07/26/2021 3:47 AM
Clarín.com
Economy
Updated 07/26/2021 3:47 AM
The Government made official this Monday the payment of a bonus for retirees and pensioners that will be
5,000 pesos
and will be collected in August.
It is a measure that seeks to compensate for the loss of purchasing power of the passive class in the face of inflation.
It was implemented through Decree 481/2021, published this Monday in the Official Gazette.
"In order to mitigate the economic effects that the pandemic is causing, it is imperative to continue with the adoption of a series of urgent and exceptional measures with the aim of reinforcing the economic and social protection of the
most vulnerable sectors
," it is indicated among the recitals of the text.
The Decree bears the signatures of Alberto Fernández, Santiago Cafiero and Claudio Moroni.
How will the bonus be?
It will be charged by all retirees and pensioners who have incomes of
up to two minimum assets
, that is, about $ 46,130.
This measure will reach six million people, 83% of the total of those who collect pension benefits.
It will be charged
one time and in August
.
In this way, whoever receives a
minimum retirement
of $ 23,065, will receive $ 28,065 next month.
For those who receive
two minimum assets
, that is, $ 46,130, they will receive $ 51,130.
This bonus is in addition to those granted in April and May of this year, of $ 1,500 each, at that time it was for those who received salaries of up to $ 30,856.
For September, there will be a
new quarterly increase
for mobility that will update retirements, pensions and family allowances according to the evolution of collections and salaries.
Lower bonus for those earning between $ 46,130 and $ 51,130
With the $ 5,000 bonus, those who collect the minimum retirement of $ 23,065 will
receive $ 28,065 in August
.
And those who receive two minimum assets ($ 46,130) will receive $ 51,130.
Consequently,
those who collect the minimum retirement and simultaneously the minimum pension for widowhood, will
receive this time in August the $ 5,000, unlike in April and May when the bonus of $ 1,500 reached up to a minimum and a half.
Meanwhile, so that retirees and pensioners who earn
between $ 46,130 and $ 51,130
do not
receive
less in August than those who receive the $ 5,000 bonus,
they will also receive a bonus
but for the difference until completing the $ 51,130.
Thus, for example, who today receives a retirement of $ 48,000, in August will receive a bonus of $ 3,130.
And if you win $ 50,000, in August you will receive a bonus of $ 1,130,
equal to the one that charges 2 minimum salaries.
With this scheme, retirees and pensioners who in August will collect the bonus of up to $ 5,000
will exceed 6 million on 8.4 million beneficiaries of the system,
including non-contributory pensions and the PUAM, according to information from ANSeS.
Both the $ 1,500 bonds granted in April and May and the $ 5,000 in August are an
acknowledgment that the mobility formula
debuted - in March and June - with
increases below inflation.
However,
the bonus is not integrated into the credit
, it will only be charged in August.
Due to the mobility law,
the next quarterly increase
that will be applied to assets
without the bonus will be due in September
.
For example, in the case of the minimum credit, the percentage of increase will be calculated on the $ 23,065.
Consequently,
the increases are granted on a lower basis
and thus the real loss of assets is maintained over time.
DB
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