to the pension fund to recalculate the pension for children born before 1990 during her work in 1979 and 1988. At the time of replacing the already recorded periods of work with two non-insurance periods, that is, caring for children until they reach 1.5 years, 3 years were removed from the total work experience.

As a result, there was a decrease in the length of service coefficient and the amount of valorization, that is, the revaluation of pension rights for the period before 1991. And the points that were awarded to her instead of this period were: 1.5 years * (1.8 + 3.6) = 8.1 points, in other words 660.07 rubles.

Since the recalculation led to a decrease in the size of the pension she received, the PF fund employees refused, and the increase in pension for 2 children was not awarded. And a woman who raised 3 children in the same situation may receive an increase of 150 rubles.

Registration of an increase in pension for children

A pensioner has the right to submit an application and all the necessary documents, on the basis of which an increase in the pension for children will be made, at any time convenient for her; the deadline for applying in this case is not limited.

If the decision made, after reviewing the documents, is positive, that is, as a result of recalculation, the pension amount will be increased, then the payment of the pension, taking into account the bonus, will be made from the first day of the next month. But additional payments to the pension for children for past periods, that is, those that were missed after the changes in the law came into force on January 1, 2015, will not be paid.

Submitting documents and applications can be done in one of several convenient ways:

• By personal contact to the territorial department of the pension fund. But due to the fact that there may be a large queue of visitors to see specialists, it is recommended to make an appointment in advance. An entry is made on the official portal of the pension fund; registration is not required.
• By submitting documents through multifunctional centers, that is, MFC. This service for accepting documents and applications for pension recalculation can be provided at the territorial office of the MFC. This requires working interdepartmental interaction between the pension fund and the multifunctional center itself. Today, this service is provided at MFCs in all major cities of the country.
• Using the Internet and the state service portal (gosuslugi.ru). In this case, the application and all necessary documents are submitted via the Internet in electronic form on the official portal of public services. But to submit documents, you must have a confirmed account in the unified identification and authentication system, in other words, the Unified Identification and Authentication System. After submitting an electronic application through the state portal, the pensioner is obliged to bring, within 5 working days, to the branch of the pension fund to which the application was submitted, all the documents necessary for recalculation. If the documents are not provided within this time, the application will not be considered and will need to be submitted again.
• Registered letter via Russian Post. When using this method, the pensioner will have to independently fill out an application for recalculation, which is provided in the form approved by law. A sample of filling out this application is located on the official portal of the pension fund. But all original documents on the basis of which recalculation and additional payment of pensions for children will be made to pensioners are not sent by registered mail. You must send pre-made photocopies of all documents and have them certified by a notary. It is worth knowing that certification of documents by a notary is a paid service.

Documents that will be needed to complete the surcharge

Pensions for children born before 1990 and after this date will be recalculated only for those pensioners who cared for children before they reached the age of 1.5 years and retired before 2015. Recipients of insurance pensions and disability pensions have the right to apply for recalculation.

The recalculation takes place directly on the basis of an application written by the pensioner, which is submitted to the territorial branch of the pension fund, which makes the payment of pension accruals. Since it is in this pension fund that the pensioner’s pension file is located, on the basis of which the pension itself will be recalculated and an additional payment will be calculated for born children.

Since there is a regular declarative recalculation of pension payments, you need to write a regular standard statement, which is approved at the legislative level, in particular by Order of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation dated January 19, 2016 No. 14n. this statement is indicated in the second appendix to the administrative regulations on the provision of public services when assigning a pension.

In addition to the completed application, you must attach documents that are in the personal custody of the pensioner, these are:

• A pensioner's identification document is usually a passport.
• Certificate of compulsory pension insurance, in other words SNILS.

In accordance with the Law “On Insurance Pensions”, Article 23, paragraph 2, an application for recalculation of pension payments is accepted directly, subject to the provision by the pensioner of all documents required for its implementation.

To begin with, confirmation of the presence of non-insurance periods for a given pensioner occurs on the basis of those documents that are stored in the pension file, stored in the department of the pension fund, as well as on the basis of the personalized accounting information that is at the disposal of the pension fund employees at that time.

But if the information about non-insurance periods, that is, maternity leave until the child reaches 1.5 years of age, is incomplete or absent altogether, then in order to recalculate it, the pensioner needs to confirm it independently by providing an additional package of documents for this:

• Birth certificates for each child who was cared for; if they are missing, you can order a birth certificate for children at the registry office.
• Documents that will confirm that the children are one and a half years old. Such a document can be any document that was issued to the child by government authorities at a later age, that is, you can provide the child’s passport, school completion certificate, diploma from a higher educational institution, military ID or any other document.

If a pensioner submits a birth certificate for children, and it contains a stamp indicating that the child received a Russian passport after he reached the age of 14, then there will be no need to provide another supporting document, since this mark will be sufficient for the pension fund employees. And on the basis of these documents, a recalculation will be made and, if the decision is positive, an increase in the pension for children will be assigned to pensioners.

According to the legislation of the Russian Federation, pensioners who have a dependent minor child or adult student have the right to receive an additional payment to the pension for children. This supplement can be set either as a fixed percentage, by which the basic pension provision is increased, or in the form of pension points. Who benefits from contacting the Pension Fund for an additional payment to the security amount, and who may lose during recalculation?

What is a supplement to the pension for children?

The laws of the Russian Federation determine that persons who have reached retirement age and have the right to receive old-age pensions can count on receiving additional assistance from the state if they have to support a dependent. The Labor Code defines the concept of “dependency” as meeting the following criteria:

• full content;
• providing assistance that is the dependent's main source of income;
• family or other legal connections between the dependent and the supporter.

An additional payment to the pension for a dependent is provided only to those citizens who have to fully support their children. Dependents are considered to be persons who, for whatever reason, are unable to independently provide for their needs. It can be:

• minors;
• disabled;
• adults who are studying.

Federal program

Additional payment to the pension for children is carried out on the basis of programs developed at the federal and local levels. Federal supplements are calculated on a basis for each family member who falls under the definition of a dependent. Payments made from the federal budget are also used to pay financial assistance to children who have lost their parents and are supported by a pensioner.

Additional payments to pension for dependents at the local level

Municipal authorities of each individual region are developing local programs to support citizens of retirement age. Individuals who belong to the category of single mothers or breadwinners of large families can count on receiving regional assistance. The calculation of regional bonus payments occurs on an individual basis. The criteria for calculating additional payments from the local budget are:

• having three or more children;
• officially confirmed absence from work;
• registration of insurance coverage by age.

Legislative regulation in 2017

Social security for pensioners is regulated by the federal laws of the Russian Federation, which, as of 2017, establish the following standards:

• the amount of monthly financial support for persons who have received insurance payments cannot be lower than the established minimum subsistence level for a pensioner;
• when indexing pensions, the amount of established individual pension supplements is revised towards increasing the amounts payable;
• the assignment of a regional allowance is regulated by the regulations of the relevant regional units.

Types of pension benefits for dependents

Additional payment to pensioners for children is an additional payment to the amount of the accrued monthly pension. Citizens who support dependents have the right to receive social benefits. The circumstances under which pension supplements are calculated determine the division of allowances into the following types:

• to insurance coverage;
• to social benefits;
• for certain categories of pensioners (athletes, military personnel).

Towards an insurance pension

An additional payment to insurance coverage for the maintenance of dependents is due to pensioners who do not receive other social additional payments. Payments subject to increase are old age and disability insurance. The right to receive an increase is granted to both non-working pensioners and working ones, and the amount of increase in monthly payments for these categories will differ.

To social payments

Recipients of early pension payments due to disability or work experience in the Far North may be assigned a regional social supplement for the maintenance of disabled family members. The amount of additional payments received is established depending on the conditions of regional programs, taking into account pension coefficients and the pensioner’s income level.

For athletes and military retirees

According to Russian legislation, non-working pensioners who have served in the military, as well as those who have sporting achievements and titles, have the opportunity to receive monthly additional payments to the basic pension amount. The right to receive additional benefits for non-working military pensioners and athletes are persons who receive insurance coverage for long service or for disability, who support and educate minors, students, and disabled people.

Conditions of receipt

The establishment of a regional or federal surcharge for pensioners with dependents is subject to the following conditions:

• for non-working pension recipients supporting minor children (relatives), additional payment is assigned without providing special evidence;
• for the maintenance of disabled adult children - with the provision of documents confirming the incapacity for work;
• when applying for allowances for the maintenance of adult children who are students - upon provision of certificates from the educational institution.

How is the pension increase for children calculated?

When calculating the allowance for all categories of persons of retirement age, employees of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation (PFR) take into account the following points, which determine the size of the increase:

• the number of minor dependents supported by the pensioner;
• presence of disability;
• age of the pensioner;
• region of residence;
• the applicant for additional security is working or not working;
• the presence of a special pensioner status (former military personnel, employees of internal affairs bodies, etc.).

For a dependent student

Pension Fund bodies calculate the amount of additional payment for a student depending on specific circumstances, based on the information contained in the documents submitted for consideration. If a pensioner supports children who are studying full-time, the bonus is paid in a fixed amount per student of 1601.7 rubles. For two students, the additional payment to the pension for children is 3203.4 rubles, for three students an additional payment is given in the amount of 4805.1 rubles.

How much additional pension is paid for a minor child?

For the category of persons who do not have a disability and are not pensioners entitled to receive other types of social cash payments and benefits, except for the insurance pension, the following amounts of increases are provided for having dependent minor children:

1. If a pensioner has not yet turned 80 years old, he is entitled to 3,416 rubles per month for one minor, 4,270 for two minors, and 5,124 for three minors.
2. Persons who have crossed the 80-year mark are entitled to 5,978 rubles for one dependent, 6,832 for two, and 7,686 for three.

Those pensioners who receive a monthly disability benefit, or live in the Far North (KS) and equivalent areas (FKS) and who support minors, are entitled to an additional pension for children in the amount of:

Military pensioner

Recipients of long-service pensions, calculated on the basis of the Law on Pensions for Persons Who Have Served in Military Service, are provided with the payment of allowances for the maintenance of dependents. Additional payments are accrued only for those family members who do not receive other types of pension or insurance benefits. The amount of additional payments to military pensioners is set as a percentage of the amount of the pension accrued in accordance with the established procedure, and is:

• for one dependent - 32%;
• for two dependents - 64%;
• for three dependents - 100 percent.

Working pensioner

According to the pension legislation (as amended in 2017), working pensioners who support minor children are entitled to an increase in the payment to the insurance amount of the pension. The dependent benefit for a working pensioner is provided in the amount of one third of the amount of the fixed payment to the old-age pension for one disabled family member (but not more than 3 dependents).

Payments to pensioners of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Federal legislation provides for a fixed payment of a monthly allowance for the maintenance and upbringing of dependents by parents of pensioners who served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The amount of payments is set at 32% of the calculated pension amount for one minor family member or student, 64% for two, and 100% for three. If a family consists of two or more pensioners of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, only one of these pensioners receives the federal social supplement for the same dependent.

Procedure for registering additional payments to pensions for children

According to the Law of the Russian Federation “On State Pension Security”, the procedure for establishing pensions and additional payments to it are established by the Government of the Russian Federation. Thus, by order of the Ministry of Labor of Russia, the following procedure for processing additional payments to pensions was approved:

1. Submission of an application (with supporting documents) by a person applying for the accrual of allowances to the Pension Fund authorities.
2. Review of submitted documents by authorized representatives of the Pension Fund.
3. Making a decision to assign additional payments or refuse.

At the place of residence

A Russian citizen counting on receiving state assistance has the right to receive advisory support and provide the documents necessary to consider the possibility of additional payment to the Pension Fund authorities located at the place of residence. The period for reviewing submitted documents is no more than 10 working days, after which the applicant must be notified of the results of the review. If the application is approved, the increase will be assigned starting from the next month after the final decision is made.

Through the State Services website

For the convenience of citizens, it is possible to submit an application for additional payment to pension benefits through the State Services service. To use this service, you need to follow a number of steps:

1. Go to the official website of State Services.
2. Register or log in to the portal (you will need to enter personal data).
3. Go to the “Pension Assignment” section.
4. Follow the system prompts and fill in all required fields.
5. Submit your application by clicking the appropriate button.
6. Expect a response within 30 days.

List of documents

The decision on the possibility of accruing an additional payment to the pension for children by representatives of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation is made after consideration of the following documents:

1. Statements indicating the reason for the appeal.
2. A document officially identifying dependents who are supported.
3. A notarized copy of the applicant’s work record book.
4. A certificate indicating the absence of other special additional payments received by the applicant, his spouse or children.
5. A document confirming the registration of the applicant for additional payment with the tax authorities as an individual entrepreneur.
6. A document confirming the fact that the children are dependent on the applicant.
7. Certificates from the educational institution indicating the form of study, dates of enrollment and expected completion of studies.

What documents are needed to extend the allowance?

If the allowance has already been issued, it must be renewed annually. This is to ensure that the situation has not changed and the dependent is still in need of maintenance. The package of documents for extending the allowance is smaller than for its appointment and includes the following papers:

1. Work record book (notarized copy) of the applicant for extension of the bonus.
2. A certificate stating that a person of retirement age and a minor dependent are registered at the same address.
3. A document issued by the educational institution where the supported student is studying (about the form of study, start and end dates of studies, the presence or absence of a scholarship).
4. Statement of the pension personal account.

Additional payment to women's pensions for children

To receive a pension supplement, a woman with one or more supported children should contact the Pension Fund of Russia with an application and a package of necessary documentation. The increase can be accrued both to the basic old-age pension and to the preferential one (for disability or loss of a breadwinner). The basis for registration of the additive is:

• raising minor children;
• maintenance of a student under 23 years of age studying at an educational institution;
• care for adult children with disabilities.

Mothers of many children

Women who have the status of mothers of many children (raising three or more children) can count on receiving an early pension. For this category of citizens, the possibility of old-age retirement is provided upon reaching the age of 50 years if they have a total work experience of at least 15 years. Other types of special additional payments and benefits for mothers with many children are determined depending on the region of residence and the demographic situation in it.

For children born before 1990

Since 2017, the government of the Russian Federation at the legislative level has provided for the possibility of receiving this type of assistance for women of retirement age, such as an additional payment to the pension for children born before 1990. This increase is possible if the woman retires before January 1, 2017. The recalculation is made by replacing the length of service with pension points. Receiving additional points is beneficial for those who did not have an official place of work during pregnancy and after birth.

For those who were officially employed while caring for a newborn, they are offered a choice: include wages for the period of child care in the calculation of the amount of security or replace the insurance period with points. The table shows the number of points awarded to women who retired before 2017 and gave birth before 1990:

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