Field help: (2019) Has the child benefit for 2019 been transferred and paid out to <%0100301%>?
Was the child benefit (Kindergeld) for 2019 transferred and paid to <%0100801%>?

If the child benefit has been legally transferred and paid out, enter "yes" here.

Child benefit is only paid to one adult at a time - usually a mother or father. As the number of children increases (from the third or fourth child), the child benefit also increases.

Example: Ursula and Martin have two children together. The marriage fails, Martin moves out and the children stay with Ursula. She receives monthly child benefit in the amount: 192 Euro + 192 Euro = 384 Euro (2017).

A few years later Martin is married to Sandra and has two children with her. The two children from the first marriage are now 'counted children' (Zählkinder). As a result, the two new offspring from the marriage with Sandra are not regarded as child one and child two, but as children three and four - provided that Martin applies for child benefit. He then receives 198 Euro for the two children from the second marriage + 223 Euro = 421 Euro (2017).

If Sandra applied for child benefit instead, the child benefit for Martin and Sandra would be lower: 192 Euro + 192 Euro = 384 Euro.

The counting child regulation (Zählkinder) allows you to receive more child benefit. You do not receive child benefit for children who are counted, but you do shift the order of the children so that the higher child benefit rate is paid for younger children.

With stepfamilies, also known as patchwork families, both partners often bring children into the new marriage. In this case, an application must be made to the family benefits office of the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) to determine who is entitled to child benefit so that higher child benefit can be paid from the third child onwards.

The topics of counting child and determination of entitled persons are complex and cannot be presented conclusively at this point.