The Brussels child benefit from 2020: the new model
The new Brussels model has been introduced in 2020 and applies to all children living in the Brussels-Capital Region, including children born before 2020.
If, due to the new rules, you should receive less child benefit than under the old system, you will still keep your old amount for the children born before 1 January 2020. This means that you do not receive less child benefit than you were entitled to at the end of 2019.
Other innovations in Brussels from 2020:
- The rules for granting social supplements under the new system apply. These now also apply to all low-income families, and not only in the event of unemployment, disability or single-parent families. This might entitle you to a supplement, whereas before 2020 this was not the case.
- The surviving parent who cohabits or remarries retains his or her right to orphans supplement.
- The entitlement to child benefit expires after 3 years (and no longer after 5 years).
The Brussels model from 2020 in figures
New amount valid starting March 2020 (= paid at the beginning of April)
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If 1 child and family income higher than €31.620,00:
€153,00 / month per child
€142,80/month per child born before 2020 -
In all other cases: child from 0 to 11 years old:
€153,00/month per child
€142,80/month per child born before 2020 -
In all other cases: child from 12 to 24 years old:
€163,20/month per child
€153,00/month per child born before 2020 -
In all other cases: child from 18 to 24 years old enrolled in higher education:
€173,40/month per child
€163,20/month per child born before 2020
half orphan (only one parent passed away): basic amount x 1.5
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annual family income lower than € 31.620,00:
Child from 0 to 11 years old:
+ € 40,80/month for the 1st child,
+ € 71,40/month per child as from 2 children,
+ € 112,20/month per child as from 3 children
Child from 12 to 24 years old:
+ € 51,00/month for the 1st child,
+ € 81,60/month per child as from 2 children,
+ € 122,40/month per child as from 3 children
Possibly increased by a supplement in the case of a single-parent family (child from 0 to 24 years):
+ € 0,00/month for the 1st child,
+ € 10,20/month per child as from 2 children,
+ € 20,40/month per child as from 3 children -
Annual family income between € 31.620,00 and € 45.900,00
Child from 0 to 24 years old:
+ € 0,00 /month for the 1st child,
+ € 25,50 /month per child as from 2 children,
+ € 73,44 /month per child as from 3 children
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foster child:
€ 65,57/month per child
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child with disorder/disabilities:
POINTS AMOUNT 4 to 5 points (at least 4 points in pillar 1)
€85,69
6 to 8 points (less than 4 points in pillar 1) €114,13
6 to 8 points (at least 4 points in pillar 1)
€439,61
9 to 11 points (less than 4 points in pillar 1)
€266,32
9 to 11 points (at least 4 points in pillar 1)
€439,61
12 to 14 points
€439,61
15 to 17 points
€ 499,87
18 to 20 points
€535,58
mor than 20 points
€571,28
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0 to 2 years:
€ 20,40/jaar per kind
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3 to 5 years:
€ 20,40/year per child if attending preschool
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6 to 11 years:
€ 30,60/year per child
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12 to 24 years:
€ 51,00/year per child
of € 81,60/year per child if attending higher education
