The Government regulated the bonus of up to 15 thousand pesos for retirees and pensioners: who will collect it and how

The National Government regulated this Wednesday the

that

who earn the minimum will receive for three months.

The rules were made official through

, which was published in the latest edition of the

and which carried the signatures of President

, the Chief of Staff,

, and the Minister of Labor,

.

Specifically, the "provisional income reinforcement" will be delivered in the months of March, April and May 2023 to holders of contributory pension benefits under the National Social Security Administration;

beneficiaries of the Universal Pension for the Elderly (PUAN);

beneficiaries of non-contributory pensions for old age, disability, mothers of 7 sons or daughters or more and other non-contributory pensions and ex-gratia pensions whose payment is in charge of the ANSES.

To access the $15,000 bonus, retirees and pensioners must collect less than two minimum retirements.

In other words, the sum of the assets of all your current benefits must be less than or equal to

.

To access the $15,000 bonus, retirees and pensioners must collect less than two minimum retirements.

Photo German Garcia Adrasti.

Meanwhile, those holders who receive an amount greater than

and less than or equal to

will receive the "amount of money necessary

.

On the other hand, there will be a

per month for those who collect more than

and up to

Finally, for those holders who receive more than

and up to

, "the amount of the pension income reinforcement will be equivalent to the amount necessary until reaching the amount mentioned in the second term."

"The reinforcement of pension income that is granted by this decree will not be subject to any discount or computable for any other concept," the decree details. 

​An "extraordinary" bonus that is permanent

As in the previous cases, the bonus is a reinforcement that is not included in the credit.

In relation to the previous quarter (December-February)

for the minimum salary and

for those who receive up to 2 minimum salaries.

From being an "extraordinary" compensation for soaring inflation,

and in ascending values ​​for the minimum credit.

And they cannot stop repeating themselves because

After the loss of 19.5% of retirement assets between September 2017 and November 2019, the pension bonus for those with lower salaries debuted with the current Government "for the only time"

December 2019.

Thus, $5,000 bonuses were granted in December 2019 and January 2020 for minimum retirements and another $3,000 in April of that year.

In April and May 2021 bonuses of $1,500 were given.

In August a bonus of $5,000 was given and in December 2021 another of up to $8,000.

Due to the inflationary spike,

.

In April ($6,000) and May ($12,000), August (up to $5,000), September, October and November ($4,000/7,000), December, January and February 2023 (from $7,000/10,000).

And now, between March and May ($5,000/$15,000).

This happens because the mobility formula – which combines salaries with tax collection that goes to Social Security –

.

And the bonuses are only received by retirees and pensioners with lower salaries, flattening the

system's

In addition, since they are not integrated into credit, the bonuses compensate a sector of retirees for a part of the price increase of the month or months in which they are collected, but in the following month or months the total income of the retiree returns to the pre-bonus level and is requires new bonuses to be awarded which

.

On the other hand, bonuses are not taken into account for future increases in assets.

In this way,

Meanwhile,

and absorb, with a drop in real terms of their assets, the complete loss due to inflation.

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