Changes in the treatment of pension liabilities in the national accounts

Abstract

The article describes the changes solutions in the recognition of acquired pension rights in the framework of social security in national accounts. The principles applicable to September 2014 and the new guidelines contained in the System of National Accounts (SNA 2008) and the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010) are discussed. The author indicats differences between the systems and presents European solutions. Arguments are given that determined the non-inclusion of unfunded pension liabilities of public pension systems to statistics produced for the purposes of the excessive deficit procedure.