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Child benefit - Fines and administrative sanctions

Child benefit

Fines and administrative sanctions

A change in your situation may affect your entitlement to pension or benefit. The amount may need to be increased or reduced. We make sure that you always get the right amount. For this reason, you are obliged to report any changes to us within 4 weeks of the change occurring (6 weeks if you live outside the Netherlands). If you do not report a change on time, the SVB may fine you or impose an administrative sanction.

Fines

You will be fined if:

  • you do not report a change on time
  • you provide us with incorrect or incomplete information

A fine is always at least € 52. The amount of the fine depends on the amount you were overpaid. You will also have to repay the amount that was overpaid.

If you provide information that is late, incorrect or incomplete for a second time, the fine will be increased.

Administrative sanction

If you do not respond to our requests for information on time, we will impose an administrative sanction, involving a one-off deduction of at least € 25 from your pension or benefit. If you again do not respond to our requests for information on time, the amount will be increased.

If it is the first time

If you report a change late for the first time, and you did not receive too much money as a consequence, we will issue a warning. NB: If you again fail to report a change on time within 2 years, we will impose an administrative sanction or a fine.
 

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