Tag: child support
“Lack of courage” prevents men from taking care of children
Berlin The model of the sole breadwinner is the ideal for fewer and fewer fathers. This is the result of the “Fathers’ Report 2023”, which Family Minister Lisa Paus (Greens)…
Government does not want to abolish widow’s pension – neither does spouse splitting
SPD leader Lars Klingbeil Klingbeil does not see parental allowance as a social benefit and therefore finds the cuts wrong. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Castrop-Rauxel The next dispute over family policy…
How parents get maximum benefits from the state
expectant parents The planned parental allowance cuts for top earners are currently causing debates. What additional financial support are parents entitled to? (Photo: IMAGO / Shotshop) Dusseldorf A project by…
Government does not want to abolish widow’s pension – neither does spouse splitting
SPD leader Lars Klingbeil Klingbeil does not see parental allowance as a social benefit and therefore finds the cuts wrong. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The federal government does not plan to…
Klingbeil would rather abolish marriage splitting
SPD leader Lars Klingbeil Klingbeil does not see parental allowance as a social benefit and therefore finds the cuts wrong. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the coalition dispute over savings in…
Cabinet approves draft federal budget
Berlin The federal government is again questioning the cuts in parental allowance it has just planned. If Family Minister Lisa Paus (Greens) has concerns about the measure, “an alternative will…
“Signal against having children” – Entrepreneur Verena Pausder wants to stop traffic light parental allowance plans
Dusseldorf A project by the traffic light coalition is making waves at the moment: Federal Family Minister Lisa Paus (Greens) wants to cancel parental allowance for higher earners in order…
60,000 families affected by cuts in parental benefits
Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) and Family Minister Lisa Paus (Greens) Who is to blame for the budget cuts? (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin The traffic light coalition actually wanted to send…
60,000 families affected by cuts in parental benefits
mother and child Well-earning families should no longer be entitled to parental allowance in the future. (Photo: Moment/Getty Images) Berlin The traffic light coalition actually wanted to send a positive…
CDU promotes a new education and family policy
Silvia Breher (right), Friedrich Merz The CDU wants to give itself a new program in family policy. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil Janssen) Berlin With a fundamentally new concept for education and…
Japan is drastically increasing child support
Tokyo The words of Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are drastic: This is “the last chance to reverse the trend of falling birth rates,” he said on Tuesday. In 2022,…
How the state relieves parents
Berlin If parents are looking for financial support from the state, they quickly come across two classic options: child benefit and parental benefit. But there are also a number of…
Parental allowance and child allowance: How parents save taxes
family joy Children cause costs – but the state helps parents. Source: Westend61/Getty Images Frankfurt The state helps families with various financial aids. The child benefit is the classic. But…
Employers attack traffic light plan for “family start time”
Berlin The planned “family start time” would mean annual additional costs of 556 million euros for employers. This emerges from the draft from the house of Family Minister Lisa Paus…
Paus wants to reduce allowances for billion-euro projects
Berlin If a minister wants to spend ten billion euros more on her prestige project than the finance minister wants to allocate to her, then one can certainly speak of…
Baukindergeld 2.0: Well meant, badly done
new building Due to the rise in interest rates, many families can no longer afford their own homes. On the other hand, Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz wants to do…
Annually 350 million euros for families
Klara Geywitz Building Minister Klara Geywitz already announced last September that families willing to build will be supported. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Due to the increased interest rates on real estate…
Energy price brakes & lower taxes: These relief packages will come in 2023
Berlin The sum is enormous: the federal government is relieving citizens and companies by almost 300 billion euros. Because of the high energy costs in 2022, the traffic light coalition…
Energy price brakes & lower taxes: These relief packages will come in 2023
Berlin The sum is enormous: the federal government is relieving citizens and companies by almost 300 billion euros. Because of the high energy costs in 2022, the traffic light coalition…
Apply for a grant “quickly” before the end of the year
new building The number of newly built apartments and houses in Germany continues to lag behind demand. Now the child support is running out. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Federal Building…