Familiy allowance (Austria: Familienbeihilfe; Germany "Kindergeld", Italy "Familienzulage") = One of the most important elements of the Austrian family support system. Family allowance is intended to compensate for costs that parents incur due to their to support their children. You receive it regardless of income/employment.
Requirements: Parents/legal guardians,

• whose centre of life is in Austria (main residence/registration form), legal residence in accordance with the settlement and residence law for third-country nationals, and
• whose child (including adopted children, foster children, stepchildren and grandchildren) lives with them in the same household or for whom they mainly provide maintenance if they are not part of a household with either parent.

The amount of family allowance varies depending on the age of the child. The tax credit for children ("Kinderabsetzbetrag") is transferred along with the family allowance without requiring a separate application. In August, an additional school starting allowance is paid for every child between the ages of 6 and 15. Find more information here

If your child is not born in Austria, you must apply for the family allowance at the tax office. Foreign citizens (including EU citizens) need a  Proof of legal residence

• Cross-border familiy benefits in the EU
• Information for Ukrainian citizens (in German)
• Checklist for third-country-nationals

After the birth, parents in Austria can apply for childcare allowance, which is intended to compensate for the childcare costs proportionally. Parents can choose between two types: 1) as an account paid out within a certain period of entitlement (12-35 months, depending on whether only one parent or both parents receive it). 2) Income-related in case of employment to compulsory insurance for at least 182 days before the birth.  General information about childcare allowance

Requirements 

• Entitlement to/receipt of family allowance for the child
  Cross-border families resident in Austria may receive childcare allowance even if they do not receive family allowance.
• Identical main residence registration of recipient and child
• Legal residence and centre of life in Austria (confirmation of registration!)
• Proof of Parent-child passport examinations Recognition of examinations carried out abroad (in German)

Partnership bonus: If the parents split the childcare allowance approximately equally (50:50 to 60:40, at least 124 days each), each parent receives a one-off partnership bonus of 500 euros at the end of the total period of entitlement on application. Financial matters after birth

Application to the responsible health insurance provider. Possible supplementary payments (difference between foreign benefits (EU) and Austrian benefits, regardless of which parent receives the benefits).
BVAEB Tyrol regional office / ÖGK customer service

Advice on cross-border childcare allowance matters: Competence Centre St. Pölten, 050405/23870 kinderbetreuungsgeld@bvaeb.sv.at
Childcare allowance information line: free service number 0800 240 014

Additional income limitsat the KBG!

Childcare allowance ≠ Parental leave = leave of absence from the employer under labour law). The duration of parental leave does not have to be the same as the duration of the childcare allowance.

In Austria, expectant mothers who start their maternity protection period from employment or unemployment benefit (employment ban, usually 8 weeks before and 8 weeks after the birth) receive  Maternity allowance. Women who become pregnant again during statutory parental leave and no longer receive childcare allowance are entitled to Special weekly allowance.

Application to the social insurance: BVAEB Tyrol ÖGK

Fathers (also applies to same-gender couples) can, under certain conditions, receive Family time bonusafter the birth of the child if they interrupt their employment for approx. 1 month within the first 91 days after the birth and devote themselves entirely to the family during this time (= "daddy month"). The "daddy month" is a leave of absence entitlement without continued payment of salary; the prerequisite for this leave of absence is a shared household with the child (also abroad). The family time bonus is a corresponding financial support for the time during this leave. 

At the University of Innsbruck, you can arrange a "daddy month" for a maximum of four weeks to take advantage of the family time bonus.

• You can find information about the "Papamonat" as well as the application form in the  UniWiki.
• Information of the Arbeiterkammer about the leave for fathers (in German)

Family Bonus Plus was introduced in 2019. It is a tax deduction that reduces the tax burden on tax-paying families in Austria by up to 2000 € per child per year for children up to 18 and €700 for children over 18 and in education/training. It is only granted on application! You can claim the Family Bonus Plus either via your employer's payroll (form E30) or retrospectively in your tax return/employee assessment (using form E1/L1k).
The Family Bonus Plus can be split between the parents.

Requirements:

• You can only claim the Family BOnus Plus for a child for whom the familiy allowance (Familienbeihilfe) is received
• permanent residence of the child in the EU, EEA, Switzerland.
• Information on Family Bonus Plus for employees of the University of Innsbruck in the Uniwiki

You can find further tax benefits for families such as the sole earner deduction, additional child allowance, multiple child supplement, maintenance deduction, childcare costs for single parents, etc. at Portal of the Chamber of Labour (in German) and at Tax Book 2025.

Chamber of Labour brochure (in German): Tax regulations for foreign income