850,000 retirees, who will see their pension increased by an average of 50 euros per month, will benefit from a catch-up of 600 euros from September. You thought you were affected by this measure but you have not received anything on your account, here is the procedure to follow.
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– 850,000 retirees received a transfer from their pension fund.
A letter then good news for the wallets of 850,000 retirees. They have received or should receive in the coming days a transfer whose average amount is 600 euros. A gift? Not really. This is in fact a measure of the 2023 pension reform which took almost a year to be applied. It consists of increasing the pensions of low-income retirees. While nearly 600,000 retirees have benefited from it since September 1, 2023, others have had to be a little more patient. The Retirement Insurance has in fact encountered more difficulties in reconstituting their career to know the amount of the increase from which they will be able to benefit.
As this measure was introduced on September 1, 2023, the 850,000 retirees who only benefit from this increase from September 2024 receive a one-year catch-up. The average revaluation being 50 euros per month, the catch-up is around 600 euros. If you are concerned, you should have received a letter. The Pension Insurance ensures that it has informed all retirees eligible for this increase by informing them of the amount of their pension after the increase and that of the catch-up.
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You should therefore have received this catch-up, or this will be the case by the end of the week depending on your bank’s transfer deadlines. If the catch-up amount has not been paid next week, you will then need to call 3960the unique number for Retirement Insurance. Be careful, because this amount is indeed taxable. “This amount could be subject to regularization for income tax withholding tax”is written in the letter sent to all the retirees concerned.
Terms in case of disagreement
If you have not received either mail or transfer, but you think that you are entitled to this increase, the first instinct is to check that you are eligible. To do this, go to the website la-reforme-des-retraites-et-moi.fr developed by Retirement Insurance. You specify your date of birth, if you are receiving a full-rate pension – condition for benefiting from this increase -, or if you retired before September 1, 2023, the date of application of the reform. Then, you indicate the gross amount of all your pensions (basic and supplementary) and the number of quarters contributed. Once all this information has been entered, the simulator informs you if your pension can be increased and if so, by how much.
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If the simulation tells you that you are entitled to an increase and that you have not received anything, you will need to contact your pension fund. And if you do not agree with the level of revaluation or catch-up that was paid to you, you can send a letter to the president of the amicable appeal committee within two months of receipt of the letter informing you of your revaluation. “We will send you an explanatory letter, specifies retirement insurance. If you are not satisfied with it, we will submit your initial complaint to our amicable appeal committee.”
If you have not received your transfer and you think you are eligible, tell us by sending an email to alorence+temoignages@prismamedia.com
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