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Dependency benefits

If the person entitled to the receival of such benefits moves abroad, he/she loses the right to dependency benefits. Inps states so and explains this social help as well.

Dependency benefits are a pension service recognized by precise anagraphical and income requisites. Its own peculiarity is that it is “non-exportable”. Therefore in case the holder changes residence abroad, the service is not paid out anymore.

The right to dependency benefits is allowed when the following conditions are respected:
1) 65 years old;
2) Italian citizenship or residence paper;
3) Lack of income or income being under the minimum quota provided for by law. Husband or wife income are considered as well.
4) All must be living in Italy.
To the ones meaning to return to their country of origin or to move away from Italy, law doesn’t provide for the exportability of the cheque, in case of moving away you lose the benefit.

People asking for this kind of benefit need not to hold an income or the one they hold must be lower than the minimum provided for by law. In order to obtain the benefit, income of eventual husband/wife are being as well evaluated. In case the holder’s income is higher than what law states but together with his/her husband/wife one the income is lower, the person holds anyway the right to the cheque which is to be less money.

Income that must be declared is the one of the year the application to the benefit is being presented. Since it is quite impossible to declare the coming year income, the person should declare the previous year one. During the following year Inps will take care of the levelling of what paid.
The benefit is, for year 2002, 350,57 euros a month. People whose age is among 65 and 75 hold the right to an extra of 12,92 euros. People older than 75 to 20,66 euros.

All different kinds of income produce profits, therefore Inps considers them all, such as Irpef, non-taxable revenues, Interior Minister cheques and pensions released to civil blind, disable and deaf citizens; war pensions, Inail life annualities, profits subjected to tax at source (winnings, contests, etc. coming both from the state or privates); substitute tax income (bank and post interests, BOT, CCT, etc.), other benefits appointed by civil code rules; dependency benefits.

The following are not to be considered an income: one’s own dependency benefits, severance pay, former payments subjected to separated taxation, the house in which the person lives, accompayining benefits, health care benefits given out by Inail in case of permanent complete disablement, indemnity recognized to deaf people.

IMPORTANT: This benefits are to be given also to non EU citizens holding residence papers. Unfortunately the complete equalization of ALL social assistance measures among Italian citizens and non EU citizens, originally stated by consolidated act art. 41, with no distinctions between residence papers and residence permits, was openly boycotted by 2001 financial law – law 388/2000 – which establishes that ONLY residence paper holders can benefit from this equalization of rights.