With the aim of promoting the birth rate in Spain, which has been decreasing for several years, the State offers families a series of financial aid and child birth deductions.
So, if you are going to have a child during this year, we will tell you what state aid you can benefit from, and we advise you not to lose sight of the subsidies and maternity benefits offered by some Autonomous Communities and local administrations (Provinces, Town halls ...). Do not stop informing yourself!
Maternity / paternity benefit
The maternity and paternity benefit is a subsidy recognized to workers, men or women, during periods of rest legally established in the cases of maternity, adoption, foster care or guardianship.
Both the Employees as their own are entitled to collect this subsidy, although it is necessary to meet a series of requirements that we can consult on the Social Security website.
In Babies and more This is the form to claim the return of the IRPF of your maternity or paternity benefitWhen the mother meets all the requirements established to access the maternity benefit but not the minimum contribution period required, she may benefit from the non-contributory maternity allowance, although this financial assistance is only granted in case of birth, and not in adoptions or family foster care
Birth or adoption assistance
In addition to the maternity and paternity benefit, the birth or adoption assistance offered by Social Security in a single payment of 1,000 euros, provided that a certain level of income is not exceeded and one of these three assumptions belongs:
Large family, by birth or adoption
Single parent family, by birth or adoption
When the mother has a disability of more than 65 percent, provided that the birth occurred in Spanish territory or that the adoption was constituted or recognized by the competent Spanish authority.
Like the maternity benefit, this assistance is also exempt from personal income tax and can be requested by both Spaniards and foreigners, while both are resident in Spain.
In Babies and more, Basque farms will return the IRPF of maternity leave, but Navarra will notBirth or adoption assistance is incompatible with other benefits of the same nature in any other public social protection regime, although other aid such as:
Aid for childbirth or multiple adoption
The economic allowances per child or minor in charge
Special maternity allowance for childbirth, adoption, guardianship or multiple foster care
Other similar financial aid granted by a local or regional administration
You can check the requirements and procedures to manage the help by birth or adoption in this Social Security link.
Aid for childbirth or multiple adoption
It is a non-contributory benefit that varies depending on the number of children born or adopted together, and that It is offered through a single payment. It can be processed by either of the two parents, whether Spanish or foreign, in both cases with residence in Spain.
The aid is calculated by multiplying by four, eight or 12 the minimum interprofessional salary of the current year (you can check which is in this link of the BOE), although in cases in which one of the children was affected by an equal or higher disability at 33%, it will double count.
The calculation is made as follows:
- If you have two children: the interprofessional minimum wage is multiplied by four
- If you have three children: the interprofessional minimum wage is multiplied by eight
- If you have four or more children: the minimum interprofessional minimum wage is multiplied by 12
This aid is incompatible with other analogs granted by other public social protection schemes, although it is compatible with:
The benefit for the birth or adoption of a child in the cases of large families, single parents and mothers with disabilities.
The special maternity allowance for childbirth, adoption, custody for adoption or multiple foster care.
Economic allowances per child or dependent child.
The orphan's pension and the pension for family members for grandchildren and siblings.
Other similar financial aid granted by a local or regional administration.
You can see more information about it in this link of the Social Security.
Aid for child or minor to the position in permanent or foster family foster care for adoption purposes
This is a non-contributory economic aid managed by Social Security that is granted to families, whether single parents or not, that are in any of these cases:
Take charge children under 18 or over this age who have a degree of disability equal to or greater than 65 percent, whatever the legal nature of the affiliation.
Have minors in charge of foster care, permanent or preadoptive.
To apply for this help you must reside in Spanish territory, not receive any other help of the same nature and not exceed the stipulated income limit. You can consult more information, requirements and amounts of the benefit in this link.
You help large families
To obtain this type of aid it is essential be a holder of the title that accredits you as a large family, both general category (three or four children) and special category (five or more children).
There is a specific deduction for large families, which can be applied in the Income Statement or receive an advance payment at the rate of 100 euros per month. The amounts are established as follows:
€ 1,200 deduction for large general family
€ 2,400 deduction for special category
€ 1,200 deduction for families with children with disabilities
In Babies and more Starting in August, large families of four, six or more children will benefit from a new tax deductionAll deductions are cumulative with each other in case of several of these assumptions. To benefit from them, it is necessary to be active in Social Security, although in the case of being a large family, it also applies to unemployed people who are receiving a subsidy and to pensioners. You have all the information, as well as the models to process it, in this link.
Likewise, there are more state discounts and benefits of those who can also take advantage of these families, and that we can consult on the website of the Spanish Federation of Large Families, as well as other municipal and regional grants.
Aid for working mothers (Maternity deduction)
Employed or self-employed working mothers who are registered in the corresponding Social Security or Mutual Security regime may request a annual deduction in personal income tax of up to 1,200 euros until the child turns three, or request the early payment of the same at the rate of 100 euros per month for children under three years.
In cases of adoption or foster care, the deduction may be made, regardless of the child's age, during the three years following the date of registration in the Civil Registry.
In the event of the death of the mother, or when the custody and custody is attributed exclusively to the father, or in his case to a guardian, the latter will have the right to practice the pending deduction, provided that he meets the requirements established to be entitled to your application
This aid, in force at the national level, is not applicable in the Basque Country and to request it, the Model 140 must be submitted to the Tax Agency. You can consult all the information in this link.
Aid to working mothers for a child under three years old in daycare
The extension of the maternity deduction for childcare expenses, is a new baby check contemplated in the 2018 General Budgets, whereby women who work on their own or someone else's account and are registered in the corresponding Social Security scheme or mutuality, may be deducted up to 1,000 euros per year for each child under three years of age who goes to a daycare center or authorized child education center.
In Babies and more New deduction of up to one thousand euros per daycare for working mothers: how to benefitIt is the nurseries or children's centers who must submit an informative statement about the minors and the expenses that entitle the application of the increase in the deduction for maternity. The model that must be presented to receive this help is 233.
You can consult more information about the extension of the maternity deduction for childcare expenses in this link of the Tax Agency.
Therefore, if you are going to be a mother or father in this year, be sure to check the information and check if you meet the requirements to apply for these grants.IStock Photos
