The extraordinary pension bonus to be paid in December will be awarded to pensioners with monthly incomes up to EUR 1,611,39, without withholding at source in IRS, according to a diploma published in Diário da República.
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09/10/2026
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What are the values?
Decree-Law No 201/2026 published in Diário da República, which establishes this extraordinary support between 100 and 200 euros for pensioners with lower pensions, states that “the value of the supplement is determined according to the overall monthly amount of pensions perceived by the pensioner”.
In other words, as in previous years, support is granted by pensioners and not by pensioners, so those who receive several pensions will see these sums added to determine whether they are entitled to the supplement.
The extraordinary supplement will be from eur 200 for those receiving a pension up to eur 537,13 (the equivalent of an IAS) eur 150 for pensioners with pensions between eur 537.13 and eur 1,074.26 (the equivalent of between one and two IAS) and eur 100 for those receiving between eur 1,074,26 and eur 1,611,39 (equivalent to between two and three IAS).
Who has the right?
According to the diploma, are covered by the support “the pensioners of invalidity, old age and survivors of the social security system, pensioners for retirement, retirement and survivors of the convergent social protection scheme and pensioners of the banking sector, with pensions due until 30 November 2026 inclusive, whose overall monthly pension amount and extraordinary updating amounts thereof shall be equal to or less than three times the value of the existing Social Support Indexant (IAS).
Excluded are pensions for permanent incapacity for work and death arising from occupational disease, other pensions of an indemnifying nature, pensions of a non-contributory nature within the scope of the General Pensions Fund (CGA) and supplements for dependency, dependent spouse and solidarity for the elderly.
The award of an extraordinary supplement for pensioners was announced by the Government on 8 September, during the debate in parliament of the motion of censure of the Aquis to the Government, and approved on 17 of that month in Council of Ministers.
On the same day, the Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro, said – in a statement to the country, without any questions, from the official residence in São Bento, Lisbon – that the initiative was part of a set of measures approved by the executive to “strengthen the response” to the crisis caused by increased cost of living.
“ It will be paid with the December pension and will cover more than two million pensioners,” Montenegro announced.
According to the decree-law published today, the supplement will be paid “no need for the beneficiary’s request”, not subject to retention at source in IRS and not for the purposes of calculating the amount of the Solidarity Complement for the Elderly (CSI).
The Government estimates spending EUR 400 million on this support, which will be paid between December 7th and 8th, together with this month's pension.