Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion

Netherlands - Child benefits

 You can read here about child benefits in the Netherlands. These benefits include:

  • The child benefit (kinderbijslag)
  • The child budget (kindgebonden budget)

In what situation can I claim?

 You can claim child benefit (kinderbijslag) and child budget (kindgebonden budget) if you legally live or work in the Netherlands and pay tax here, have one or more children, and meet the conditions.

What conditions do I need to meet?

 You receive child benefit (kinderbijslag) if you:

  • are covered by national insurance - read more here;
  • have one or more children under the age of 18;
  • care for or support the child.

You receive child budget (kindgebonden budget), a supplementary child benefit if:

What am I entitled to and how can I claim?

 Child benefit (kinderbijslag)

Child benefit does not depend on your income and is paid at the end of each quarter; amounts can be checked on the website of the Social Insurance Bank (Sociale Verzekeringsbank).

You can apply for child benefit for your own (including adopted) children and stepchildren (or children of your registered partner or the partner with whom you have a joint household). Entitlement to child benefits may also exist for foster children who are looked after and raised as if they were your own.

Child benefit may also be paid for children who do not live with their parents or who live with an uninsured parent if parents comply with the maintenance conditions.

Double child benefit may be paid for children not living at home because of study, sickness or disability. Double child benefit may also be paid for disabled children aged 3 to 18 living at home.

Child budget (kindgebonden budget)

In addition to child benefit, there is a supplementary benefit that depends on the parents’ income and means, household situation, the number of children and their age. This is the child budget.

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Know your rights

 The links below set out your rights. They are not European Commission sites and do not represent the view of the European Commission:

European Commission publication and website:

Who do you need to contact?

If your child was born in the Netherlands, the Social Insurance Bank (SVB) will send you a form for child benefit. If not, you can request one via: SVB.

You receive child budget via the Dutch Tax Administration and do not need to apply for it if you receive another allowance paid by the Dutch Tax Administration. However, if you have not been notified or do not receive other allowances and think you are entitled, please apply for the benefit on the website of the Tax Administration.

If you have a question related to your EU rights, please apply for help from the EU.

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