Allowances when you have children

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A child benefit is a contribution to your child's maintenance costs. If you live in the Netherlands and have 1 or more children under 18, you may be entitled to a child benefit. The amount of child benefit depends on the age of your child and not on your income. One of the conditions is that you have a job.

If your job stops, you must also stop your child benefit. If you are laid off or your contract is not renewed, you may be able to apply for unemployment benefits. In this case, you do not have to stop your child benefit until your unemployment benefits stop. If you notify the

If you do not report that you are no longer working or that your unemployment benefits have stopped, you will have to repay the money you received in excess later. If you change jobs, you do not have to report this.

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Single parents in the Netherlands can receive an additional amount to supplement the child-related budget. This is called the 'alleenstaande ouderkop' (ALO-kop) (single parent cap). Not everyone can receive this amount of money. This is subject to additional conditions in addition to the other conditions of the child-related budget.

You are only entitled to this amount if you:

• Do not have a partner (abroad).

• Do not have an

  allowance partner
  . Please note: Your child (also foster or step) or parent (also foster or step) will not count as an allowance partner as of 1 January 2025. Only your income and assets determine whether you are entitled to this allowance.

How much money you get depends on your income and the number of children you have. You can use the allowance to pay for such things as clothing, school supplies and activities for your children.

Do you want to know if you are entitled to the child-related budget? Then check the website of the Dutch tax authorities for the conditions and all relevant information. Would you like to apply for the child-related budget? You can do so through the website of the Dutch tax authorities.

Please note: There is a risk that the system of the Dutch tax authorities wrongly see you as a single parent and therefore wrongly give you the single parent allowance. You will then have to repay all of this money.

Childcare allowance is a contribution to the cost of childcare for working or studying parents. You must meet certain conditions to apply for this allowance. You can download the toolkit explaining childcare allowance. This is a tool for parents that provides a step-by-step explanation. The toolkit is available to everyone and can be downloaded free of charge in Dutch, English, Russian and Ukrainian. The toolkit was conceived and developed by BOinK, Belangenvereniging van Ouders in de Kinderopvang (the association of parents in childcare)

The app is available for free to download in the App Store (Apple) and on Google Play (Android). After downloading, you can choose from Dutch, English, Ukrainian or Russian in the app.

Here you can read in brief whether you qualify for the childcare allowance. You can also check the conditions on the website of the Dutch tax authorities.

• The main condition is that you earn money from work and pay taxes on it. If you do not earn money with the work on which you pay taxes, then this does not count as work. For example: volunteer work or caregiver.

• In addition, your child must attend a registered daycare. The municipality checks whether the care is good and safe. Approved care is registered in the Dutch National Childcare Register (LRK) and has an LRK number. Without this number you cannot apply for childcare allowance.

• You always pay part of the cost of childcare yourself. You can pay one part of the costs with the childcare allowance. The other part you have to pay yourself. That is the compulsory contribution.

• Please note: If you are married and your partner does not live in the Netherlands, you cannot simply apply for this allowance.

If you need help in getting childcare allowance, you can contact Belangenvereniging van Ouders in de Kinderopvang (BOinK).

You can apply for allowances online from the Dutch tax authorities. In many municipalities, you can get help applying for or stopping allowances. Ask the municipality where you live where you can get help arranging your allowances.