A significant number of citizens enjoy their right to various social payments and benefits from the state. There are many situations in which the right to social support arises, among them: the birth of a child, high utility bills, unemployment, lack of housing for young families, disability, loss of loved ones... The list goes on.
In this article, we tried to provide a brief overview of information one way or another related to social payments and benefits in 2018. Financial problems... they may or may not be serious, but if you have the right to legal support from the state, does it make sense to take advantage of this right? If the answer is “YES”, read on)
Social benefits for children
Social support is provided even before the birth of the child; the expectant mother is given birth certificate(at 28 with multiple births). Thanks to the system of birth certificates, a woman has the opportunity to choose a maternity hospital and children's department where the child will be observed free of charge.
During the same period employed women are paid maternity benefits (maternity benefits).
After the birth of the child the following is paid:
- a one-time benefit for registration in the early stages of pregnancy;
In each subject of the Russian Federation there are a number of regional social benefits for the birth of a child.
If your second child is born, you can expect to receive maternal capital.
At the birth of the third and subsequent child - on social benefits and benefits for large families.
Social payments for housing for young families 2018
A young family is considered to be a married couple in which both spouses have not reached 36 years of age. Such a family can apply for a payment to purchase housing. The main requirements include the age of the spouses, the place of residence does not meet the minimum space standards, and sufficient income to pay the mortgage. The size of the social benefit is significant and can reach 1 million rubles.
Social scholarships for students
Students in need of social assistance are paid a social scholarship. Such students include orphans, disabled people of groups 1-2, and in some institutions “social benefits” are paid to students raising children or students from single-parent families.
Unemployed citizens
A citizen who is unemployed and registered with the employment center is paid social unemployment benefits. If you are left without official employment and decide to carry out entrepreneurial activities, the employment center can pay you a subsidy for small business development. To do this, you will need to draw up a business plan and subsequently report on the intended use of funds.
Social subsidy for utility bills
In general, it is paid to citizens whose housing and communal services costs exceed 22% of their family income. The subsidy for utility bills is paid provided there is no current debt. Every 6 months you must re-apply for this type of social benefit.
Tax deductions
There are many situations that give the right to return taxes withheld from a citizen in the past year. Read about tax deductions.
Social benefit for funeral
Unfortunately, sooner or later the moment of losing a loved one comes. The funeral payment has been RUB 5,701.31 since February 2018. without taking into account the regional coefficient. The benefit is indexed periodically (since 2017 - in February), the actual consumer price growth index for the past year is taken as a basis. In some regions, an additional payment is assigned to the social benefit for burial (in Moscow the coefficient is 11 thousand rubles, the total amount for 2018 is 16,701 rubles).
Since January, Moscow has been increasing the size of the city standard for non-working pensioners, as well as a number of social benefits. the site tells how much social support will increase in the capital and who will receive increased payments.
Sergei Sobyanin called social support for Muscovites a priority for the coming years. Pensions, benefits, assistance to large and low-income families - these are just a few of the areas on which a significant portion of the city’s money will be spent from January 1, 2018. First of all, the increase will affect those who need social support more than others.
The amounts of increased payments were determined taking into account the opinions of residents of the capital. Sergei Sobyanin discussed what measures need to be taken to improve the lives of Muscovites during meetings with pensioners, veterans, large families, single mothers and parents of disabled children. Proposals were made by the Moscow City Council of Veterans, representatives of large families and other public organizations. The Moscow Mayor included in the draft budget exactly the proposals that were made at these meetings.
Help for pensioners and veterans
In Moscow, the minimum pension amount will increase. The mayor of Moscow supported the proposal of the veterans council to immediately increase it by three thousand rubles. The city social standard will be 17,500 rubles. Already at the end of December, almost 1.4 million city residents will receive an increase in their pensions.
“If you take the last seven years, we started with 10 thousand rubles. Now there are already 17.5 thousand. That is, we annually increase the size of this minimum pension by almost a thousand rubles. And in the future we will try to increase it as much as possible,” said Sergei Sobyanin.
Monthly compensation to labor veterans, home front workers and victims of political repression will more than double from 2018.
In addition, city benefits to veterans and participants in the defense of Moscow will double. They will be paid eight thousand rubles monthly instead of four thousand.
Additional compensation is provided for the capital's centenarians. Those who will turn 101 or older next year will receive 15 thousand rubles at a time. Married couples will also receive one-time cash payments on the occasion of their anniversaries. Those who celebrated the 50th anniversary of marriage will receive 20 thousand rubles (in 2017, the payment was 10 thousand rubles), the 55th anniversary and 60th anniversary - 25 thousand (in 2017 - 11 thousand and 12 thousand rubles, respectively), the 65th anniversary and 70th anniversary - 30 thousand (in 2017 - 13 thousand and 15 thousand rubles, respectively).
Monthly compensation to pensioners will double in exchange for free travel on public transport, as well as on commuter trains.
Support for low-income and large families
The amount of child benefits for low-income families will increase from three to 6.25 times. The increase in these payments will affect almost 300 thousand young Muscovites. Almost five times - the monthly child benefit will increase for low-income families with children under three years old - up to 10 thousand rubles (in 2017 - two thousand rubles).
Payments to low-income single mothers and fathers, military personnel undergoing military service for a child under three years of age will increase to 15 thousand rubles, and the amount of benefits for children over three years of age and benefits to large families and families raising disabled children will increase in twice. Monthly assistance for caring for a disabled child under the age of 18 or a disabled child under the age of 23 will amount to 12 thousand rubles (in 2017 - six thousand rubles). The same amount will be paid for a child under the age of 18 living in a family in which both or the only parent do not work and are disabled people of group I or II.
For large families with five or more children, the city will also increase monthly payments for the purchase of children's clothing, payment for housing, utilities, and telephone communications. Parents will also receive increased payments for International Family Day and Knowledge Day.
In the Moscow budget, the growth of social expenditures is twice as fast as the growth of other items. It is planned to allocate 430 billion rubles for social needs in 2018. Part of these funds will go to increase salaries for social workers.
From 2011 to 2017, budget spending on the social sector in Moscow has already been almost doubled. At the same time, the targeting of benefits was strengthened. For example, expenses on subsidies and benefits for housing and communal services increased threefold, nine times on providing food and clothing assistance to the poor, and five times on providing disabled people with technical means of rehabilitation.
At the same time, the city launched a system of benefits for paying contributions for major repairs, which covered about four million Muscovites. As part of the reform of ground public transport, beneficiaries received the right to free travel on commercial buses.
Payments to low-income families
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Monthly child benefit for families whose level of property security does not exceed the level of property security for the provision of social support measures for low-income families, established by the Moscow Government, and whose average per capita income does not exceed the subsistence level established by the Moscow Government per capita |
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for children aged from birth to three years: |
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Three - 6.25 times |
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in other families |
3.3 - five times |
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for children aged three to 18 years: |
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single mothers (fathers), military personnel undergoing military service on conscription, a parent evading payment of alimony |
Two - 2.5 times |
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in other families |
Payments to large families
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Monthly compensation payment to reimburse expenses due to the rising cost of living for families: |
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with three to four children |
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with five or more children |
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Monthly compensation payment for the purchase of children's goods to a family with 5 or more children |
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Monthly compensation payment for the purchase of children's goods to a family with 10 or more children |
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Monthly compensation payment for families with 10 or more children |
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Monthly compensation payment to a mother of many children who has given birth to 10 or more children and receives a pension |
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Annual compensation payment to families with 10 or more children on International Family Day |
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Annual compensation payment to a family with 10 or more children for Knowledge Day |
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Monthly compensation payment to reimburse expenses for housing and utilities for families: |
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with three to four children |
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with five or more children |
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Monthly compensation payment for telephone use for families with three or more children |
Nine percent |
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Annual compensation payment for the purchase of a set of children's clothing for attending classes during the period of study |
Payments to families of disabled people and families raising disabled children
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A one-time payment to the families of marital anniversaries in connection with: |
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50th anniversary |
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55th anniversary |
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60th anniversary |
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65th anniversary |
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70th anniversary |
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One-time payment to centenarians aged 101 years and older |
Monthly city cash payments to preferential categories
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Monthly city cash payment to rehabilitated citizens and persons recognized as victims of political repression |
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Monthly city cash payment to home front workers |
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Monthly city cash payment to labor veterans and military veterans |
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Monthly monetary compensation in exchange for free travel on public transport in the city. |
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Monthly cash compensation in exchange for free commuter rail travel |
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Monthly cash compensation instead of free medicines |
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Monthly monetary compensation for payment of local telephone services to citizens of preferential categories specified in paragraphs 4, 5 of Appendix 1 to Moscow Government Decree No. 62-PP dated February 8, 2005 “On the implementation of social support measures for telephone payments” |
Nine percent |
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Monthly monetary compensation for payment of local telephone services to citizens of preferential categories specified in paragraphs 1-3, 6-10 of Appendix 1 to Moscow Government Decree No. 62-PP dated February 8, 2005 “On the implementation of social support measures for payment for telephone payments” |
Nine percent |
Monthly social payments to older citizens
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Monthly compensation payment to disabled people of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 and participants of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in order to partially compensate for the cost of basic food products from the socially necessary set |
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Monthly compensation payment to disabled persons due to a military injury received during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, who have not completed the length of service for a full old-age pension (for length of service) |
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Monthly compensation payment to disabled people since childhood due to injury during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 |
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Monthly compensation payment to disabled women of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 and women participants of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 |
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Monthly compensation payment to persons awarded the “Honorary Donor of the USSR” badge for donating blood during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 |
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Monthly compensation payment to participants in the defense of Moscow |
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Additional monthly cash support for heroes of the Soviet Union, heroes of Russia, full holders of the Order of Glory, heroes of Socialist Labor, heroes of Labor of Russia and full holders of the Order of Labor Glory |
56 percent |
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Monthly compensation payment to widows (widowers) of heroes of the Soviet Union, heroes of Russia, full holders of the Order of Glory, heroes of Socialist Labor, heroes of Labor of Russia and full holders of the Order of Labor Glory who have not remarried |
88 percent |
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Monthly compensation payment to one of the parents of deceased (deceased) heroes of the Soviet Union, heroes of Russia |
88 percent |
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Additional lifetime monthly financial support for persons of retirement age awarded the title “Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow” |
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Monthly compensation payment to persons of retirement age who have been awarded the honorary title “People’s Artist of the USSR”; "People's Artist of the RSFSR"; "People's Artist of the Russian Federation"; "Honored Artist of the RSFSR"; "Honored Artist of the Russian Federation" |
New benefit |
- Social benefits for citizens exposed to radiation as a result of the Chernobyl disaster
State social benefits- these are cash payments assigned to citizens monthly, periodically or at a time in cases established by law in order to compensate for lost earnings or provide additional material assistance from the funds of the relevant budgets of the budget system of the Russian Federation and serve as an addition to the main source of livelihood.
The system of state benefits in Russia has undergone significant changes in recent years, due to socio-economic transformations in the country, which have led to profound changes in all spheres of public life - in economics, politics, and the social structure of society. In difficult economic conditions, measures were taken to improve the benefit system in order to strengthen social support for families with children, the disabled, and citizens who have lost their jobs.
Numerous types of benefits in the social security system are classified according to various bases:
- According to the intended purpose of the benefit:
- Benefits that compensate for earnings in whole or in part;
- Benefits provided as additional financial assistance.
- By duration of benefit payment:
- Monthly benefits
- By recipient category:
- Benefits for children of military personnel who died in the line of military service
- Unemployment benefits
In addition to state social benefits assigned to certain categories of citizens according to the above links, certain federal regulations also provide for the following types of social benefits:
Amount of social benefits in 2019
- Temporary disability benefit
In case of illness or injury of the insured person, including in connection with an operation for artificial termination of pregnancy or in vitro fertilization, payment of benefits from the funds of the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation is made from the fourth day, in other cases - from the first day of incapacity for work during the insurance period
- up to 5 years - 60% average earnings;
- from 5 to 8 years - 80% average earnings;
- 8 or more years - 100% average earnings,
For an insured person who has an insurance period of less than 6 months - in an amount not exceeding for a full calendar month Minimum wage*.
Reason for appointment:
- Labor Code of the Russian Federation (Article 183)
- Federal Law of July 16, 1999 N 165-FZ "On the Basics of Compulsory Social Insurance"
- Federal Law of December 29, 2006 N 255-FZ “On compulsory social insurance in case of temporary disability and in connection with maternity” (Article 3, 7, 14)
- Unemployment benefit
- For citizens recognized as unemployed in accordance with the established procedure - in the amount of 1500 and 8000 rubles(minimum and maximum size respectively);
- For citizens pre-retirement age recognized as unemployed in accordance with the established procedure - in the amount of 1,500 and 11,280 rubles(minimum and maximum size respectively).
- Federal Law of the Russian Federation of April 19, 1991 N 1032-1 “On employment in the Russian Federation”
- Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 15, 2018 No. 1375 "On the amounts of the minimum and maximum amounts of unemployment benefits for 2019"
- One-time benefit to citizens in the event of a post-vaccination complication
- if a post-vaccination complication occurs - 10,000 rub.;
- in the event of the death of a citizen resulting from a post-vaccination complication - 30,000 rub. every member of his family
- Article 19 of the Federal Law of September 17, 1998 N 157-FZ "On Immunoprophylaxis of Infectious Diseases"
- Social benefit for funeral
- In an amount equal to the cost of services provided according to the guaranteed list of funeral services, but not exceeding 5946.47 rub.** In districts and localities where a regional coefficient for wages is established, this limit is determined using the regional coefficient.
- Article 10 of the Federal Law of January 12, 1996 N 8-FZ "On burial and funeral business"
- Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 12, 2010 N 813 “On the timing of indexation of the maximum amount of the cost of services provided according to the guaranteed list of funeral services, subject to compensation to the specialized funeral service, as well as the maximum amount of social benefits for burial”
*) The application of the minimum wage is regulated by Federal Law of June 19, 2000 N 82-FZ “On the minimum wage”. From January 1, 2019, the minimum wage was set at RUB 11,280.
**) The amount of social benefits for funerals has been indexed since February 1, 2019, based on the actual consumer price growth index for 2018. The indexation coefficient is established by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 24, 2019 N 32 “On approval of the indexation coefficient of payments, benefits and compensation in 2019” in the amount of 1.043.
A number of regional social benefits are assigned in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. You can learn more about the rules of appointment, categories of recipients and the amount of social benefits in your region of residence in the section “Social support in the regions”.
The Russian Federation is a social state, according to which all material benefits are redistributed according to the principle of social justice. The state regulates the economy, develops various social programs, and improves social legislation in order to provide every citizen with equal starting conditions for future life and provide support for socially vulnerable segments of the population.
The social policy of the state is expressed in social security, which, among other things, provides for the implementation of various social payments. Social payments are cash payments to citizens, which are carried out by government bodies from the state budget in order to maintain a decent standard of living for these citizens. Legal regulation of social protection of the population, including cash payments, is carried out by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation.- Social payments can be one-time, monthly, or annual. Their list includes a variety of benefits, compensation, benefits, pensions, for example:
- cash benefits for women and families in connection with pregnancy, childbirth, education and child care;
- benefits for combatants, disabled people and war workers, families of military personnel;
- payments to citizens who were exposed to radiation as a result of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant;
- payments to honorary citizens, donors;
- disability and unemployment benefits;
- A pension is a monthly cash benefit that is paid for the following reasons: reaching retirement age, becoming disabled, or losing a breadwinner. When calculating the amount of a pension, many factors are taken into account: gender, age, health, life situation, for example, loss of a breadwinner, length of service, etc. Detailed information about the rules for registration, calculation and payment of pensions is available on the official website of the Russian Pension Fund.
- differentiated monthly child care allowance;
- payments to single mothers, parents with many children, etc.
Benefits - payments due to unemployment, compensation of earnings during illness (the so-called payment), a one-time benefit in connection with the birth of a child and monthly child care for up to one and a half years.
Compensation includes funds paid to a citizen as compensation for expenses incurred by him. Typically, these costs do not need to be documented. For example, with full or partial compensation for public transport expenses, a certain amount is transferred monthly to the account of the citizen to whom it is due. For example, in Moscow, such compensation for travel on public transport is provided to the unemployed in the amount of one month for all types of transport. It is transferred monthly to the account of those who are registered with the employment center, in addition to federal unemployment benefits.
Such compensation should be distinguished from the benefit of providing free travel in kind, which is available to disabled people and a number of other categories of beneficiaries. In some regions, citizens of these categories are simply transported on public transport for free on the basis of presenting a document on benefits (pension or other certificate) or using a free certificate issued on the basis of the appropriate certificate.
Many payments are due to certain categories of citizens on the basis of federal law from the social insurance fund (for example, all the benefits listed in the first paragraph) or the federal budget. Such payments are called federal. In addition, in specific regions, additional benefits and compensation may be assigned from the regional budget on the basis of local legislation. For example, compensation for expenses due to the birth of a child is due to Muscovites. Or an additional benefit in connection with the birth of a child for all families with permanent or temporary registration in the Yaroslavl region.
Regional social payments can also include local maternity capital, which is provided to residents of a specific constituent entity of the Russian Federation once in their lifetime at the birth of a second or subsequent child, if the payment goes directly to the citizen’s bank account. At the same time, the amount, conditions, procedure for providing and the possibility of using capital are determined by the legislation of a particular subject of the Russian Federation and can be either softer or stricter than federal standards.
Some subsidies may also be classified as social payments (for example, to Moscow's waiting list for the purchase of housing). Since the money in this case is not transferred directly to the person providing the service, but to the citizen’s personal account, they can be classified as payments, despite the fact that the citizen will not be able to freely dispose of this money - only spend it on solving the housing problem. But a subsidy for utility bills is not a social payment, although it refers to social support measures: after all, the money goes directly to suppliers, and the citizen is only billed. We can say that a sign of social payment is that the money is received (paid) directly to the citizen in one form or another.
