These are the benefits for having a child in 2021

If you are thinking of being a father or a mother or you are going to be, you can benefit from some aid and subsidies for the birth or adoption of a son or a daughter. This year 2021, the number and amount of aid has improved compared to previous years: the duration of maternity and paternity leave has been extended and new measures have been announced to help for the birth of a child.

The Central Government offers several aid measures for families with children, although each Autonomous Community in turn offers different specific aid.

We review all the measures offered by the State for having a child in 2021 for those who legally reside in Spanish territory:

Minimum Living Income

There are many state aids that are agglutinating in the Minimum Vital Income (IMV). Among them, "aid for a dependent child or minor" without disability or with a disability of less than 33%. Previously, families with a minor child without disability or with 33% disability received 1,000 euros per year. Now, this aid does not exist and has been transferred to the IMV.

In this way, people who already received this aid continue to receive it through the IMV. Those who want to request a new one, from January 1, 2021 must request the IMV.

In order to apply for the IMV, you must not exceed these annual incomes:

Income limit to receive the Minimum Vital Income / Social Security

Previously, to receive help for a dependent child or minor, the maximum income limit was lower. With one child it was 12,877 euros and with two children it was 15,098 euros. With the IMV, more margin is given, since having a child establishes a limit of 23,684 euros or with two children and two parents the limit is 37,218 euros.

The IMV can be requested through the Social Security Electronic Headquarters.

Complementary aid of 100 euros for birth and care of a child in vulnerable families

This subsidy is a measure announced last October by the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030 and that will begin to be implemented in 2022. This aid implies that every family that receives the Minimum Vital Income (IMV) or that has a low income and who has a child between the ages of 0 and 18 can receive a monthly amount of up to 100 euros.

Families with children between 0 and 3 years old will receive 100 euros per month; between 3 and 6 years 70 euros; and between 6 and 18 years 40 euros per month.

To receive this aid, the requirement of having a low income is limited to an income of 27,000 euros per year in single-parent families or families made up of two parents and one child, and 32,100 euros in those made up of two parents and two children or more.

The maximum income limit requirement to receive the IMV can be seen in the table above.

Aid for the birth or adoption of a child in large families, single parents or with disabled parents

Those families that are numerous, that is, that have more than two children, that are single parents or whose parents have a disability equal to or greater than 65%, are beneficiaries of this economic benefit for the birth or adoption of a child, provided not exceed the maximum income limit.

For example, for a single-parent family with a dependent child, it cannot exceed 13,536 euros.

Maximum income limit to get this help / Social Security

For those families that already have the title of large family, the maximum income limit to receive this aid increases a little.

Maximum income limit to receive this aid having the title of large family / Social Security

The amount amounts to 1000 euros and is a single payment. It can be requested by completing this form.

Assistance for childbirth or multiple adoption

Those families that have two children or more in a birth or that are going to make a multiple adoption can be beneficiaries of this help. If one of the children has a disability greater than 33%, it will count double.

The amount of this aid changes depending on the Interprofessional Minimum Wage at that time. For a multiple birth or adoption, you must multiply, depending on the number of children, x4, x8 or x12 the minimum interprofessional salary that exists at that time in Spain. For example, in 2021 with 2 children, you would receive 3,860 euros; with 3 children, 7,720 euros; and with 4 children or more, 11,580 euros. It is a single payment.

This form must be completed in order to submit your application to Social Security.

This will be the aid of 100 euros per dependent child that will arrive in 2022

Aid for minor children with disabilities greater than 33%

Any family caring for a minor with a disability equal to or greater than 33% or a child of legal age with a disability greater than 65% can receive this aid.

This aid is exempt from the maximum family income limits and is compatible with the application for the Minimum Vital Income. If the child is under 18 years of age, the aid is received in January and July. If she is over 18 years old, she receives monthly.

The amount received depends on the child's age and degree of disability:

You can complete the process through this link.

Help parenting when unemployed

If you have been a father or mother while you are unemployed, you must notify the Employment Service so that unemployment is no longer collected and the maternity or paternity benefit is collected. The INSS is responsible for paying this benefit. Once this aid ends, the State Public Employment Service (SEPE) must be notified before a period of 15 days has elapsed in order to collect the unemployment benefit again.

It must be communicated through the previous appointment in the SEPE.

This is how maternity and paternity leave will be in 2022

Advance payment for maternity deduction

This is an aid that women who are in the labor market can request, through which they can "reduce the differential rate of personal income tax by up to €1,200 per year for each child under 3 years of age." In addition to being able to be deducted from personal income tax, it can be requested as an advance payment of 100 euros per month per child under three years of age.

Form 140 must be submitted to the Tax Agency for your application.

Paternity and maternity leaves

From January 1, 2021, both paternity and maternity leave are equal: both men and women can take 16 weeks off to care for their children after their birth or adoption. The remuneration is the same as if the parents were working.

It has been considering being able to extend these permits up to 6 months by 2022, but as we already told you in this news, including this proposal in the General State Budgets has been ruled out for now.