Childcare allowance application
Your childcare allowance, kept right all year
Your allowance arrives in advance, on an estimate of your household income. We apply for it. Our monthly plan then keeps it current and reads the final calculation.
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Written by
Menno van der MadeHead of Tax - Tax Consultant
Reviewed by
Jessy te PaskeHead of Client Success
Updated 1 September 2026
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EN · NLwe read the Dutch letters for you
Fixed pricepublished on this page, incl. 21% VAT
Advance and settlement
We take your childcare allowance application off your plate
We file the application, pass on every change and read the final calculation when it arrives. You tell us what moved and we pass it on. We work in Mijn Toeslagen, the Belastingdienst's allowance portal, with your DigiD and your permission. DigiD is your Dutch government login and you apply for it yourself. Every Dutch letter that follows, we explain in English.
Your childcare allowance application starts with an estimate, not a final sum. You tell the Belastingdienst what your household expects to earn this year. That household figure has a Dutch name, the toetsingsinkomen. Income earned abroad counts towards it. The Belastingdienst pays a monthly advance on it.
After the year ends the Belastingdienst compares your estimate with the real figures. That gap is where a repayment comes from. Your income and your childcare hours both move during a year. You have four weeks to report each change. Whether you qualify at all depends on your work or study and on your childcare. Our page on childcare allowance in the Netherlands covers that.
Your situation
Three moments when we step in
You probably recognise yourself in one of these.
Just started
Your child has just started childcare
Apply in the start month or the three months after it. Wait longer and you lose the earliest months, not the allowance.
Book your free callSomething changedYour income or your hours have moved
A change has to reach the Belastingdienst within four weeks. You tell us and we pass it on.
Book your free callA letter arrivedA final calculation has landed
The definitieve berekening (final calculation) settles the whole year and can ask for money back. You have six weeks from the date on the letter to object. We read it with you. Our monthly plan covers that reading and the objection.
Book your free callNot sure the allowance applies to you at all? Start with the scheme itself.
How it works
From your first call to the final calculation
The first three steps get the application filed. Step four runs all year, on the monthly plan.
Free · 20 min
We see what you can still claim
You tell us when childcare started and who earns what. We tell you what is still possible.
You leave with a straight answer on what an application still covers.
Your draft
We prepare the application
We fill in the income estimate, the hours and your childcare details. You read it before we file.
You leave with every figure in the estimate explained before you approve it.
Usually 5 weeks
We file it and track the decision
You get a copy of what we filed. You hear from the Belastingdienst within 13 weeks at the latest.
You leave with your application filed and the decision tracked for you.
All year
We keep the estimate true
You send changes as they happen. We report them within four weeks and read the final calculation.
You leave with an advance that stays true and your final calculation read, both on the monthly plan.
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“Almost every repayment I see started with a number somebody guessed in December. Nobody was wrong on purpose. We just keep looking at that number while the year is still running.”
Menno van der Made
Tax advisor
EN · NLAllowances and returns
Your advisor
Talk to Menno before we file.
You speak with Menno himself. He knows your household, your childcare provider and your deadlines.
Book your free call
FREE CALLPick a slot this week. We look at your childcare start date and your household income.
Message us on WhatsApp
WHATSAPPSend us a photo of any Belastingdienst letter.
Call us
PHONECall +31 20 2170120 and ask about childcare allowance.
Tax advice in English and Dutch · by video call, phone and secure upload
Pricing
Two fixed prices, no hourly billing
One price to get the application filed. One to keep a running allowance right. Start with the application and add the monthly plan whenever you want.
For parents whose childcare has just started
Childcare allowance application
Fixed€375one-off, incl. 21% VAT
We file one application. Your allowance then starts at the earliest month you can still claim. Keeping it right all year is the monthly plan.
- Your household income estimate worked out with you
- The application filed in Mijn Toeslagen, with your permission
- Your provider's LRK number checked against the childcare register
- The advance decision read and explained in English
For parents whose allowance is already running
Childcare allowance, all year
Fixed€59.50per month, incl. 21% VAT
We keep the estimate true across the year and go through the settlement with you.
- Every change reported inside the four-week window
- Each new advance decision read the week it arrives
- Your final calculation read and explained after year-end
- An objection prepared with you if a repayment arrives
One tax advisor stays with you all year, in English. A second tax advisor reviews the work.
Both prices cover our work only. The Belastingdienst pays the allowance into your own Dutch bank account. The money arrives around the twentieth of each month.
Your allowance and your tax return use the same household income. Our page on the Dutch tax return explains what we do there.
How we price and what falls outside it
The one-off price covers one application, from the income estimate to the advance decision. The monthly price covers a running year. That means your changes, the final calculation and objection support.
What is not covered? Your childcare contract and your invoices to the provider. We do not file healthcare, rent or child-related allowances. Our page on Dutch allowances explains those.
We never handle your money. The paperwork is ours and the decisions stay yours.
Doing it yourself
The form is free. The year is not.
Applying takes an afternoon. Keeping the estimate true across twelve months is where it gets hard.
On your own
With TaxSavers all yearOur way
Estimate
On your ownYou set the income estimate yourself for a year that has not happened yet
With TaxSavers all yearWe build the estimate with you from both partners' income
Changes
On your ownYou track the four-week window for every change in the household
With TaxSavers all yearWe report every change inside the four-week window
Letters
On your ownMijn Toeslagen and every letter that follows arrive in Dutch
With TaxSavers all yearWe work in Mijn Toeslagen and explain each letter in English
Settlement
On your ownThe final calculation lands a year later and you work out whether it is right
With TaxSavers all yearWe read the final calculation and prepare an objection with you if it is wrong
Just the form
Reviews
What internationals say
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Frequently asked
Childcare allowance application questions, answered
These come up in almost every first call. Something else on your mind? Ask Menno
Childcare started months ago. Am I too late to apply?
Probably not, but every month you wait costs you a month. Your allowance can start up to three months before the month you apply. Say childcare started on 10 April. Apply by 31 July and you still keep April. Apply in September and your allowance starts on 1 June. So the sooner we file, the more months you keep.
My income changed. What do you actually do?
We report it to the Belastingdienst inside the four-week window. A raise, a new job, more hours or a working partner all move your estimate. Arriving in or leaving the Netherlands mid-year moves it too. The Belastingdienst then sends you a new advance decision. Leave it unreported and the advance stays based on the old figure. Our page on [reporting a change](page:dutch-tax-system/allowances/report-changes) lists what counts as one.
A repayment demand arrived. Can you object for me?
We prepare the objection and go through it with you, inside the six-week window. That window runs from the date on the letter, so tell us early. We read the calculation and work out where your estimate and the real year diverged. That difference is what the objection sets out. You stay the person the Belastingdienst deals with. We make no promise about the outcome. Objection support is part of our monthly plan.
What permission do you need from me?
We need your permission before we file or change anything. You give it and you can withdraw it at any moment. We do nothing with your allowance without it. You stay responsible for the figures we file. So you see every one of them first. Want to withdraw it? You say so and we stop filing. Nothing carries on quietly in the background.
Is my childcare eligible?
Only registered childcare counts. Your daycare, after-school care or childminder agency has to be listed in the Landelijk Register Kinderopvang. That is the national childcare register. Every registered provider has an LRK number. Without that number there is no allowance at all. Your provider has the number on your contract. We confirm it against the register before we file.
I already applied myself. Is there anything left for you to do?
Yes. The year after the application is the bigger half. You apply once and it continues year to year while the conditions hold. The work is keeping the estimate true, reporting changes inside four weeks and reading the final calculation. We pick it up from wherever you are. You do not start again.
Childcare allowance
Get your application filed
Book a free call. Menno tells you which months you can still claim.
You decide after that. You're not committing to anything.
What's included
One tax advisor across the whole year
A fixed price, known before we start
Your changes reported inside four weeks
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