The payment of the Corona child benefit begins.
Here you can find out when you can expect the money and what the payout is.
Opinions are divided about the amount.
Corona child benefit from
the federal government: The
payment
begins, here you can find the most important information.
Who is eligible and what must be done?
Those who
receive
the
bonus
can
look forward
to
several hundred euros
.
The measure was decided due to the
lockdown
and the
economic impact
.
Munich / Berlin - The economic consequences of the
corona pandemic
in Germany are currently neither overcome nor really foreseeable.
As a further measure to improve the economy, the federal government has decided on a child bonus.
Its payout will begin nationwide on Monday,
September 7, 2020
.
Who receives the bonus in the form of the
Corona child benefit
?
The parents of around 18 million eligible children nationwide receive financial support.
Payment is made by the respective
family funds of
the ministries, also in the most populous federal states of
North Rhine-Westphalia
and Bavaria *.
Child benefit due to Corona: That's how high the bonus is - money is paid out in two installments
A question that many parents ask themselves: does the
Corona child bonus have
to be applied for first?
Not at all.
Instead, the unscheduled Corona child benefit is paid automatically.
Prerequisite: The child must have already been
entitled to child benefit
for one month in 2020
.
How much is the maintenance aid due to Corona?
The total amount of the bonus is
300 euros
.
The first installment takes place in September and amounts
to 200 euros
for each child
.
In
October 2020
followed finally another
100 euros
.
Corona bonus for child benefit: This number decides when the payment is made
And on what day will the
first
200
installment be made
?
This can ultimately be
read
from the last
digit of the child benefit number
.
The children start with the last digit "0", the rest follow successively.
On the weekend before the payment of the child bonus decided on because of the Corona crisis * starts, the deputy head of the parliamentary group said: “It is families who are carrying this country through the crisis.
And that is why the child bonus is not just about euros, but the clear message: Now it is the turn of the children and their parents, ”said social democrat Katja Mast (49).
However, there are voices that describe the federal government's measure as a result of the corona lockdown * as too low to
cushion the
effects of
the
corona
in financially affected families
: According to Sabine Zimmermann, chairwoman of the family committee in the Bundestag, the bonus of
300 euros
could "not nearly equalize" the resulting load.
Corona lockdown: child bonus as one of several relief measures
The Left Party politician calls in the
Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung
, a
children's basic security
and an
increase in the minimum wage
to twelve euros per hour (currently 9.35 euros).
In her opinion, the corona pandemic has
worsened
the financial situation of
families with low incomes compared to 2019.
In addition, the federal government is taking
further measures
to relieve German families financially: from 2021 there will be an
increase in child benefit
- and other resolutions that were recently announced:
Meanwhile, Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder is calling for new aid for the ailing auto industry - and making a controversial proposal.
(PF)
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