Greece offers 150-euro child subsidy; August 10 deadline for 2026 infants

Greece's Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) is preparing a supplementary payment of 150 euros per child, scheduled for disbursement by August 31. This initiative seeks to correct previous oversights and ensure that thousands of families receive the subsidy they were initially denied due to issues with verifying their children's data.

The corrective payout is specifically for infants born between January 1, 2025, and July 31, 2026. Eligibility hinges on updated information from the current tax declarations. For families with children born in 2025, the subsidy was often missed during the first payment because the child was not yet listed on the 2024 tax return. To receive the funds by the end of August, these children must be declared as dependents on the timely filed 2025 tax return. Crucially, parents must ensure the child's AMKA (Social Security Number) is correctly recorded and a valid IBAN is registered with the AADE.

A critical deadline of August 10 is set for parents of children born between January 1 and July 31, 2026. They must apply for an AFM (Tax Identification Number) for their child by this date. The process requires documents such as the birth certificate and a parent's sworn statement consenting to the AFM issuance. Once the AFM is issued, it will be matched with the child's AMKA, enabling the subsidy payment if all other conditions are met. The payment will be automatically deposited into the beneficiaries' declared bank accounts, eliminating the need for a separate application for the subsidy itself.