Green light from the House to the Family Act, which is now being passed to the Senate and which provides for an allowance for 7 million families with children, from the poor to the wealthiest, from employees to the self-employed.

A universal allowance that will accompany children from the seventh month of pregnancy up to 21 years, as long as the boys study, do internships with minimum income or even the universal civil service. It will go to everyone, even "to Fedez if he asks," jokes the Minister of the Family Elena Bonetti. But also to the families of non-EU foreigners who have been resident for at least two years, a criterion that infuriates the League.

Here are the main news.

INPS ONLINE APPLICATIONS - The new check will be operational from March 2022 but applications can be submitted from January. The applications will be forwarded to INPS electronically and the institute will have 60 days to recognize the check, which will start from the month following the application. For those sent by June 30, the starting date will always be March. Citizenship income recipients are exempt from the application, to whom the check will be paid ex officio by INPS. For all the others, the amount will arrive directly by crediting the current account, "on Iban or by domiciled bank transfer".

THE ISEE IS NEEDED - The contribution will be graduated according to the ISEE: under the ISEE 15 thousand euros to get the maximum benefits, over 40 thousand to have at least the minimum. Those who do not submit the declaration but only the application for a check will in turn receive the minimum.

ALLOWANCE FROM 50 TO 175 EUROS PER MONTH - The subsidy will range from 50 to 175 euros per month (2,100 euros per year) and from 25 to 85 euros per month for children between 18 and 21 years old, according to the ISEE. There will be a series of surcharges, including 20 euros more per month regardless of the ISEE for mothers under 21.

INCREASES FROM THE THIRD CHILD - From the third child there will be between 15 and 85 euros more per child, while families with "four children or more" will receive an additional "flat-rate surcharge" of 100 euros per month. If both parents work and the ISEE is low, there will be another 30 euros more per child, which is over 40 thousand euros.

HALF FAMILIES THE MAXIMUM - About half of the families concerned, says Bonetti, are below the 15 thousand euros of Isee and will be able to obtain the maximum benefit, that is 175 euros per month with 1 child, 350 with two, 610 with three (click here the first surcharge) and 970 (here the flat rate of 100 euros is added) with 4 which become 1090 euros per month if both parents work. To this figure must be added 20 euros per month per child in the case of a very young mother. The households that exceed 40 thousand euros of Isee instead will have 50 euros per month with a child, 100 euros with two children, 165 euros with three children, 330 euros with 4 children. Also in this case the under 21 mother surcharge must be added while the one for working parents does not apply.

ATTENTION TO THE DISABLED - Families with children with disabilities will receive a single "no age limit" allowance for their children and will have specific increases. For minors, an extra 105 euros per month will be received "in case of non self-sufficiency", 95 euros "in case of severe disability" and 85 euros "in case of medium disability". In the presence of disabled adults and up to 21 years you will receive 50 euros a month more while over 21 you will continue to receive a check between 85 to 25 euros.

SAFEGUARD WITHIN 25,000 EUROS ISEE - A transitional rule is foreseen for three years for those who have an ISEE within 25,000 euros and already took family allowances in 2021, which compensates for any differences. The increase will be full in the first year, it will be two thirds in 2023 and will drop to one third in 2024 before running out from 2025.

(Unioneonline / D)

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