School Start Grant
Schulstartgeld
Paid by Finanzamt Österreich · 🇦🇹 Austria
What this pays
The published value, how it is calculated, and whether it is cash or a credit ceiling.
Email and a six-digit code, then €50 a year. No password to forget.
Who qualifies
UnlockThe 4 published rules this programme tests you against — age, income, residency, household and the rest.
The steps, documents and official link are part of the paid plan. Checking how much you're owed stays free.
Where this comes from
"Mit der Familienbeihilfe für den August 2025, August 2026 und August 2027 wird zusätzlich ein Schulstartgeld von 121,4 Euro für jedes Kind zwischen 6 und 15 Jahren ausgezahlt; es ist kein gesonderter Antrag erforderlich."
A researcher has read this record against the official page.
Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
Source: www.bundeskanzleramt.gv.at
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Related reading: How to read a grant eligibility rule
Other family & children support in Austria
23 more programmes are on the paid plan, with the amount, the rules, the documents and the steps for each.
- Sibling Scale-Up of Family Allowance
- Increased Family Allowance for Children with Severe Disabilities
- Childcare Benefit (flat-rate or income-related)
- Maternity Allowance
- Family Time Bonus (paternity month allowance)
- Partnership Bonus (shared childcare benefit)
- Maintenance Advance for Children
- Care Leave / Part-Time Care Leave (with care leave benefit)
- Subsidy for 24-Hour Home Care
- Free Kindergarten in Vienna
- Free Kindergarten in Burgenland
- Free Kindergarten in Carinthia
- Free Half-Day Kindergarten in Upper Austria
- Free Morning Kindergarten in Lower Austria
- Compulsory Free Final Kindergarten Year
- Lower Austria family pass
- Upper Austria family card
- Salzburg family pass
- Styrian family pass
- Tyrol family pass
- Carinthia family card
- Burgenland family card
- Vorarlberg family pass
Similar programmes
Partnership Bonus (shared childcare benefit)
Österreichische Gesundheitskasse (ÖGK)
Sibling Scale-Up of Family Allowance
Finanzamt Österreich
Multiple-Child Supplement (from 3rd child)
Finanzamt Österreich
Family Time Bonus (paternity month allowance)
Krankenversicherungsträger (z. B. ÖGK)
Maintenance Advance for Children
Republik Österreich (Bezirksgericht / Pflegschaftsgericht)
Family Allowance (child benefit)
Bundesministerium für Finanzen / Finanzamt Österreich