Greece completes €150 emergency child allowance for eligible families

The Ministry of Finance and the Independent Authority of Public Revenue (AADE) completed the first and largest disbursement of an emergency child allowance of €150 per dependent child in Greece. The main payment was made on 30 June 2026, reaching 947,609 eligible families and 1,525,188 children, with a total outlay of €219.7 million.

Eligibility requires families to be Greek tax residents, to have declared the children in their income tax return and to meet income thresholds – €40,000 for married or cohabiting couples (plus €5,000 for each additional child) and €39,000 for single‑parent households. The allowance is paid automatically, without an application, directly to the bank account provided to AADE. Payments may be split 50‑50 between parents when separate filings are used, or paid in full to one parent. Some recipients did not receive the payment because of unmet income criteria, missing or incorrect IBAN details, children not listed on the tax return, or because the child was born in 2025‑2026, in which case a supplementary payment will be considered by 31 August 2026.