Greece to disburse €150 emergency child benefit to 975,000 families in 2026

The Greek government will automatically credit €150 per dependent child to roughly 975,000 households in 2026. Payments are made without a claim, using the families' IBANs recorded in the tax system.

Two payment windows are defined: the first batch is due by 30 June 2026 for families whose children were already declared in the 2024 income tax return; the second batch, covering newborns born between 1 January 2025 and 31 July 2026, must be completed by 31 August 2026. Eligibility depends on income thresholds – €39,000 for single parents and €40,000 for married couples, with an additional €5,000 allowance for each child beyond the first. The benefit is tax‑exempt, non‑seizable and does not affect other social entitlements.

Payments are processed as a credit to the beneficiary’s IBAN on file with the tax authority, based on the information from the 2024 (and where applicable 2025) tax declarations. No cap on the total amount a family can receive; a family with eight children, for example, would receive €1,200.