The thirteenth pension will appear on the pensioners’ accounts soon. This year it was decided that it would be paid without tax deduction, but the health insurance contribution would be deducted from it. In this article you will find out when the “thirteen” will be paid in 2022, and how much net will be transferred to the pensioners’ accounts. In the gallery we also present the net calculations of pensions after the March indexation.
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The thirteenth pension in 2022 will amount to PLN 1,338.44 gross. Importantly, the Ministry of Finance decided that retirees will not pay the income tax on the “thirteen” – according to the published regulation. However, the health insurance premium will be deducted. This means that net pensioners will receive PLN 1,217.98 net.
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The Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) will pay out the 13th together with the benefits for April. This means that pensioners will receive one transfer or transfer, which will be the sum of their monthly payment and thirteen.
“Thirteen“, i.e. an additional annual cash benefit will be given to people receiving, among others: pensions, pensions, teacher compensation benefits, parental supplementary benefits, pre-retirement benefits and pre-retirement allowances, as well as a cash benefit to which blind civilian victims of hostilities are entitled – informs Social Security.
The so-called They will get 13 if they are entitled to one of these long-term benefits on March 31st.
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Pensions increased by 7 percent in March 2022. The government decided that the indexation rate would be higher than it would result from the regulations in force so far. Such a high indexation index is, among other things, a reaction to very high inflation in Poland. How will the increases in March translate into specific pensions?
Indexation: such increases in pensions have been prepared since March. Check the calculations in the gallery
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Good to know: Taking into account the macroeconomic indicators announced by the President of the Central Statistical Office, i.e. the inflation rate in 2021 and the real increase in the average salary in 2021, at 20% share of the real increase in wages and salaries in the indexation index – the indexation of old-age and disability pensions in 2022 would be at the level of 105.7%.
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