Child benefit, child allowance and tax-free allowance: families receive more money from the state

Child benefit, child allowance and allowance families receive more money from the state

Basic allowance, child allowance, child benefit and child allowance are increased.

Berlin families get more money from the state: on Friday in Berlin, the Federal Council approved the increase in family policy benefits. Basic allowance, child allowance, child benefit and child allowance are increased. The Greens only see it as a “drop in the bucket”.

The Federal Council’s decision retrospectively increases the basic tax-free allowance by EUR 118 retrospectively as of January 1, 2015 and by a further EUR 180 in 2016. The child allowance increases by 144 euros in 2015 and again by 96 euros in 2016.

Since people with higher incomes benefit from the child allowance, child benefit increases in parallel, but only by four Euros in the current year and another two euros in the coming year. The child supplement for low earners should increase by 20 euros, but only from July 2016. The tax relief amount for single parents increases retrospectively by 600 euros from the beginning of the year.

Critics accuse the government, however, of imposing poor decisions on poor families, since the increase in the basic allowance primarily benefits high-income earners, while the increase in child benefit is small.

"The so-called family package is at best a drop in the bucket," criticized the deputy leader of the Greens, Katja Dörner. On Hartz-Families in need of IV benefits who “need special support are left empty-handed,” she complained. "A really family-friendly policy cannot be seen in this package."

In 2013, a good 682,000 children were born – 8,500 more newborns than in the previous year.

The average age of the mother was 29 years, with 3 percent of the first births the mother was older than 40.

In 2013, more than 136,000 underage children were divorced by their parents, 20 percent of all parents in Germany were single parents.

Only every seventh family is considered to have many children, i.e. has 3 or more children in the household.

There were 8.1 million families with at least one minor child in 2013. Of the 18.6 million children in these families, 13.6 million were under 18.

According to Unicef, between 2000 and 2010, 8.6 percent of children in Germany had to have several years live long in poverty.

According to the study, around a fifth of children from three to 17 years of age show psychological problems, boys more often than girls. In 2013, the youth welfare offices identified an acute risk in 17,000 children and adolescents – neglect, mental and physical abuse and sexual violence.

According to a study, more than half of the 11 to 17 year olds have already drunk alcohol. At 15.8 percent, alcohol consumption is risky.

Federal Minister of Family Affairs Manuela Schwesig (SPD) defended the decisions. “The child supplement for child benefit is important for families with low incomes. This is how we get many children out of poverty, ”she said. In addition, tax relief for single parents is an "important signal" to those affected.

The tax package also includes steps to reduce the so-called cold progression. It is about the effect that wage increases are partially consumed by progressive tax rates and inflation. The basic parameters of the income tax tariff will be shifted by 1.5 percent, which should result in the tax progression starting later.

Schleswig-Holstein and Bremen criticized the regulation because they fear lower income. "Without compensation from the federal government, there will be a considerable additional burden," said the Minister of Finance of Schleswig-Holstein, Monika Heinold (Greens). The federal taxpayers, however, welcomed the "urgently needed correction".

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