The extraordinary financial support of 150 euros for each dependent child will be received by approximately 1 million families with children by tomorrow Tuesday.
A second round of payments will follow by August 31, 2026 for children born from January 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026, provided that the stipulated conditions are met, including the issuance of a Tax Identification Number (AFM) for newborns from January 1, 2026.
The final amount of the extraordinary support is determined on a sliding scale depending on the number of children (1 child: 150 euros, 2 children: 300 euros, 3 children: 450 euros, 4 children: 600 euros, and so on)
The process will be completed automatically without requiring any action on the part of families, as all necessary data have been obtained directly from the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE).
The 15 “secrets” of the financial support are defined by a ministerial decision, according to which:
1. The support amounts to 150 euros for each dependent child based on income criteria.
2. Beneficiaries are parents of dependent children, tax residents of Greece, who have total family income of the liable taxpayer, spouse or party to a civil partnership and their dependent children, regardless of the source of origin, taxable and exempt, actual and imputed:
- Up to 40,000 euros for a married person or party to a civil partnership, increased by 5,000 euros for each additional dependent beyond the first child
- Up to 39,000 euros for single-parent families with dependent children, increased by 5,000 euros for each additional dependent child beyond the first. The number of dependent children is considered to be the sum of common and non-common dependent children. A single-parent family with dependent children is considered to be a family consisting exclusively of the parent and one or more dependent children.
3. The support is calculated and paid without the submission of an application by the beneficiaries, based on the data from the annual income tax return of the parents and dependent children, for tax year 2024 (2025 tax returns), as it has been formed up to the last working day of May 2026. The support is paid by June 30, 2026.
4. Children born from January 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026. The support or any additional amount of support is paid by August 31, 2026, as follows:
- For children born from January 1 through December 31, 2025, provided they have been included in the timely income tax return for tax year 2025 (2026 tax return - table 8.1 E1), of the liable taxpayer, based on the income limits of tax year 2025 and
- For children born from January 1, 2026 through July 31, 2026, provided that issuance of a Tax Identification Number (AFM) has been requested for them by August 10, 2026, based on the income data of tax year 2025.
5. The support is paid by crediting the beneficiary's IBAN account that has been notified to AADE.
6. In the case of a joint tax return (married / civil partnership), the support is paid in full to the liable taxpayer of the cleared return.
7. For separate returns with common children, the support is paid half to each parent.
8. For separate returns with non-common children, the support is paid half to each parent if both declare them as dependents. Otherwise, it is paid in full to the parent who declares them.
9. If one of the two parents is a tax resident abroad, only the other parent is entitled to the support.
10. In the case of separate returns of married persons, if the return of one of the two parents has not been submitted or cleared within the deadlines, the other parent is entitled to the support based on the data of their cleared return.
11. The details of family status and tax residence are taken as they arise, as applicable, from the income tax returns of tax years 2024 and 2025.
12. In the event that at the time of payment of the support one of the two parents has died, the support is paid in full to the other parent.
13. During the payment process, checks are also carried out on the individual details of dependent children (AFM, AMKA, etc.) or on any inconsistencies.
14. The one-off extraordinary financial support is tax-free, non-transferable and non-seizable in the hands of the State or third parties.
15. If it is found that the details of the return on the basis of which the support was calculated are inaccurate, resulting in undue payment (in whole or in part), the unduly paid amounts are assessed with interest from the date the support was granted.