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The number of beneficiaries of service pensions was, at the end of August 2020, 9,540 people, increasing by 205 people compared to the similar period in 2019, according to data centralized by the National House of Public Pensions (CNPP).
Most of them, 4,112 respectively, were beneficiaries of Law 303/2004 on the status of prosecutors and judges, registering the highest average pension, 19,517 lei, respectively, of which 18,277 lei the fee financed by the state budget, and the difference from the state social security budget.
By law no. 216/2015 on the granting of the service pension to the members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps of Romania benefited 829 people. The average pension was 5,7671 lei, of which 3,308 lei were financed from the state budget.
As for the beneficiaries of Law 215/2015 modifying and complementing Law 7/2006 on the status of parliamentary official, their number was 785 people, the average pension amounted to 4,791 lei (2,769 lei of the state budget). According to the cited source, Law 83/2015 that complements Law 223/2007 on the status of professional civil aviation personnel in civil aviation in Romania benefited 1,424 retirees, and the average pension amounted to 11,325 lei, of which 7,726 lei were financed from the state budget. .
Service pensions were granted to the beneficiaries of the Court of Audit to a number of 602 persons, with an average of 8,177 lei, of which 4,207 lei the part was financed from the state budget. Likewise, Law 130/2015 finalizing Law 567/2004 on the statute of specialized auxiliary personnel of courts and prosecutors benefited 1,788 retirees, with the average pension being 4,746 lei, of which 2,815 lei financed from the state budget .
In June, the Plenary of the Honorable Chamber of Deputies voted in favor of the bill that modifies and completes Law 227/2015 of the Tax Code, which aims to regulate the establishment of a tax on income and benefits by age limit.
According to an amendment by PSD, PNL and USR, “pensions with a value of up to and including 2000 lei are not taxed, those between 2000 and 7000 are taxed at 10%, and pensions with a value greater than 7,001 lei are taxed at 85 % by whatever exceeds the amount of 7,001 lei. ”The bill, approved by the Senate in 2019, was supported in plenary by all parliamentary groups and introduces the notion of” income tax on pensions and old-age benefits “says Capital.
