Starting today, family allowances for 889 123 households

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Today, the fifth installment is paid for the corresponding fifth semester from September to October 2018, for an amount of 206.6 million EUR to 889,123 beneficiaries.

The deadline, up to December 31, 2018, is the one that allows families with one or more children to apply to the A21 to receive a child allowance in 2018 if they have not yet submitted the corresponding form.

The fifth installment is currently paid for the corresponding fifth semester from September to October 2018, with an amount of EUR 206.6 million to 889,123 beneficiaries, of which 10,833 are beneficiaries who expect to receive compensation by 2017 due to reviews in their requests.

The allowance is paid retrospectively and those who submitted a first A21 application or corrected the original until mid-November.

It should be noted that the 6th and final payment will be paid before the end of January 2019 and will cover both households that have already received the 5 payments to date and beneficiaries whose A21 applications will be subject to counting. of 31/12/1018. they are optimistic about the granting of the benefit for the whole of 2018.
The online platform for the A21 application is resuming today and will accept new applications by December 31, 2018 for all those who have not submitted an A21 application this year, as OPECA recalls during its announcement.

beneficiaries

Family allowances are granted with income criteria and their amount is based on the number of children and the income of each family. The child allowance is paid:

* With a child for an income lower than 26 250 euros.
* With two for income up to 30 000 €.
* With three children for an income lower than 33 750 euros.
* With four children for an income below 37,500 euros.
* With five children for an income lower than 41 250 euros.
* With six children for an income below 45,000 euros.

The traps

The big trap is that evidence is also taken into account. This means that if the evidence-based income (home, household, etc.) is greater than the actual income reported, the benefit is either reduced or paid less than the beneficiary's actual income.

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