family allowance

Government parental payment

Family allowance is a government payment made to families to help cover the costs of raising children.

The amount typically depends on the number and ages of children in the household.

In some countries this is called child benefit or child allowance.

The term can also refer to an employer-provided stipend or a portion of a deceased person's estate set aside for dependents during probate proceedings.

Opposites
income source type

family allowancewage

Payment for labor

salary · earned income · wages · employment income · hourly pay

benefit recipient

family allowanceold age pension

Income for the elderly

pension · unemployment benefit · disability allowance · housing benefit

economic policy approach

family allowancetaxation

Compulsory government revenue collection

income tax · tax burden · levy · head tax · poll tax

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