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Corona bonus, child allowance, minimum wage: that will change in terms of money in 2022

2021-12-22T07:06:48.954Z


Corona bonus, child allowance, minimum wage: that will change in terms of money in 2022 Created: 12/22/2021, 07:47 AM A new year, a new government - and lots of new regulations. What will be more expensive, what will be cheaper and what will change completely? There will be many changes for citizens in 2022. Some innovations are also noticeable in the wallet. Here is an excerpt: Corona bonus o


Corona bonus, child allowance, minimum wage: that will change in terms of money in 2022

Created: 12/22/2021, 07:47 AM

A new year, a new government - and lots of new regulations.

What will be more expensive, what will be cheaper and what will change completely?

There will be many changes for citizens in 2022.

Some innovations are also noticeable in the wallet.

Here is an excerpt:

Corona bonus of up to 1,500 euros until the end of March

Yet

until March 31,

workers can have a 

corona bonus of a maximum of 1,500 euros *

get from your employer - tax-free.

One of the prerequisites is that the money is used to alleviate the additional burden caused by the Corona crisis and that it is paid in addition to wages.

Increase in the child allowance

The

child allowance

, a benefit in addition to child benefit for families with low incomes, will be increased slightly.

It increases from 205 euros by 4 euros to up to 209 euros per month per child.

According to the Ministry of Family Affairs, this only applies if a short-term increase in child benefit is not decided on January 1st.

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The minimum wage is to be increased to 12 euros per hour

The statutory minimum wage is currently EUR 9.60 per hour.

In the new year it will rise twice: on January 1, 2022, it is to be increased to 9.82 euros and on July 1, 2022 to 10.45 euros.

The SPD, Greens and FDP want to increase the

minimum wage to 12 euros per hour

.

After the one-time adjustment, the independent minimum wage commission should decide on any further increases, as stated in the coalition agreement.

A woman takes a banknote from a wallet.

© Patrick Pleul / dpa-Zentralbild / dpa / illustration

Cancellation button for contract on the Internet

Anyone who concludes a

contract on the Internet

will be able to terminate it more easily in the future.

As of July 1, so-called long-term

obligations are subject to a cancellation button

, which consumers can use to get rid of their contracts without having to search and write

letters

.

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Warranty law

Anyone who buys a product that later turns out to be defective may have better cards from 2022.

This is made possible by the

extension of the warranty law

: the legal presumption that a

defect already existed at the time of purchase

is extended from six months to one year.

Deutsche Post wants to increase postage by January 1st

In view of rising wages and costs, Deutsche Post is planning higher

postage fees

on January 1st

.

For a standard letter, 85 cents instead of the previous 80 cents and for a postcard 70 cents instead of 60 cents.

The obligation to pay a deposit will be expanded from next year

As of January 1st, the

compulsory deposit for drinks

in plastic bottles will be extended.

If fruit and vegetable juices were previously exempt from the one-way deposit of 25 cents, this will also apply to them in the future.

Beverage cans are also subject to a deposit without exception.

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That's how much CO2 tax is due in 2022

The

CO₂ tax

will

increase in

2022

to make climate protection more attractive.

Instead of 25 cents per tonne of carbon dioxide emitted, 30 cents are due.

Among other things, this has an effect on fuel prices - albeit not as strongly as in early 2021. According to ADAC calculations,

gasoline

and

diesel

are now

likely to become

more expensive by around one and a half cents each due to the CO₂ price.

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Possible change for plug-in hybrids

Buyers of certain cars that have an electric motor in addition to an internal combustion engine and are charged via a power cable (

plug-in hybrids

) could no longer benefit from the state subsidy from 2022.

Because the prescribed electric range increases from 40 to 60 kilometers.

(dpa / ahu) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.

Source: merkur

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