Wait with the building application because of the child construction allowance

We wanted to have our second child quite quickly after moving in anyway. Additionally, we have very good connections to the residents' registration office, so you can postpone an official registration appointment by a month or two.

We are currently in the shell construction phase of the basement. In October, the timber frame house will arrive, and all the finishing work will be done by ourselves or with friends. So I don’t think December 2019 is too optimistic.

Of course, there is no guarantee that the second child will arrive exactly like that and that you’ll get the subsidy, but you can at least try.

There isn’t a fact sheet/guidelines for the Bavarian Baukindergeld yet, right?

There is. Just Google Bavarian home ownership allowance and then there is a link to the guidelines. But the Q&A is sufficient as well.

The household income includes the income of the applicant and the income of the spouse or life partner or the partner from a marriage-like relationship.

Collection 2019

Relevant for the household income:
Tax return 2016 (not married)
Tax return 2017 (married & jointly assessed)

Now a silly question, if I claim that in 2016 I was not together with my current wife, do I only have to submit my tax return for 2016?

Move-in 2019

Relevant for household income:
Tax return 2016 (not married)
Tax return 2017 (married & jointly assessed)

Now a stupid question, if I claim not to have been together with my current wife in 2016, do I only have to submit my tax return for 2016?

:-p now everyone comes out of their holes and gets creative.
But interesting idea or situation. There are only 3 possible solutions:
1. only your tax return
2. both tax returns even if not jointly assessed
3. 2018 will be backdated

I vote for 2.

Seems like we are eligible. Yay.
Let's see where the [Whirlpool] will go.

now everyone is coming out of their holes and getting creative.

This corresponds to our situation if the move-in happens in 2019. And I have not found this issue described precisely from the beginning

But interesting idea or fact. There are only 3 possible solutions:
1. only your tax return
2. both tax returns even if not jointly assessed
3. 2018 will be retroactively charged

1. makes sense, as I am / will be the applicant
2. life partner and partner from a marriage-like relationship are both registered and official? Then according to the definition not point 2, as this does not apply to me
3. Would be a possibility, although not defined either.

I vote for 2.

Of course, that would make the most sense, but see the text above. Tax-wise joint assessment would of course be better than both individually. Therefore a disadvantage for us in 2016. Sure our bad luck, but I mean as life partners or marriage-like partnership one can also be jointly assessed?

I vote for 2.

It seems like we are eligible. Yay.
Let's see where the whirlpool will go.

Congratulations.

Regarding the last post . I believe there won't be such loopholes. The concrete guideline is missing. However, I suspect that for such cases, which are not uncommon, there will be no workaround and, if in doubt, one will be disadvantaged.