Burial allowance: size, payment procedure

In this material we will talk in detail about a little-known form of social payment. This is a funeral allowance. Its accrual is regulated by Federal Law No. 8, which entered into force in 1996. To whom the payment is supposed, the features of its receipt, the necessary documents, the nuances of accrual - we will discuss these and other issues in detail below.

Who is eligible to receive the allowance?

For clarification, we will turn to Federal Law No. 8 (Clause 1, Article 10). According to this act, the payment of burial allowance is made to the person who organizes the burial of the deceased.

And an important fact - the presence or absence of kinship does not affect the possibility of receiving this financial support. That is, the allowance is due both to a close relative, a member of the family of the deceased, and his friend, acquaintance, colleague, who assumed the responsibility of organizing the funeral.

Where to get paid?

Who pays the burial allowance? This issue is governed by paragraph 2 of Art. 10 of the same Federal Law No. 8. An appeal to one or another addressee of a payment depends on a number of conditions, which we will discuss below.

Now let's move on to the next important issue.

Documents required to receive payments

To apply for a burial allowance, it is necessary to provide the following basic package of documents to the appropriate 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 - for transferring the required 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 residence 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.

To apply for burial benefits, the applicant himself must present an identity document to the payee. Contrary to popular belief, any paper supporting burial expenses is not required.

Death certificate

This is the first document with which the 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:

1. Name of the deceased.
2. Date of birth and death.
3. Place of registration.
4. Cause of death.
5. Place of death.
6. Date when the document was issued.
7. 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 is the name of the beneficiary and addressee. For example: "To the Director of PJSC" Name "from Ivan Aleksandrov (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 the 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.

In addition, in the organization where you apply for financial assistance, there may 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 burial allowance for today? This amount is established by the same Federal Law No. 8. Its size is governed by paragraph 1 of Art. 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 allowance for the current 2018? 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 payment amount. 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.

Let us also pay 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.

The timing

Considering the procedure for paying funeral benefits, we will determine the specific terms:

• When does the recipient receive payment? Directly 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 about the burial allowance. The payment processing procedure includes the following nuances:

1. If the deceased is a minor, then in order to receive benefits, the applicant must provide the payee with a copy of documents proving the identity of his parents or legal representatives. If these persons are not employed, photocopies of their work books are required.
2. 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.
3. If the deceased did not work, but at the same time did not receive pension payments, then additional documents must be submitted to calculate the benefit. 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.
4. It should be noted that the Federal Law "On the 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 processing burial benefits does not provide for the payment of this material support to persons for 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 an urn with the ashes of the deceased.

About additional payments

If we rely on the Resolution of the Government of Moscow 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, the burial allowance can be paid 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.