Child budget if you are co-parenting
If you are co-parenting and you wish to apply for child budget, select your situation below and read how to apply for child budget.
You and your ex-partner must decide together which of you will submit the claim for child benefit. Let us know what you decide.
We will then inform the Belastingdienst which parent is the child benefit claimant. This parent will get child budget from the Belastingdienst if they meet the necessary conditions.
You can both fill in a calculation wizard on the website of the Belastingdienst to find out which of you can get the highest amount in child budget. It is to your advantage if that person is the child benefit claimant. If the situation changes in the future, you should let us know.
You must decide together which of you will submit the claim for child benefit. This could be one of you for all children, but you can also each claim child benefit for different children. In that case, you can both receive child budget. Let us know what you have agreed on.
We will inform the Belastingdienst which parent is the child benefit claimant. This person will get child budget from the Belastingdienst if they meet the necessary conditions.
You can both fill in a calculation wizard on the website of the Belastingdienst to find out which of you can get the highest amount in child budget. It is to your advantage if that person is the child benefit claimant. If the situation changes in the future, you should let us know.