AOW pension - Your partner starts earning either less or more

If your partner is under 65, you may receive a supplementary allowance on top of your AOW pension. If your partner has income from work, this will be deducted in part from the supplementary allowance. In addition, your own income will also be taken into account. If your joint income is higher than € 2,530.98 per month, your supplementary allowance will be reduced by a maximum of 10%.

If your partner starts earning more, you will get less supplementary allowance. If your partner starts earning less, or stops working, you may get a higher supplementary allowance. If you currently do not receive a supplementary allowance and your partner starts earning less than € 1,294.70 gross per month, get in touch with us, so that we can start paying you a supplementary allowance.

It works like this:

• the first € 216.99 of your partner's gross monthly salary is disregarded.
• two thirds of the salary above € 216.99 is deducted from the supplementary allowance.
• If your partner earns more than € 1,294.70 gross per month, no supplementary allowance will be payable.

Example: the supplementary allowance is € 718.47. Your partner earns € 500 per month. The first € 216.99 is disregarded. This leaves € 283.01. Two thirds of this is € 188.67. This will be deducted from your supplementary allowance. This results in a supplementary allowance of € 529.80. Your own income is € 2,200. Your and your partner's total income is higher than € 2,530.98. Your supplementary allowance will therefore be reduced by 10%. You will receive € 476.82 in supplementary allowance.

Remember to report changes

Let us know if your partner starts earning less or more. We will then make sure that you receive the correct amount in supplementary allowance.

Report changes in your income if:

• your joint income is or becomes less than € 2,675 gross per month, or
• your joint income rises above € 2,675 gross per month after having been under that amount