Child bonus 2020: The payout begins today - how much Corona aid is there and for whom

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

  Corona

  child 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

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,

.

Who receives the bonus in the form of the

?

The parents of around 18 million eligible children nationwide receive financial support.

Payment is made by the respective

the ministries, also in the most populous federal states of

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

to be applied for first?

Not at all.

Instead, the unscheduled Corona child benefit is paid automatically.

Prerequisite: The child must have already been

for one month in 2020

.

This automatically excludes citizens whose income is above the limit.

How much is the

?

The total amount of the

is

.

The first installment takes place in September and amounts

to 200 euros

.

In

followed finally another

.

Corona bonus for child benefit: This number decides when the payment is made

And on what day will the

200

?

This can ultimately be

 read

from the last 

.

The children start with the last digit "0", the rest follow successively.

On the weekend before the

decided on because of the Corona crisis 

 starts to be paid out, the deputy head of the parliamentary group said: “It is families who are carrying this country through the crisis.

And that's why the child bonus is not just about euros, but the clear message: Now it's the turn of the children and their parents, ”said social democrat Katja Mast (49).

However, there are voices that describe

the Federal Government's

as a result of the Corona lockdown as too low to

cushion the

the

on families that have been hit financially

: According to Sabine Zimmermann, Chairwoman of the Family Committee in the Bundestag, the bonus of

“does not even come close to compensating” for the burden.

Corona lockdown: child bonus as one of several relief measures

The Left Party politician calls in the

, a

and an

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

to relieve German families financially: from 2021 there will be an

- 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.

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