How much do you need to pay?

Income rate or not?

Childcare facility with income rate

• You pay a fixed price per day.
• The price takes into account your income.
• The price also takes into account the composition of your family. How many children do you have? Are there one or two parents?
• Not everyone pays the same amount.
• In 2023, the lowest price is € 6.00 per day. The highest price is € 33.31 per day.
• You can calculate your price on the website of Mijn Kind en Gezin.
• Is the price too high? Sometimes a lower price is possible.
• Click here for more information about childcare facilities with income rate.

Childcare facility without income rate

• You pay a fixed price per day or per month.
• This price does not take into account your income.
• The price also does not take into account the composition of your family.
• Everyone pays the same amount.
• The childcare facility chooses how much the parents pay.
• Click here for more information about childcare facilities without income rate.
• Through your child's Growth Package (also known as 'Groeipakket' or 'Allocation familiale') you can get a portion of the cost back. Read more about the childcare allowance on the website of the Growth Package.

Please note! Some childcare facilities have places in both price ranges. Do you pay according to your income or not? That depends on the place the childcare facility gives you.

Additional costs in the child care facility

A childcare facility sometimes charges additional costs. For example:

• one-time deposit
• diapers
• administration
• toiletries

In the childcare facility, sometimes you can be fined. For example:

• If you pick up your child late and the childcare facility is already closed.
• If your child does not come and you did not notify the childcare facility in time.

These additional costs are not the same everywhere.

Would you like more information on the extra costs in a childcare facility? Then read the information sheet of the childcare facility.

Tip: Are you going to enrol your child in a childcare facility? Then ask these questions:

• What is the total price per month?
• What additional costs do I have to pay?

That way you know what to expect when the first invoice is sent to you.

Is the childcare facility too expensive for you?

Maybe the price of the childcare facility is too high for you? Ask the childcare facility if a lower price is possible.

Sometimes you can request a lower price yourself. Who can do that? For example

• Teenage parents
• Parents with a disability
• Parents who suddenly earn much less
• Foster parents

How do you do that?

• Go to 'Mijn Kind en Gezin'
• Click on 'Inkomenstarief aanvragen of simuleren'