Benefits and Additional Payments for Pensioners After 80 Years in 2020 Moscow Region

A complete list of benefits for pensioners at 80 years of age

Benefits and allowances provided to older people can be divided into several categories:

• Increase in old age pension.
• Discount on housing and communal services.
• Additional medical services.
• Discounts on public transport.
• Tax relief.
• Care compensation.

Some of these benefits are granted automatically upon reaching age 80 or as needed. But to receive some benefits you will have to contact local authorities. Let's look at the list of available preferences in each of the listed categories.

Pension increase

For people with work experience in the Far North, additional bonuses are provided to the fixed payment. They are:

• 50% - for persons who have worked in the Arctic for 15 years;
• 30% - for those who have 20 years of experience in areas equivalent to the Arctic.

Important : if a person is entitled to both a “northern” multiplier and a fixed bonus for working in the Arctic, he will have to choose only one of these bonuses.

Public utilities

A pensioner who has reached the age of eighty can receive a 50% discount on housing and communal services. In addition, regional authorities may fully or partially exempt single pensioners from paying for major repairs. In both cases, to receive benefits you will have to contact the MFC or social security.

Medical services

This category of pensioners may qualify for the following benefits:

• 50% discount on medications from the list established by regional authorities;
• Payment for travel to the hospital or other place where treatment is carried out.
• Free health resort vouchers once every 2 years.
• Partial payment for prostheses, with the exception of dental ones.
• Skip-the-line service in hospitals and clinics.
• Doctors visiting your home.

To receive discounts, travel compensation and free trips, you need to contact the Pension Fund. Other services are provided on site.

Travel by public transport

Travel benefits for pensioners are established by regional laws. A citizen receives them either as a bonus to a pension payment or as a travel ticket. As a rule, the travel pass is not completely free, but is issued with a large discount.

Figure 1. Pension travel card in the Leningrad region

Some regions provide subsidy programs for Russian Railways and airlines. In this case, you can buy a ticket at a discount using your pension certificate. The exact amount of benefits for travel on specific types of transport must be clarified directly with the carrier.

Taxes

Taxes are one of the largest categories of benefits. From the age of 80, pensioners receive the following preferences:

• Full exemption from income tax (NDFL).
• Fixed reduction in land tax by 10 thousand rubles.
• Exemption from property taxes.

Contrary to popular belief, the law does not provide for discounts on the payment of transport tax. Regions have the right to reduce the rate at their discretion for citizens aged 80, but in practice such a privilege is granted only upon reaching retirement age.

Caregiver's compensation

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From the age of 80, citizens can receive compensation for the payment of care for them by an able-bodied person. The person acting in this capacity must not have any source of income. This can be either a relative or a stranger.

Benefits for pensioners over 70 years old in the Moscow region to pay for major repairs

Benefits for major repairs for pensioners are determined by federal and regional regulations: You can view the documents on our website: Federal Law of November 24, 1995 N 181-FZ Law of the Russian Federation of May 15, 1991 N 1244-1 (as amended on October 30, 2020) Federal Law dated January 12, 1995 N 5-FZ (as amended on October 30, 2020) Federal Law dated January 10, 2002 N 2-FZ (as amended on October 30, 2020) Benefits for major repairs for pensioners in 2020 Previously adopted laws on major repairs and benefits on contributions continue to operate in 2020. Homeowners transfer money every month to repair houses included in the regional capital repair program. Subsidies for pensioners are made from federal and regional budgets. Categories eligible Legislation on benefits for major repairs for pensioners is aimed at providing social support to older people, allowing them to completely or partially reduce their fees.

If a pensioner is entitled to a benefit for several reasons, then compensation will be provided only on one basis that is most beneficial to him. Payment of compensation is made at the choice of the citizen through post offices or through credit organizations. Important! Only owners have the right to the benefit. Employers are not entitled to compensation.

Registration of benefits and necessary documents

The following table lists the required documents to receive assistance in each category. If a specific benefit is not listed, it is provided automatically at the place where the service is received.

Table 1. Where to go and what documents will be required

Birth certificates of dependents.

SNILS. Medical policy.

Passports of both applicants.

Sources: pfrf.ru (PFR), AiF, posobie-help.ru

It is worth explaining separately the procedure for obtaining medications. You can purchase medicines at a discount only in institutions from the list established by the constituent entity of the Russian Federation. It usually includes pharmacies operating in hospitals and clinics. You can find out about the nearest points of sale of subsidized medicines from your doctor or social security authorities.

Figure 2. Medicines can only be obtained from a specific list of pharmacies

Please note: a doctor's prescription is valid for a limited period of time. For example, benefits for 80-year-old pensioners in Moscow provide for the provision of medications within 30 days, and for the treatment of severe chronic diseases - within 90 days.

The exact procedure for obtaining medications is established by regional authorities. As a rule, before making the first purchase, a pensioner should contact the pension fund for a certificate confirming his right to a discount. However, in some regions this procedure may be different.

Payment for major repairs by Moscow region pensioners over 70 years of age in 2020

Is it true that pensioners in the Moscow region over 70 years old are entitled to a one-time payment towards their pension in the amount of 5,000 rubles in 2020? If yes, when will the payment be made? What documents will be required and where should I submit them? We will answer your questions. Subscribe to the accounting channel in Yandex-Zen!

The contribution rate is determined in rubles per square meter of total area of ​​premises in an apartment building owned by the owner of such premises. The amount of contributions for major repairs in the Moscow region for 2020 is 9.07 rubles/sq.m. The rates of contributions for capital repairs from 2020 in the Moscow region are reflected in the table Amount of contributions for capital repairs. renovation in the Moscow region year 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2021 Contribution rate for major repairs (rubles/sq.m) 7.80 8.30 8.65 9.07 For reference. Contribution rates for major repairs in Moscow are much higher.

Regulations

Social support measures for the population group in question are regulated by a number of federal and local laws. We list the regulations that contain basic information about the benefits provided:

• No. 400-FZ dated December 28, 2013 “On insurance pensions.”
• No. 178-FZ of July 19, 1999 “On state social assistance.”
• Decree of the Government of Russia No. 249 of March 18, 2015.
• Art. 169 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation.
• Art. 4, 395, 407 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation.
• Regional laws and regulations.

After 80 years old people become especially vulnerable. They can no longer work, have difficulty moving, and require outside care and attention. In view of this, the state provides for an increase in pensions for people over eighty, as well as the provision of benefits and compensation. So, what benefits are entitled to a pensioner after 80 years of age?

Annual benefits

WWII veterans are paid 3-10 thousand rubles on Victory Day. Annual benefits are received by rehabilitated pensioners who suffered from political repression. Cash payments 100 thousand rubles. assigned to disabled combat veterans who participated in local wars.

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Increased amount of insurance pension

According to Part 1 of Art. 17 of Law No. 400-FZ, citizens who have crossed the 80-year mark receive the right to double the amount of a fixed pension payment. That is, the main part of the pension, which is paid to all elderly people, is doubled.

If you are paid a social pension, for example for the loss of a survivor, and you are already 80 years old, you can switch to an insurance pension, then you will be entitled to a double fixed payment plus bonuses.

1. Having worked in the Far North for at least 15 years. The bonus is set at 50% of the fixed payment.
2. Have worked in an area equated to the Far North for more than 20 years. The surcharge is 30% of the fixed amount.

How to receive these payments? Recalculation of pensions for citizens who have turned 80 years old is carried out by the Pension Fund authorities independently on the basis of data from personalized registration of citizens. Thus, the fixed payment is doubled and automatically indexed annually.

To receive additional support for dependents, it is necessary to submit to the Pension Fund a package of documents confirming family ties with the citizens for whom assistance is requested, as well as an extract from the household confirming joint residence. In addition, certificates or receipts will be required indicating that the dependent needs additional payments.

For example, this could be a check for full-time education for the grandson of a pensioner who has no other sources of income.

What benefits are due to a pensioner after 80 years of age?

The average life expectancy in Russia, according to statistics, is 72 years. Accordingly, there are not so many pensioners who have crossed the 80-year-old threshold. According to estimates by Pension Fund employees, there are no more than 4 million such citizens in the Russian Federation out of the total 145 million population of the country.

People who have reached such a respectable age cannot boast of good health. Their expenses for purchasing medicines, medical services, hiring nurses and house helpers are increasing sharply.

In the form of providing social support to such citizens, federal legislation provided for the payment of additional funds to the pensions they receive. This provision is contained in Federal Law No. 400, adopted in December 2013, and which came into force in 2015.

Supplement to insurance pension

When a citizen reaches 80 years of age, it is carried out automatically, as part of regular recalculations of pension payments made by Pension Fund employees. The amount of the paid pension increases next month, after the citizen celebrates his eightieth birthday.

Thanks to this, the elderly pensioner will not need to go through the authorities, submit various certificates, and wait for a decision on the issue of an allowance. The age supplement, like the main part of pension payments, is regularly indexed to compensate for the loss of purchasing power as a result of ruble inflation. Happened in 2020 indexation increased the amount of surcharge by 7%.

Fixed surcharge amount

Each pension received by Russians, with the adoption of Federal Law No. 400, consists of two parts:

1. Fixed payment.
2. The insurance portion assigned in accordance with the amount of insurance points accumulated by the citizen.

After a person reaches the 80-year age threshold, part of the pension in the form of fixed payments begins to be accrued in double amount. Since in 2020 the basic pension is set by order of the Government of the Russian Federation in the amount of 5,334.20 rubles, the age increase in the pension of 80-year-old citizens will be the specified amount.

Regulatory legal acts provide for annual indexation of the amount of additional payments by age, as a result of which their amount regularly increases. So, in 2020, its amount was 4.98 thousand rubles, and after indexation by 7.05%, from January 1, 2020, the amount of the monthly additional payment amounted to 5.33 thousand rubles.

Also, when calculating additional payments, the regional coefficient is taken into account, if there is one in the region where the pensioner worked. For example, in a number of northern regions it is 100%, these include Chukotka, Taimyr, and a number of polar islands. A person who has completed the required insurance period in such difficult climatic conditions receives an age supplement of double size.

That is, instead of the standard 5.33 thousand rubles. in 2020, a “northern” pensioner will receive 10.66 thousand rubles. At the same time, after retirement, a citizen is not required to continue living in the north. He can go to any region of the country, and even abroad, but at the same time continue to receive an increased age allowance.

Benefits for citizens over 80 years of age

In addition to the increased insurance pension, elderly people over 80 years of age can count on a number of benefits. They are provided mainly by regional legislation.

Let’s take a closer look at what support measures a pensioner is entitled to.

Compensation for utility bills

Pensioners, depending on the size of their pension and region of residence, can count on compensation of 50% of housing and communal services costs.

Not all regions provide such a benefit, so you should contact your local administration to find out if it is provided in your constituent entity of the Russian Federation.

To apply for assistance, you must contact the social protection authority with the necessary package of documents. You can also get support through the MFC.

To receive compensation you must provide:

• statement;
• documents evidencing ownership of the premises (or confirming the right to use);
• receipts indicating the amount payable for utility services provided;
• income certificates;
• an extract from the household about the composition of the family.

You can receive compensation for utility bills as early as the month of your application.

In addition to compensation for housing and communal services, Part 2.1 of Article 169 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation establishes the possibility of exempting pensioners who have already turned eighty from paying contributions for major repairs of apartment buildings. This subsidy is provided for by federal legislation, and if it is supported by regional authorities, it is paid from the state budget.

Medical benefits

Most regions provide the following benefits to pensioners over 80 years of age:

• discount on the purchase of medications in the amount of 50% of their cost (medicines are issued only upon presentation of a doctor’s prescription);
• providing vouchers to medical sanatoriums;
• compensation for the cost of travel to the place of treatment;
• extraordinary care in medical institutions;
• free prosthetics or partial compensation for the cost of prosthetic products;
• priority provision of places in boarding houses and nursing homes;
• possibility of hiring a social worker.

You can receive these types of medical care through the Pension Fund.

Other types of benefits

Social service packages also include the following types of support.

1. Transport benefits. For pensioners, provision is made for the issuance of travel tickets, seasonal compensation for part of the travel, and compensation for travel included in the pension. The benefit usually applies within a specific territory, but if we are talking about a trip to a medical institution, the cost of tickets for railway transport, or, less often, air transport, is fully or partially compensated.
2. Tax benefits. Pensioners in Russia do not pay personal income tax. When purchasing housing, older people have the right to a tax deduction. Land taxes from pensioners are levied at a lower rate. In addition, the state duty on some government services has been reduced. In many regions, citizens over 80 years of age are not charged transport tax at all or are charged at a discount.
3. Housing benefits. Pensioners without housing are provided with real estate under social rental agreements.
4. Legal assistance. Pensioners can use the services of lawyers free of charge.
5. Labor benefits. If a pensioner still has the strength to work, he can count on an additional two-week vacation at his own expense, and he is also allowed not to work for 2 weeks in case of dismissal at his own request.

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It should be said that some of these benefits are provided in different regions with some reservations, so the list of types of support must be clarified separately in each case.

Types of support in Moscow and St. Petersburg

In Moscow, the category of people over 80 years of age is not identified as a separate group. However, in 2020, capital pensioners can count on the following types of support:

• the right to free travel around the city (except for taxis) or the right to compensation for using transport;
• free provision of dental care, including prosthetics (except for the use of precious metals and metal-ceramics).

In St. Petersburg, citizens who have reached their 80th birthday are also not included in a separate category. The city's Social Code only contains a stipulation that pensioners over eighty with a 2nd disability group are entitled to compensation for transportation services.

A pensioner in the city on the Neva has the right to the following types of support:

• monthly supplement to pension in the amount of 576 rubles;
• 100% compensation for major repairs;
• exemption from payment of transport tax for 1 domestic vehicle;
• a full package of medical services, including dental prosthetics (except for precious metals) and annual travel vouchers.

If you are a veteran, a participant in the Second World War, a home front worker or a child of war, you have the right to a longer list of social support both in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

SOCIAL BENEFITS

In 2021, benefits for all pensioners in the Moscow region also have a social dimension. Citizens facing a difficult financial situation can receive financial support from the USZN.

The following may be provided as support:

• money;
• products;
• cloth;
• hygiene products.

The social pension supplement is valid only for residents of Moscow, and it is not provided in the region. Many types of social assistance in the Moscow region operate thanks to a social card. Its owners are offered free metro travel, reduced costs for public transport, and bonuses in stores.

Benefit for caring for citizens over 80 years of age

Most old people in their old age require outside care. In view of this, a pensioner may ask the local administration to provide him with an assistant from among relatives or even strangers.

Since the assistant needs a lot of time to be close to the old man, the state pays him a monthly assistance in the amount of 1,200 rubles (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1455). In addition, the time spent caring for an elderly person is counted in the insurance period - 1.8 per year of care (clause 6, part 1, article 12 of Law No. 400-FZ).

Conditions for receiving compensation for caring for the elderly:

• the assistant is able to work, but does not work due to the need to care for the elderly (the recipient of compensation cannot be an individual entrepreneur or engage in any paid activity);
• the assistant should not be a recipient of a pension, including a social one;
• the assistant should not be a member of the employment center and receive payments as an unemployed person.

Compensation is awarded along with the pension to the citizen in need of care. In order for your assistant to accumulate pension points, as well as to process the specified payment, you must perform the following steps:

1. submit applications to the Pension Fund from the pensioner and from the assistant to receive a payment;
2. bring the passports of the parties to the Pension Fund;
3. with the application, provide a certificate stating that the assistant does not receive any other type of income.

If an old man receives a pension from several structures, then only one of them pays compensation. To avoid confusion, you must provide the authority from which you plan to receive compensation with a certificate of non-receipt of money from another department.

Care for the elderly can be provided not only by adult citizens, but also by relatives who are over 14 years old. But their caregiving activities will not be counted towards the insurance period.

To register care, you need the consent of the guardianship authority and one of the parents of the minor. A child can help an old man only during extracurricular hours.

Types of benefits for elderly citizens

Social protection authorities and the Pension Fund, performing one of the main functions of the country's social policy to provide payments and preferential conditions for elderly people, carry out activities according to their purpose in each region.

Pensioners over 80 years of age are entitled to the following benefits:

• Indexation of pension payments: the fixed part, which was previously established by the state, is doubled, which is regulated by Article 17 of the Federal Legislation on Insurance Pensions, as well as Resolution No. 249, issued on March 18, 2015, its remaining components remain unchanged. For example, if from 55 for a woman it was 4800 rubles, when she turns 80 years old, she will receive 9600 rubles with the rest of the pension added to it. This procedure is carried out automatically by the Pension Fund; the citizen does not need to contact the institution and fill out an application.
• If an elderly citizen has dependent family members who are unable to work, persons over 80 years of age are entitled to an additional payment for each of them in the amount of 1,600 rubles in addition to their pension payment. The main condition for its appointment is the fact that dependents cannot officially find employment for objective reasons and do not receive pension payments for their maintenance.
• A person who has drawn up documents with the social security authorities giving him the right to care for a person who has reached the age of 80 can count on an allowance in the amount of 1,200 rubles received for the provision of household and social services.
• Benefit for pensioners who are 80 years old at the time of application. Issued in the form of a discount on the cost of major repairs. The legislation determines that this category does not need to make these payments; they are compensated to management companies from the regional budget. It is provided if the applicant lives alone or with a spouse.

ATTENTION! Caring for a person after 80 years of age is considered a difficult task, so minors are not involved in its implementation. The procedure is only available to able-bodied people over 18 years of age.

Each subject may establish additional benefits that are valid only in a given territory. But the regulations where they are described do not contradict federal laws.