Childcare allowance

Up-to-date information on childcare allowance, flat-rate and income related childcare allowance, central childcare allowance account, partnership bonus, additional income options etc.

• General information on childcare allowance
  • Prerequisites for eligibility
  • Childcare allowance and employment (parental leave, part-time employment)
  • Childcare allowance and social insurance (health insurance, pension insurance)
• Types of childcare allowance
  • Overview of the systems
  • Flat-rate childcare allowance (central childcare allowance account)
  • Income-related childcare allowance system
  • Partnership bonus
  • Family time bonus for fathers
  • Extension of the childcare allowance duration in cases of hardship
  • Suspension of the childcare allowance
  • Childcare allowance for more than one child
  • Mother-child health passport medical examinations as a prerequisite for the continuation of the childcare allowance
• Online calculator

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