Dutch Childcare Allowance Calculator 2026

€11.23 an hour for daycare at a childcare centre, €9.98 for after-school care (BSO) at a centre and €8.49 for a childminder, for both daycare and after-school care. If you pay more, the extra does not count.

At most 230 hours a month for each child, whatever your working hours, and never more than the hours in your childcare contract.

The child with the most childcare hours a month. If two children have the same hours, the one with the higher costs. Every other child gets the rate for the next child, which is the same or higher.

No. The government plans income-independent funding paid straight to childcare providers from 2029. For 2027 it raises the percentages again; the 2027 decree was still a draft in October 2026.