Child benefit payment dates 2026
Would you like to know when the monthly child benefit payment dates are and find out about child benefit payment? Below you will find information about the payment dates and the payment system of the child benefit department (Familienkasse).
Contents
The most important facts in brief:
- Child benefit will be transferred to your account once a month and it will be collected for all the eligible children in one sum.
- The last number of the child benefit number (final number) regulates your payment date
- Technical reasons and structure of family funds are responsible for payment system
- Here you can find an overview of all payment dates for the final digits 0 to 9.
- If you want to calculate the amount of your child benefit, feel free to use our Child Benefit Calculator
Child benefit payment dates 2026: How does the final digit system of the child benefit department work?
When you receive child benefits to your account depends on the final digit – the last digit of the child benefit number.
Example: End digit easily explained
We explain the payment system of the child benefit department with two examples:
Example 1: For child allowance number XXXFKXXXXX1 (end digit 1), payment is made at the beginning of the month.
Example 2: For child allowance number XXXFKXXXXX9 (ending digit 9), payment is made at the end of the month.
Why are there different payment dates?
The different payment dates of child benefit are due to technical reasons at the child benefit department (Familienkasse). The amounts are paid out in staggered amounts and the end digits of the child benefit numbers facilitate the structure of the system for the child benefit department.
Transfer schedule: All child benefit payment dates / transfer days 2026 at a glance
We have summarized all child benefit payment dates and transfer days for 2026. If you use the final digit of your child benefit number, you can determine your personal payment dates.
Payment dates 2026 Child benefit final digit 0
Here you can find the overview of child benefit payment dates for the child benefit number end digit 0.
Here you can download an overview of the payment dates 2023 for the end digit 0 as a PDF file in A6 format.
Payment dates 2026 Child benefit final digit 1
This is the overview of child benefit payment dates for child benefit number end digit 1.
Here you can download an overview of the payment dates 2023 for the end digit 1 as a PDF file in A6 format.
Payment dates 2026 Child benefit final digit 2
Below you will find an overview of the child benefit payment dates for the child benefit number end digit 2.
Here you can download an overview of the payment dates 2023 for the end digit 2 as a PDF file in A6 format.
Payment dates 2026 Child benefit final digit 3
We provide you with the overview of child benefit payment dates for the child benefit number end digit 3.
Here you can download an overview of the payment dates 2023 for the end digit 3 as a PDF file in A6 format.
Payment dates 2026 Child benefit final digit 4
An overview of the child benefit payment dates for the child benefit number end digit 4 can be found here.
Here you can download an overview of the payment dates 2023 for the end digit 4 as a PDF file in A6 format.
Payment dates 2026 Child benefit final digit 5
Use this overview of child benefit payment dates if your child benefit number end digit is 5.
Here you can download an overview of the payment dates 2023 for the end digit 5 as a PDF file in A6 format.
Payment dates 2026 Child benefit final digit 6
For the child benefit number end digit 6, you can use this overview of child benefit payment dates.
Here you can download an overview of the payment dates 2023 for the end digit 6 as a PDF file in A6 format.
Payment dates 2026 Child benefit final digit 7
Here you can view the overview, which shows the child benefit payment dates for the child benefit number end digit 7.
Here you can download an overview of the payment dates 2023 for the end digit 7 as a PDF file in A6 format.
Payment dates 2026 Child benefit final digit 8
If you have child benefit number 8, this overview of child benefit payment dates is valid for you.
Here you can download an overview of the payment dates 2023 for the end digit 8 as a PDF file in A6 format.
Payment dates 2026 Child benefit final digit 9
For the child benefit final number 9, use the following overview of child benefit payment dates.
Here you can download an overview of the payment dates for the end digit 9 as a PDF file in A6 format.
Note – no legal claim to “in time” payment
There is no legal right to have the money in the account on the listed days. This is because transfers may be delayed on holidays or weekends, for example.
Responsible child benefit authorities for applications and payments
You will find an overview of all child benefit departments in Germany below.
- Child benefit department Baden-Württemberg
- Child benefit department Bavaria
- Child benefit department Berlin
- Child benefit department Brandenburg
- Child benefit department Bremen
- Child benefit department Hamburg
- Child benefit department Hessen
- Child benefit department Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Child benefit department Lower Saxony
- Child benefit department North Rhine-Westphalia
- Child benefit department Rhineland-Palatinate
- Child benefit department Saarland
- Child benefit department Saxony
- Child benefit department Saxony-Anhalt
- Child benefit department Schleswig-Holstein
- Child benefit department Thuringia
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