Income of EUR 150 per child: Until when the emergency aid is paid

By the end of June it is expected that the new emergency financial aid of EUR 150for each dependent child, with thousands of families seeing in their accounts amounts of even 300 or 450 euros, depending on the number of children.

According to the new bill, payment will be made by 30 June 2026 at the latest, directly to the bank accounts of beneficiaries declared to the AADE through the application of myADE, without requiring an application.

Beneficiaries are parents tax residents of Greece with a total family income of up to 40,000 euros for married or up to 39,000 euros for single-parent families, with increases per extra child. The aid concerns the tax year 2024 and is based on the elements of the last tax declaration.

In specific cases, such as changes in its register ADE By July 2026 due to a new child, payment may be made until August.

How the aid is paidThe exceptional aid of EUR 150 per child shall be paid as follows:

(a) Where a joint tax declaration is submitted by married persons or parties to a partnership agreement, the aid shall be paid in its entirety to the spouse or to the part of a partnership agreement declared as liable, to the cleared statement of income tax for the year 2024.

(b) In the case of the submission of separate tax returns by parents, the aid for the dependent children shall be paid by half to each parent. For non-common dependent children, the aid shall be paid by half to each parent, if both parents declare them dependent, otherwise paid as a whole to the parent who declares them dependent.

(c) Where a dependent child is added after the submission of an income tax declaration for a tax year 2024, the aid shall be paid by half to each parent if the child appears on 31 July 2026 on the ADE Register as a dependent child of two parents. Otherwise it is paid entirely to the parent who declares it dependent.

The aid is tax-free, unconditional and irrevocable in the hands of the State or third parties, by way of derogation from any general or special provision, not bound and not offset by debts secured to the tax administration and the State in general, legal persons governed by public law, local authorities and their legal persons, insurance funds and payment service providers, shall not be subject to any charge, contribution or other reservation in favour of the State or the electronic National Social Security Agency (e-E). VAT) and is not taken into account in income limits for the payment of any social or welfare benefit.