Pension upheaval - the middle class itself will take care of their pensions

Government Regulation igry06-10-2008 Pension upheaval - the middle class itself will take care of their pensions by the Russian government announced changes in the calculation and the principle of formation of pensions caused more questions than answers. Experts also commented ambiguously government initiatives: the opinion of some, so the power cares about the poor Russians, according to others - it is simply the rejection of legislation designed to ensure an adequate retirement for the middle class. Recall from 1 January 2010 the current UST at the rate of 26% is replaced by three insurance contributions to the overall rate of 34%. Contribution to the pension fund had grown to 26% versus 20% today. In this case, much greater pressure on employers. As a palliative measures the government has said "incomprehensible system of compensation to the business of the National Welfare Fund. That is, we print it Potbelly "- said in an interview Bigness.ru executive director of the Expert Institute, Andrey Neshchadin. Will be changed and regressive. If the UST is now charged with virtually all salary even on annual revenue of more than 600 thousand distributed rate is 2% in 2010, the pension contribution will be levied only with annual income not exceeding 415 thousand rubles. This is 34,6 thousand rubles a month before tax, or a total of 18 thousand rubles after paying 26% UST and income tax of 13%.