Over what period is the income examined?
FAQ
Read more In principle, the income of the past calendar year is examined. The following persons are excluded, provided they have a stable income: retirees; disabled people; persons receiving a survivor's pension; persons receiving disability benefits; civil servants on disability whose illness period is at least three months; military personnel who have been temporarily relieved of duty for at least three months due to illness; single-parent families, under certain conditions also in the case of co-parenting; persons who have been continuously incapacitated for work or completely unemployed for at least three months, or a combination of both; self-employed persons in classic bridging law (not Covid bridging law) for at least one quarter. At the time of the application, the self-employed person must still benefit from the bridging right. Do you belong to one of these groups? Then the calculation takes place: either on the basis of the gross taxable family income of the previous year; or on the