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Kindergeld

German child benefit payments administered by the Familienkasse (family benefits office).

  • Kindergeld for an American-German Family: Which Path You Can Actually Claim

    Kindergeld for an American-German Family: Which Path You Can Actually Claim

    Who this is for: American-German families where one spouse is a US citizen and the other is a German national, living in Germany. It covers the two statutory tracks (the Bundeskindergeldgesetz (BKGG, the federal child-benefit residual statute) and the Einkommensteuergesetz (EStG, the German income tax act) § 62 path), why the Bundeskindergeldgesetz NATO-Truppe (NATO force…