In this article we will describe in detail abouta little-known form of social benefits. This is a grave allowance. Its accrual is regulated by Federal Law No. 8, which entered into force in 1996. Who is entitled to the payment, especially its receipt, the necessary documents, the nuances of accrual - these and other issues, we will analyze in detail below.
Who is eligible to receive benefits?
For clarification, we turn to Federal Law No. 8 (Section 1, Art. 10). According to this act, the payment of the funeral allowance is made to the person who organizes the burial of the deceased.
And the important fact is the presence or absence of kinship.does not affect the availability of this cash support. That is, the allowance is laid as a close relative, a family member of the deceased, and his friend, acquaintance, colleague, who took the responsibility to organize the funeral.
Where to get paid?
Who pays the funeral allowance? This question regulates paragraph 2 of Art. 10 of the same Federal Law number 8. Appeal to a particular addressee of payment depends on a number of conditions, which we will discuss below.
| Who will pay the benefit | Under what conditions does this happen? |
| Territorial office of the FIU | The deceased person is a non-working pensioner. The deceased was an individual entrepreneur who was not registered with the FSS bodies. |
| FSS Territorial Branch | The deceased person is an individual registered in the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation. The parent, family member, legal representative of the deceased is listed in the ranks of individual entrepreneurs registered with the Social Insurance Fund. |
| Territorial Department of Social Protection | The deceased was unemployed, while not being a pensioner. The birth of a dead child after 154 days of pregnancy. |
| Deceased Employer - Joint Stock Company, LLC or IE | The deceased person was an employee of this organization on the day of death. Moreover, the deceased could be either a citizen of working age or a working pensioner. |
| The employer of the father, mother, family member or other legal representative of the deceased | Death of a minor. |
Now let's move on to the next important question.
Documents required to receive payments
To apply for a burial allowance, it is necessary to provide the following basic package of documents to a suitable addressee:
- A request for this payment.
- Original certificate of death. It is represented by standard form No. 33, which was approved by decree of the Government No. 1274 (1998).
- Death certificate, which is issued in the registry office.
- If necessary, be prepared to provide your bank details - to transfer the specified amount to the specified account.
But, depending on the situation, one must be prepared to provide the following:
- When applying to the FIU - the work book of the deceased.The document is necessary to confirm the fact that the deceased on the day of death was not listed as an employee of any organization. Option - a certificate of dismissal from the employment service.
- Certificate from an educational institution where the deceased studied full-time.
- A document that confirms the registration of the deceased at the place of residence. For example, an extract from the house book, a certificate from the housing stock, paid receipts for utilities, etc.
- Birth certificate of a dead child. Document on the place of registration of parents.
- Pension certificate of the deceased.
- Certificate from the PFR on the fact of accrual of a pension.
The very same applicant to apply for benefitsburial must be presented to the payee with an identity document. Contrary to popular belief, any paper supporting burial expenses is not required.
Death certificate
This is the primary document from whichthe organization of the funeral begins. On its basis, a death certificate of a citizen is issued in the registry office. Such a certificate is issued at a medical organization at the place of residence of the deceased, in the morgue.
To receive this paper of form No. 33, you must provide the documents:
- Passport of the deceased.
- Identity document of the applicant.
- Outpatient card of the deceased.
- A body inspection report issued by a police officer who arrives at the place of death.
The document of the established form No. 33 will include the following points:
- Name of the deceased.
- Date of birth and death.
- Place of registration.
- Cause of death.
- Place of death.
- Date when the document was issued.
- Surname, initials of the employee who compiled the certificate.
The document must be sealed with the signature of the doctor, as well as a seal of the official seal of the medical organization.
What does a payout application look like?
The application is executed in a free form, typical for documents of this type:
- In the upper right corner - the name of the addressee andrecipient of benefits. For example: "To the Director of PJSC" Name "from Aleksandrov Ivan Sergeevich (passport data, place of residence and contacts - phone number)."
- In the middle of the sheet is the word "Statement."
- Next is the essence of the document.A simple example: "I ask you to pay me the allowance for the burial of Alexandrov Fedor Sergeyevich, who is my brother. I hereby confirm that I am the organizer of his funeral, that I did not receive such material support in local governments, territorial departments of public services."
- You must also indicate how you want to receive payment. If non-cash is selected, then it is required to prescribe the bank details in full for the transfer of funds.
- Appendix (listing of documents provided with the application). Usually this is a copy of a death certificate, death certificate (or a copy of it).
- The lower right corner is the signature of the applicant (with a transcript) and the date the document was prepared.
Also, in the organization where you go forfinancial assistance can be ready-made forms of such documents with samples of correct filling. An application can be submitted both personally and through a representative (with a certified power of attorney), remotely, through the website of the State Service.
Payments for 2018
What is the size of the burial allowance today?This amount is established by the same Federal Law No. 8. Its size is governed by Clause 1, Article 10. The amount of payment is 4,000 rubles. However, this is data for the distant 1996. Therefore, the act provides for indexation of payments (it is carried out periodically) in accordance with the inflation rate in the Russian Federation.
So what is the size of the funeral allowancecurrent 2018 year? To be precise, then 5,701 rubles 31 kopecks. This amount is set as a burial allowance for those whose death date is later than February 1, 2018. To calculate the payment, the current indexation coefficient (1.025) is taken, which was established by the resolution of the Russian Government No. 74, adopted on 01/26/2018.
However, 5,700 rubles is not the final amountpayouts. If in a specific region or locality a district coefficient for wages is established, then the allowance increases by this amount. For example, in the capital, the size of payments is about 11,000 rubles.
We also draw attention to the fact that in some constituent entities of the Russian Federation additional measures of material support for citizens organizing the funeral of the deceased or deceased are established.
Timing
Considering the procedure for paying the burial allowance, we also decide on specific terms:
- When does the recipient receive payment? Immediately on the day of your appeal. This requirement is governed by the first paragraph of clause 2. Art. 10 Federal Law No. 8.
- What is the deadline for applying for benefits?A citizen who organizes the funeral of the deceased must contact the addressee for financial support no later than 6 months after the day of death. The statement is based on paragraph 3. of Art. 10 of the same Federal Law No. 8.
Important nuances
And some more up-to-date information on the burial allowance. The payment processing procedure includes the following nuances:
- If the deceased is a minor, then forto receive benefits, the applicant must provide the payee with a copy of the documents proving the identity of his parents or legal representatives. If these persons are not employed, photocopies of their work books are required.
- If the applicant organizes the funeral of a person without a specific place of residence, then in order to receive payment he is obliged to provide a certificate of burial from the cemetery with information about the number of the grave.
- If the deceased did not work, but at the same time did notreceived pension payments, then for the calculation of benefits it is necessary to provide additional documents. This is a certificate from his place of residence, as well as a document from the FIU, which will confirm the fact that the deceased does not have a pension.
- It should be noted that the Federal Law "On funeral and burial" (Article 9) allows the applicant to refuse to receive social benefits in favor of the provision of funeral services by the sender free of charge.
In what cases are payments not allowed?
The procedure for applying for funeral benefits is notprovides for the payment of this material support to persons to whom the services for organizing the funeral of the deceased were provided free of charge. Legislative justification - Federal Law No. 8, Clause 5, Article 9.
This kind of gratuitous services includes the following:
- Registration of documents necessary for the organization of a funeral.
- The provision, as well as the delivery of the coffin and other items necessary for the funeral ritual.
- Transportation of the remains, the body of the deceased to the burial place or to the crematorium.
- The burial itself. Or cremation, followed by the provision of a urn with the ashes of the deceased.
About additional payments
If you rely on a government decreeMoscow No. 514-PP (adopted in 2011), then we can talk about a new type of intra-city support. To the person organizing the funeral of a participant or disabled person of the Great Patriotic War, from the beginning of 2012 additional monetary compensation has been awarded. Its maximum size is 38.4 thousand rubles.
Thus, funeral allowance maypaid to absolutely any citizen who organizes the funeral of the deceased. The main thing here is to correctly determine the addressee of payments, as well as provide a complete set of necessary documentation.
