Standard maintenance payments for the calendar year 2017 published
The level of child maintenance payments following parental separation is regularly based on a judicial ruling or comparison or a regulatory determination. In cases where a Official assessment maintenance payments Not are present, the Standard requirements to apply. The monthly Standard rates are annually from July 1st adjusted. So that different amounts are not to be taken into account for tax purposes (relevant for maintenance allowance) during the year, the now valid standard needs rates for the entire Calendar year 2017 to be drawn upon (amounts in € per month):
| Age group | 2017 | So far |
0 to 3 years | 200,- | 199,- |
3 to 6 years | 257,- | 255,- |
6 to 10 years | 331,- | 329,- |
10 to 15 years | 378,- | 376,- |
15 to 19 years | 446,- | 443,- |
19 to 25 years | 558,- | 555,- |
For the assertion of Maintenance deduction from €29.20 (1st child) / €43.80 (2nd child) / €58.40 (3rd and each subsequent child) the following applies in this case: If neither one statutory maintenance obligation another Written contract before, then the submission of a confirmation from the authorised recipient is required, showing the extent of agreed maintenance and the extent of actual maintenance payments to proceed. In all these cases, the maintenance deduction is only available for each calendar month if agreed maintenance obligation is fully met and the standard needs rates not fallen below become.
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