The 2020 daycare bonus is at the starting line. The INPS has published a circular (number 27 of 14/02/2020) with everything you need to know about the new edition of the contribution. The most important news concerns the amount, which the latest budget law has boosted for lower incomes. But let's go in order.
WHAT IS THE NURSERY BONUS?
The nursery bonus was born in 2017 with the latest maneuver by the Renzi government. It is used to pay the fees of public and private nursery schools or to guarantee "forms of support" at home for children suffering from serious chronic diseases.
HOW MUCH IS?
Until last year, the sum was the same for everyone, regardless of income (one thousand euros a year for the first two years, 1.500 in 2019). From 2020, on the other hand, the amount of the nursery bonus is linked to the Isee income, doubling for families with lower financial resources. The scheme is as follows:
- 3.000 euros a year with Isee up to 25 thousand euros;
- 2.500 euros a year with Isee between 25 and 40 euros;
- 1.500 euros a year with Isee higher than 40 thousand euros (or without Isee).
WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 2020 NURSERY BONUS?
Beyond the new brackets, there is no income ceiling. The only limit is the age of the child, who cannot exceed three years. Obviously, the law makes no difference between natural and adopted children.
The parent who submits the application, on the other hand, must meet some requirements:
- be the person who materially pays the asylum fee;
- be resident in Italy;
- live together with the child, in case of subsidy for home support;
- have EU citizenship or have an EU residence permit for long-term residents.
HOW TO REQUEST IT?
INPS explains that the 2020 nursery bonus can be requested through one of the following channels:
- The web portal of the social security institution, in the section "Services for citizens", using the Inps device PIN or the credentials of the Public digital identity system (Spid) or of National Service Card (CNS);
- The Integrated Contact Center from a landline phone on the toll-free number 803.164, or from a mobile phone on 06.164.164, for a fee based on the tariff plan of the telephone operator;
- Patronage bodies.
To receive the money, it is necessary to send INPS the documentation certifying the enrollment of the child in kindergarten and the payment of the fee. In fact, therefore, the daycare bonus is a refund.
"The receipts corresponding to the payments of the fees not presented at the time of the application - specifies the INPS - can also be attached from a mobile device / tablet through the Bonus nursery service of the INPS mobile App by the end of the reference month and, in any case no later than April 2021, XNUMX”.
Finally, in the case of adoption or pre-adoptive assignment, the judicial provision (final sentence of adoption or assignment provision) must be attached to the application, or report "the elements that allow INPS to find it from the Administration that holds it (section of the Court, date of filing with the registry and relative number)".
METHODS OF PAYMENT OF THE 2020 NURSERY BONUS
INPS provides the nursery bonus with the payment method indicated by the parent in the application. The options are different:
- home wire transfer
- credit to bank or postal current account
- postal book credit
- credit on prepaid card with Iban
As for attendance, the bonus is paid by INPS in 11 months for the reimbursement of nursery school fees and in a single solution for home support.
CAN IT BE COMBINED WITH BONUSES OF THE SAME TYPE?
The nursery bonus cannot be combined with the tax deduction on the costs of enrolling in nursery schools (it is a 19% reduction applicable to a maximum expenditure of 632 euros, therefore the maximum value of the discount is 120 euros) .
On the daycare bonus, read also “The yellow of the stop: Inps-Government clash".
