The December pension slip will appear more substantial than in November. Although excluded from the Christmas bonus, retirees will receive this month a series of “gratifications” which will increase their check.

The amounts

In addition to the monthly payment, the thirteenth month bonus, up by 154.94 euros, and finally the fourteenth month bonus are on the way. The payment of the last two services was communicated by the Inps with message number 3821 of 15-11-2024. These are not payments for everyone; the audience is limited, although numerically significant.

The payment schedule

Those who have authorized the pension credit on their account can mark the date December 2, 2024 in their diary: from this date, it is possible to find both the December pension and the thirteenth month of bonus to which one has right. Inps, in collaboration with Poste Italiane, has also established a pension collection schedule for December 2024, staggered by the initial of the name of the beneficiaries of the pension check.

Thirteenth month bonus

More than 400,000 retirees will see an additional amount of 154.94 euros credited to their thirteenth month premium in December. A sort of “thirteenth month bonus”, established since 2001 by article 70 of law no. 388/2000. For pensions managed in integrated systems, payment is made provisionally centrally, pending income verification. For pensions managed in the proprietary systems of Public Management and the former INPGI, payment is made by the competent territorial structures of the INPS, subject to verification of all the required conditions.

The detail

The allocation of the additional amount is provided for holders of one or more compulsory general insurance pension plans and its alternative, exclusive and exempt forms, as well as forms of compulsory pension managed by the entities mentioned in the legislative decree of June 30. 1994, no. 509. This amount therefore does not apply to benefits not qualified as pensions which are recalled below:

044 (INVCIV), 077 (PS), 078 (AS), 030 (VOBIS), 031 (IOBIS), 035 (VMP), 036 (IMP), 027 (VOCRED), 028 (VOCOOP), 029 (VOESO), 127 (CRED27), 128 (COOP28), 129 (VESO29), 043 (INDCOM), 094 (limited to policyholders and former SPORTASS employees), 143 (APESOCIAL), 198 (VESO33), 199 (VESO92), 200 (ESPA).

The additional amount also does not apply to old-age pensions paid under the capitalization scheme (cat. 170) by progressive accumulation, until the benefit is complete with all contributions.

Additionally, the following items were excluded from processing:

supplementary pensions (GP1AF02 = 5); pensions exempt from tax under the double taxation treaty (GP3CDTI (1) = 2); pensions with substitution by the State or recourse by local authorities (GP2BD06N = 108 or 109); pensions with payment located in the paying offices of Territorial Structures; pensions with a monthly amount from December 2023 equal to zero; abolition of pensions. The part of any additional amount due, linked to the months of receipt of the pension, must be paid to the heirs or to the holder of the pension canceled by the territorially competent Structure.

Requirements

To obtain the “thirteenth month bonus”, the retiree must meet two sets of conditions. Firstly, the amount of the pension, including any social increases, must not exceed the minimum Inps salary which, taking into account the definitive increase of 5.4% in 2024, is equal to 7,781.93 euros increased by the value of the additional amount, i.e. 7,936.87 euros (7,781.93 euros + 154.94 euros).

The effects of the extraordinary revaluation of minimum benefits provided for by law no. 197/2022 are not relevant. If the amount exceeds 7,781.93 euros but not 7,936.87 euros, the retiree is entitled to the difference between this latter value and the pension.

For the grant of the increase, the total income subject to Irpef, pension plan included, must not exceed one and a half times the minimum salary, i.e. 11,672.9 euros annually (2024).

Fourteenth month bonus

The criteria for awarding the fourteenth month bonus appear in message no. 2362 of June 25, 2024, from the Inps. For this year, the additional amount was counted in the December 2024 monthly payment to more than 200,000 beneficiaries.

Also for the public of subjects eligible for the second half of 2024, the income ceilings were applied at the final rate of +5.4%, retained for the central processing relating to the month of July 2024.