The subsidy for people over 52 years of age is aid from the State Public Employment Service (SEPE) that is indefinite in nature and can be collected until reaching ordinary retirement age as long as the required requirements are maintained. Among them, one of the most important is not to exceed the income limit set for this subsidy.
SEPE itself explains on his website That, to maintain the aid, the beneficiary must continue to meet the income gap and submit the annual income declaration or better known as DAR each year. The problem arises when the beneficiary begins to receive income and does not inform the SEPE of this variation in income.
In those cases, articles 52 and 55 of the General Law of Social Security establish that the SEPE can review the file, suspend the subsidy from the date on which the requirement was no longer met and claim the return of the amounts improperly collected. Likewise, the SEPE includes it on its website on the annual income declaration.
What happens if the income changes and the SEPE is not notified
The SEPE explains that any person who receives an unemployment benefit or subsidy must communicate, as soon as it occurs, any circumstance that changes with respect to the moment in which the aid was approved. Among these changes are obtaining income that can exceed the individual income limit required to continue being a beneficiary of the subsidy. This threshold is set at 75% of the minimum interprofessional salary, excluding extraordinary payments (in 2026, it is 915.75 euros).
In the specific case of the subsidy for those over 52 years of age, it is the same, because remember, it is charged indefinitely in addition to contributing 125% of the current minimum contribution base. Therefore, in addition to the annual income declaration, the beneficiary must report at the same time that any variation that may affect the right occurs. It is not worth waiting for the next annual control if during that time the required limits have been exceeded.
The SEPE can suspend the aid and claim the money collected in excess
In addition to the suspension (temporary loss of the benefit), the SEPE explains that, if in the annual declaration it is communicated or detected that during any period of the previous twelve months the requirement of lack of income was no longer met, it will suspend the subsidy from the date on which it was not met and will resume it when said requirement is met again. In addition, you must return the amounts collected without right.
If this non-compliance is not directly communicated, the effect can be even more serious. The agency warns that, as soon as it becomes aware of the situation, it will regularize the subsidy, suspend it during the periods in which the requirement was not met and will claim the amounts improperly collected. Along with this, you may also initiate a sanctioning procedure.