Income-related allowance, the new Social Allowance in Brussels
The social allowance is completely dependent on your situation: your place of residence, your income and your family situation.
KidsLife ensures that you automatically receive what you are entitled to. We examine the entitlement to this allowance for every family in Brussels, so you do not need to apply for it. Quite handy, right?
The automatic granting is based on the tax data obtained from the FPS Finance. For the granting of social supplements for one year, we obtain the tax data from the FPS after 2 years. These data are linked to two income ceilings in order to calculate the amount of supplement to be paid (see below).
Example: For the granting of the social supplement for the year 2020, we get the tax data in 2022 (tax return in 2021 on the income of 2020)
We will also pay social supplements provisionally without application for single parents with only replacement income for at least 6 months in a year.
If we find that at least one parent receives at least 6 months of a living wage from the PCSW, we will also provisionally pay the supplements without application.
For all other situations, you can always request a provisional payment of the social supplements. In this case, you must enclose proof:
- for Belgian workers and civil servants: a copy of a recent salary sheet
- for benefit recipients: a copy of the benefit certificate (certificate from the payment offices of the RVA, the RIZIV, the Federal Pensions Service, the trade unions or the mutual benefit societies);
- or self-employed persons: a certificate from the social insurance fund indicating the amount on which social security contributions are calculated or the estimated income.
Please note: this is a provisional payment. The declaration will always be checked against the tax data of the FPS Finance.
For families abroad or who are not in Belgium for the whole year, the social supplement is granted via a form. Proof of income must also be attached.
Do you think you are eligible and would you like us to examine the entitlement to the allowance? Then contact us.
Social Allowance amounts if your annual family income is less than €36.001,76
Then you’re entitled to a Social Allowance! The amount per child you will receive each month depends on the age of the children and their birth rank. The monthly amounts paid out together with the Child Benefit in this situation are given below:
+€ 10,61 per child if you are a single-parent family
+€ 21,22 per child if you are a single-parent family
+€ 10,61 per child if you are a single-parent family
+€ 10,61 per child if you are a single-parent family
Social Allowance amounts if your annual family income lies between €36.001,76 and €52.260,62
Then you fall into an intermediate category. If you have at least 2 children entitled to Child Benefit, you are entitled to the Social Allowance. The amounts are given below:
Do you live in Flanders or Wallonia?
In Belgium, all families on a lower income may be entitled to a Social Allowance. The conditions and amounts vary per region. Social Allowance by region:
Being a single parent doesn’t automatically entitle you to a social allowance.
Your family income must not exceed a certain threshold to be eligible to receive this. The fact that you are a single or divorced parent likely has an influence on your family income. This may make you eligible.
The threshold amounts and the composition of this Social Allowance depend on where you and your children live: Flanders, Brussels or Wallonia.
KidsLife automatically pays your Social Allowance if you are entitled to it! We do this following receipt of your tax return. We always receive this 2 years after the income year.
Example:
We (re)evaluate your Social Allowance for 2019 in 2021. We receive confirmation of your 2019 income from the federal government in 2021.
Eligible for this allowance and prefer not to wait 2 years? Contact your KidsLife adviser to submit an application.
View all of the conditions pertaining to the Social Allowance here
You are entitled to a Social Allowance if your gross family income is less than a certain threshold. We receive an overview of your total family income from the FPS Finance, based on your tax return.
Your definitive data is only available 2 years later.
For example, your 2019 income will only be available in 2021.
Thus it is only possible to make a (definitive) validation of your Social Allowance entitlement 2 years after the date.
Already received a Social Allowance payment? Then we will check whether you have received this correctly.
Not yet received a Social Allowance payment? Then we will examine your eligibility and potentially pay the supplement retroactively.
Check your eligibility for the Social Allowance here.
KidsLife assists low-income families by paying them a supplementary allowance: the Social Allowance.
The Social Allowance is entirely dependent on your personal situation: your place of residence, your income and your family circumstances.
View all of the conditions that apply to your Social Allowance here
If your family income changes, this can affect your entitlement to the social allowance and the selective participation allowance (school allowance). Your entitlement is automatically investigated based on your income from 2 years ago (via your tax return). Suddenly earning significantly more and receiving a social allowance from KidsLife?
Then please notify us so that we can terminate your social allowance and consequently prevent a potential clawback payment.
Now earning significantly less and not currently receiving a social allowance from KidsLife? Then contact us so that we can send you the relevant form. Please complete this form specifying your income and return it to us, together with the necessary supporting documents.
Your family may be entitled to supplementary child benefit in addition to the standard Growth Package and Child Benefit amounts (to which every child is entitled). You can view all types of supplementary child benefit here.
In many cases you needn’t submit a request for supplementary child benefit and we automatically ensure that you receive the correct entitlement. However, you may have to submit a request to KidsLife in certain situations. Believe that you qualify for an allowance, but aren’t currently receiving it? Then please contact your KidsLife adviser, who’ll gladly assist.
