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Children cost money, no one will be surprised. Society contributes to these costs through the child benefit<\/strong>, the child budget<\/strong> and an additional tax credit<\/strong> on income tax liability.<\/p>\n Parents are entitled to child benefit for all children under the age of 18. This applies not only to your own children, but also to adoptive, foster and stepchildren. Foster children must belong to your household, be cared for and maintained by you, and no one else may be entitled to child benefit for the foster child.<\/p>\n For children aged 16 and 17, the right to child benefit lapses when the child:<\/p>\n For more than 4 children, the maximum is increased by \u20ac51 per child. Example<\/em> Payment of the child budget is made by the Belastingdienst\/Toeslagen and generally does not need to be applied for. The SVB does this application for you and uses the information provided to it by the Belastingdienst\/Toeslagen to determine whether you are entitled to child budget. If you do not receive child budget, but you think you are entitled to it, you can apply for it via mycharges.co.uk<\/a> (you must have a DigiD<\/a>).<\/p>\n Tax credits are rebates on the income tax you owe. If you do not enjoy any income on which you have to pay income tax (before deduction of the tax credits), then in most cases you cannot claim the tax credits.<\/p>\n Parents may be entitled to the income-dependent combination discount. The combination is shown in the conditions for the discount:<\/p>\n The income-related combination discount is \u20ac1,039, plus 6.159% of labour income above \u20ac4,881. The maximum discount is \u20ac2,769 (which is reached at a labour income of \u20ac32,969. In the case of partners, the least-earning person is entitled to the income-dependent combination discount.<\/p>\nChild benefit<\/h4>\n
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\n 1 child<\/td>\n \u20ac 1.011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2 children<\/td>\n \u20ac 1.322<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3 children<\/td>\n \u20ac 1.505<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4 children<\/td>\n \u20ac 1.611<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\nThe maximum amount is reduced by 6.5% of the difference between your (joint) assessment income and \u20ac29,914.<\/p>\n
\n3 children, test income (jointly) \u20ac35,000.
\nThen the discount is: 6.5% * (\u20ac35,000 - \u20ac29,914) = \u20ac330.
\nThe child budget is then: \u20ac1,505 - \u20ac330 = \u20ac1,175 per year (\u20ac97 per month).<\/p>\nTax credits<\/h4>\n
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