Il Christmas bonus 2024 changes and is expanding. The Meloni government has introduced a change to the Christmas bonus, thanks also to the reopening of the preventive agreement, which could offer new resources useful for the 2025 Budget. This year, the employeesi with income less than 28 thousand euros will receive a 100 euro bonus, which will be added directly to the thirteenth month's salary. If previously this bonus was intended for about one million people, with the new measure the number of beneficiaries will rise to 4,5 million.
What changes with the new Christmas bonus?
The big news regards theelimination of the dependent spouse requirement. In fact, to access the bonus, all you need to do is have at least one dependent child, whether natural, adoptive or foster. This change makes the bonus also available for unmarried workers and single-parent families, including those of Parents single, separated, divorced, even if the other parent is still alive.
Who is entitled to the 2024 Christmas bonus? Here are the requirements
The 100 euro bonus is intended for those who meet the following criteria requirements:
- Annual income less than 28 thousand euros.
- Capacity fiscal, that is, the gross IRPEF must be greater than the deductions for dependent work.
- Son fiscally dependent, with an income not exceeding 2.840,51 euros (or 4.000 euros for children under 24).
They cannot benefit from it pensioners or workers with coordinated and continuous collaboration contracts, since their income is not considered "employee work". Furthermore, it will be necessary to apply to receive it.
How to get the 100 euro Christmas bonus?
Employees must send a written request to the employer, declaring that they are entitled to the bonus and providing the tax code of their dependent children (or only the children, in the case of a single-parent family). The employer will verify the requirements and proceed with the payment. Even the domestic workers will be able to benefit from the bonus, but they will have to apply through the declaration of income. If a worker has more than an employment relationship, the bonus will be paid by a single employer, with an amount that could be reduced based on the periods of work actually performed in 2024.
When to apply and when will the Christmas bonus arrive?
It is important to do this in times right, because the bonus will be paid directly together with the thirteenth monthly payment. For what concern form to fill out, you can find several alternatives online. employees public must send the self-certification via the NoiPA portal, by 22 November 2024, at 12:XNUMX. workers of the private sector they do not have a single deadline, but each company can decide on a specific date for submitting the application. domestic workers, as anticipated, must instead make the request through the tax return.
In any case, requests must be submitted in time to allow for verification of requirements and processing of the bonus.
What happens if you don't apply in time? The bonus will not be lost. Those who do not submit the application within the indicated deadlines will be able to recover the 100 euros in the income tax return to be filed in 2025. In this case, the amount will be deducted from the taxes due.
Criticism of the Christmas bonus: why are some excluded?
Despite the widening of the audience, the measure has raised some criticism. Daniela Sbrollini, vice president of the Senate Social Affairs Committee, highlighted that 9 million single no children they will not benefit from the bonus, despite the fact that Christmas expenses are often more burdensome for those who live alone than for those who live with their family.