Because of the Corona crisis, families with children should receive financial support. A so-called children's bonus is planned.
- Because of the Corona crisis, families with children should receive financial support.
- The coalition leaders have agreed on this - the measure is part of an economic program worth billions.
- A so-called children's bonus is planned , with a one-off payment of 300 euros per child.
Update from 5.6.2020: How the children's bonus is paid to families
In the Corona crisis, families with children should receive the so-called child bonus. How is it paid out and who can expect what? Families are expected to receive the planned child bonus of EUR 300 per child in three installments in the next few months, as reported by the German Press Agency (dpa) on Thursday. Minister of Family Franziska Giffey has announced the first details .
The money therefore comes along with the monthly child benefit payment , as dpa reported on Thursday. "Then the bank statement for the child benefit payment would not be the 204 euros, but 304 euros over three months," said the SPD politician. According to the report, it was still unclear whether the first money would be transferred in July or later. One thing is certain: families with high incomes do not benefit. For a couple with one child, she believes that up to a taxable income of $ 90,000, these families still benefit from the child bonus, Giffey said, according to the report.
Here are more details on the Corona economic stimulus package *.
Children's bonus: families should know that
"The child bonus is socially equitable," said Giffey, according to the report. High earners would not be disadvantaged. Families with small and medium incomes would be strengthened. The 300 euros extra per child should therefore not count towards Hartz IV benefits . In the case of tax , however, they are offset against the child allowances . For high incomes, this means that in the end they have nothing of the special payment, reports dpa.
This is the background: the state pays child benefit on application until the children are 18 or until they have finished their education. At the same time, there are so-called child tax allowances for parents (2019: EUR 7,620 per child). These are deducted from taxable income, which reduces the tax payable. The tax office then automatically checks the tax return to determine whether the parents have more of the child benefit or more of the allowance. The exemption is more worthwhile for high earners. If child benefit has nevertheless been paid out, it will be collected again via the tax. Something similar should also be done with the children's bonus , as dpa reported on Thursday.
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Update from 4.6.2020: Children's bonus for families planned
The coalition leaders have agreed on an economic package worth billions in the fight against the consequences of the corona crisis . Among other things, a child bonus is planned , which provides for families to receive money from the state because of the Corona crisis - in concrete terms, a one-off payment of 300 euros per child is planned, as Spiegel Online reports. The bonus should be paid out with child benefit , it says there.
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Update from 3.6.2020: coalition continues to advise on economic stimulus package
The coalition negotiations on the multi-billion euro stimulus package continue on Wednesday. A possible family bonus had also been discussed in advance - however, nothing was decided on June 2. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the top representatives of the SPD, CDU and CSU wanted to continue their meeting this Wednesday.
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Article from 2.6.2020: Family bonus in discussion - 300 euros per child?
The coalition advises over a billion dollar injection for the economy . The leaders of the black-red coalition want to adopt a package worth billions to boost the economy in the Corona crisis * on June 2.
In conversation: a so-called family bonus . For example, this could mean a one-off payment of € 300 per child to support families in crisis and to boost consumption. The SPD is particularly committed to such a bonus. But some Union politicians have shown sympathy for this.
It could be discussed whether such a bonus should really be distributed to all families or only to families in need.
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Is the family bonus coming in 2020? What critics say
Meanwhile, BR Online also reported that while many in the Union were having great stomachaches with the performance, the SPD wanted to pay the money to all families. According to this, some experts also consider the family bonus to be wrong, and some are calling for an end to homeschooling instead. Background: One reason for the discussed family bonus was, as BR Online also reports, that parents could use the money to buy tablets or other devices for home-cooling of their children.
Working parents have a particularly hard time in the Corona crisis *. For this reason, they should also be relieved, for example, through wage replacement payments *.
Sources: BR Online, dpa
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