The Minister of Economy Sergio Massa together with the head of Anses, Fernanda Raverta.
The announcements referring to Family Allowances concern exclusively the workers in dependency relationship with gross family income of less than $ 131,208 per month (grade 1). In those cases, the family salary per daughter or son will go from $ 10,126, effective October 2021 when it was approved an amazing bonus, at $ 20,000.
The allowances of the rest of the workers with Family Income higher than $ 131,208 to remain without modifications. And also remain unchanged single-tax payers, including those of the lowest categories.
The scales for formal workers with children are:
– In rank 1, with Family Group Income (IGF) of up to $ 131,208 You will receive an allowance of $ 20,000 per minor child.
– The range 2 (between AR $ 131,209 and AR $ 192,432 from IGF) the salary per child remains at AR $ 6,830;
– the rank 3 (between $ 192,433 and IGF’s $ 222,170) the benefit per child is $ 3,454.
– In the grade 4 (IGF’s $ 222,171 to $ 316,731) the salary per child drops to $ 1,780.
In turn, another requirement is that no family member can earn over $ 158,366 have the right to collect such benefits. And the Family Group Income scales that give entitlement to these benefits remain unchanged. That’s why ANSeS makes it clear “If a member of the family group receives a gross amount in excess of $ 158,366, the family group is excluded from receiving family allowances.”
It is that the individual or family income values that give the right to this benefit are updated annually according to the evolution of the Average Taxable Remuneration of Stable Workers (RIPTE) between October of the two immediately preceding years.
The latest update corresponded to the change in October 2021 vs October 2020 and showed 50.62%, which was applied in March.
Meanwhile, from October 2021 to June 2022, the RIPTE increased by 44.9% and there were no updates.
Thus, the IGF cap, which was $ 210,278, and the individual cap, which amounted to $ 105,139, rose to $ 316,731 and $ 158,366 respectively in March. And they have remained unchanged since March, despite rising RIPTE and inflation.
These values remain unchanged for one year, like the scales or bands that give the right to the provision of differentiated benefits, decreasing according to wage levels.
So whoever receives a salary increase or improves their income, has a nominal reduction in the benefit and if it directly exceeds the maximum limit stop receiving the family allowance. This is exactly what is happening.
Family allowances, on the other hand, are adjusted every 3 months according to the mobility formula, but not the scales and limits that give the right to collect this benefit.
Last year, due to higher inflation with frozen caps, about 900,000 children and adolescents, corresponding to more than 600,000 employees with dependent and / or mono-tax relationships, had stopped receiving the allowances for exceeding the cap.
In March of this year, when the values were updated, they received the appropriations again, but since then the loss in the collection of the benefit has been repeated.
The annual update with an estimated inflation of the order of 90% implies the loss of the benefit. To allow this loss to occur, the salary scales of the various segments that give the right to receive the benefit must be updated at least every 3 months, following the trend in inflation and / or salaries. It was what was expected in today’s announcement.
Ishmael Bermudez
Source: Clarin
