Issues of pension provision for military personnel are regulated by the Law of the Russian Federation of February 12, 1993 No. 4468-I “On pension provision for persons who served in military service, service in internal affairs bodies, the State Fire Service, authorities for control of the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, institutions and bodies of the penal system, troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, and their families.”
- Who is guaranteed a military pension?
- Types of pension
- Who is entitled to a long service pension?
- Who is entitled to a disability pension?
Types of pension
a) for length of service;
b) due to disability;
c) in the event of the death or death of military personnel, their families acquire the right to a survivor's pension.
A long-service pension is assigned and paid after leaving service. Disability pensions and survivors' pensions are awarded regardless of the length of military service.
Persons who are simultaneously entitled to other types of pensions in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation are paid one of the pensions of their choice.
The exceptions are the following cases:
- obtaining the right to an insurance civil pension after dismissal from military service (in this case, two pensions are paid: an insurance pension, with the exception of its fixed part, and a long-service pension or a disability pension);
- loss of breadwinner(s); in the event of the loss of two or more breadwinners, a pension is paid only in respect of one of them - to choose from.
Who is entitled to a long service pension?
a) military personnel with 20 years or more
, this also takes into account length of service in the internal affairs bodies, in the State Fire Service, in the authorities for control of the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, in institutions and bodies of the penal system, as well as in the troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation;
Note: The time spent serving under special conditions is subject to counting towards the length of service for the purpose of granting a pension on a preferential basis.
b) military personnel dismissed upon reaching the age limit for military service, health reasons or in connection with organizational and staffing measures and reaching 45 years of age on the day of dismissal, having a total work experience of 25 calendar years or more, of which at least 12 years six months is military service and (or) service in the internal affairs bodies, and (or) service in the State Fire Service, and (or) service in the authorities for control over the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, and (or) service in institutions and bodies of the penal system, and (or) service in the troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation.
The total length of service includes length of service and insurance length of service in accordance with the Federal Law “On Labor Pensions in the Russian Federation” and the Federal Law “On Insurance Pensions”.
When calculating “pension length of service”, training in civilian educational organizations of higher education or in professional educational organizations with a military department is also taken into account, up to five years at the rate of one year of study for six months of service.
Who is entitled to a disability pension?
The right to a pension arises for military personnel if disability occurred during the period of their service or no later than three months after dismissal from service, or if disability occurred later than this period, but as a result of a wound, contusion, injury or illness received during the period of service.
The group and causes of disability, the time of onset and period of disability are established by federal medical and social examination institutions.
Tax benefits
Benefits for military personnel dismissed from the ranks of the Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies are established at the federal level by Law No. 76-FZ of May 27, 1998 on the status of military personnel in the Russian Federation. But the benefits for military pensioners in 2021 to exempt them from paying taxes and fees are established by the norms of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation:
- exemption from property tax in respect of one taxable object of each type that is owned by them and not used in business activities (Article 407 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation);
- transfer of property tax deductions for the purchase (construction) of housing and repayment of interest on targeted loans (credits) to the years immediately preceding the year in which the transferred balance of deductions was formed, but no more than for 3 previous years (clause 3 of Article 210 of the Tax Code RF, Article 216 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, paragraph 10 of Article 220 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation);
- exemption from paying state fees when filing claims (administrative claims) of a property nature and at all stages of judicial consideration, if the cost of the claim does not exceed 1 million rubles. and the defendant is the federal executive body that provides pensions to persons who served in military service (clause 3 of Article 333.36 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation);
- standard personal income tax deduction in the amount of 3,000 rubles for retired military personnel who, during military service, were called up for special training to perform work related to the liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster (clause 1 of Article 218 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation);
- exemption from personal income tax in relation to assistance received (in cash and in kind) and gifts for veterans (clause 33 of article 217 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation).
Military pension amount
The long service pension is set in the following amounts:
- those with 20 years of service or more: for 20 years of service - 50 percent of the corresponding amounts of salary; for each year of service over 20 years - 3 percent of the specified amounts of salary, but in total no more than 85 percent of these amounts;
- having a total work experience of 25 calendar years or more, of which at least 12 years and six months are military service and (or) service in internal affairs bodies, and (or) service in the State Fire Service, and (or) service in control authorities for the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, and (or) service in institutions and bodies of the penal system, and (or) service in the troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation: for a total work experience of 25 years - 50 percent of the corresponding amounts of monetary allowance; for each year of service over 25 years - 1 percent of the specified amounts of salary.
The disability pension is set in the following amounts:
- disabled persons due to military trauma of groups I and II - 85 percent, group III - 50 percent of the corresponding amounts of monetary allowance;
- disabled persons due to illness acquired during military service, groups I and II - 75 percent, group III - 40 percent of the corresponding amounts of monetary allowance.
To calculate the pension, the salary for a military position, the salary for a military rank and a monthly bonus or percentage bonus for length of service (length of service), including payments in connection with the indexation of monetary allowances, are taken into account.
What it is?
Payments are calculated based on actual length of service and the volume of insurance , which was paid monthly to the Pension Fund. The main condition is to take into account contributions during official employment. The final amount is influenced by wages.
After the occurrence of an insured event (a man has crossed the age mark of 60 years, and a woman has crossed the age mark of 55), a citizen can count on government payments every month.
Attention ! The conditions and procedure for registering pension contributions are prescribed in Federal Law of the Russian Federation No. 4468-1 (effective from 02/12/1993). On the basis of this act, payments to persons employed in the military sphere are regulated.
Until the age of 60, a former military man has the opportunity to earn the minimum length of service to receive a second pension. But it is difficult to get the minimum established by the state in a short period of time due to low salaries, and it is problematic for a citizen without specialized experience to count on big earnings.
Calculation of preferential length of service
The value of the coefficient for increasing the length of service of military personnel is established by current Russian legislation. It depends on the conditions of service, risks to the citizen’s life and other aspects of official activity. The highest coefficient is 1 to 6 months for military pensioners who served in penal battalions during the Second World War.
When transferring from a combined arms position to a preferential position, a serviceman is credited with increased length of service only for the period of service in the preferential military position. At the same time, the length of service also includes the time the serviceman spent on vacation, hospital or business trip, if for this period he was not temporarily removed from a preferential position.
Years of service 1 to 3
An increasing coefficient of 1 to 3 is applied when calculating military service:
- WWII veterans;
- Participants in hostilities, incl. conscript soldier;
- Liquidators of the Chernobyl accident.
Also included in the listed categories are military personnel who served in other states of the former USSR during the aggravation of interethnic conflicts (Tajikistan, Ingushetia, Nagorno-Karabakh, etc.), in Afghanistan, incl. who took part outside the Russian Federation in UN operations.
For illegally convicted and fully rehabilitated military personnel, the period they spent in prison is also equal to preferential military service, which is calculated with an increasing factor of 1 to 3.
Years of service 1 to 2
A coefficient of 1 to 2 is applied when calculating length of service for the following categories of former and active military personnel:
- Participants of the Second World War who served in military units that did not take part directly in the battles, were captured not of their own free will, and were in concentration camps;
- Those undergoing military service in remote regions of the Russian Federation;
- Military specialists seconded to military units of other states that are conducting combat operations;
- Those staying in high mountain regions on a combat mission;
- whose military activities are related to reactor recharging and nuclear waste disposal;
- Divers who spend long periods of time underwater under high pressure conditions.
Years of service 1 to 1.5
Calculation of preferential length of service with a coefficient of 1 to 1.5 is carried out for the largest category of Russian military personnel, which includes:
- Border guards;
- Certain categories of flight personnel;
- Sailors serving at sea on nuclear surface ships;
- Diesel submarine sailors.
A more detailed list of military specialties and conditions of service for calculating preferential length of service for military personnel was approved by RF PP No. 941 of September 22, 1993.
How to apply?
This type of payment has a declarative nature of accrual (no application - no payments). This document with the requirement to accrue payments must be submitted no earlier than 30 days before the date of entitlement.
You can write an application to the Pension Fund (PF) using several options:
- personal appeal;
- submitting an application through the online account (using the Internet);
- transfer through the employer;
- sending an application by mail;
- writing an application to the MFC (multifunctional center).
What to take from the documents? The list requires proof of identity (passport or alternative), a certificate from the military department on the purpose of payments. You also need to provide a work book or notarized copies from the direct employer (this is evidence of real work experience obtained in civilian life).
Another aspect for calculating a civil pension is the presence of a personal account and an open account in the pensioners’ insurance system (SNILS). It contains up-to-date information about the length of service received, the amount of insurance, the total period of work outside the law enforcement agencies.
How to open an account? You need to contact the Pension Fund. There you will have to enter current information about yourself in the applicant’s application form and show your passport.
Increasing the retirement age for military personnel to 25 years: truth or rumor
For several months, the Ministry of Finance has been discussing with the Ministry of Defense the possibility of revising the length of service for the military. The current version of the legislative initiative does not provide for such changes.
However, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov believes that the retirement age of the military needs to be adjusted. And this can only be done through a revision of the terms of dismissal based on length of service.
The Ministry of Labor, the State Duma Committee on Security and other departments close in their profile note that the current bill will not affect soldiers and officers. But they do not rule out changes in the future.
