The Government made official this Thursday the
minimum and maximum guaranteed salaries
that retirees will receive
starting in March
, after the increase of 27.18% and the confirmation that some of them will receive a bonus of up to 70 thousand pesos.
It did so through the publication in the Official Gazette of Resolution 39/2024, which bears the signature of
Mariano de los Heros
, brand new executive director of the National Social Security Administration (Anses).
Article 1 of the regulations establishes that the
minimum asset will be $134,445.30
, but with the bonus the sum will go to $204,445.
Those who receive an amount less than that will receive an extra proportional sum until they reach it.
Those that are above that value will not be covered by that benefit.
Meanwhile, according to article 2 of the Resolution, the maximum asset will amount to $904,689.54.
With these values, the minimum assets will have a loss in purchasing power of 33% compared to March 2023. And those who did not and will not collect the bonus, the loss rises to 44% in 12 months.
These figures do not take into account that, since January, retirees and pensioners with minimum salaries stopped receiving up to $18,800 monthly for VAT reimbursement for debit card purchases.
The minimum and maximum tax bases, meanwhile, were established at $45,281.15 and $1,471,616.10, respectively, as of the accrual period of March 2024.
Article 4, for its part, details that the amount of the
Universal Basic Benefit (PBU)
provided for in article 19 of Law No. 24,241, will be
$61,502.69
as of that same month, while the
Universal Pension for the Elderly (PUAM)
will rise from $84,570 plus $55,000 of the bonus (a total of $139,570), to $107,557 plus $70,000, that is,
a total of $177,556
.
The national government had previously confirmed the 27.18% increase in retirements starting in March, according to Resolution 38/2024 published in the Official Gazette with the signature of the previous head of the Anses, Osvaldo Giordano, fired from his position. charge weeks ago after the failure of the Omnibus law.
The resolution, published on February 21, established that "the value of the mobility provided for in article 32 of Law No. 24,241 and its amendments, corresponding to the month of March 2024, is 27.18%."
The increase also affected pensions and other social benefits.
But the rule did not mention the granting of a reinforcement or bonus, which was officially confirmed this Wednesday by Anses.
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