Whether you're premiering as a large family or if you already are, you can take advantage of certain tax, housing, transportation and education benefits, provided you have the large family title issued by the autonomous communities.
We tell you the advantages, aid and benefits of being a large family in Spain and in the different autonomous communities.
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According to the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, these are the benefits available to large families who are in possession of their official title, included in Law 40/2003, of November 18, on the Protection of Large Families :
1. Tax deduction
It can be applied in the Income Statement or receive the payment in advance: 100 euros per month per month, in case of large families with three children); 150 euros (four children); 200 euros (five children) and 250 euros, with six children.
You can apply at any time of the year, provided you are active in Social Security, unemployed collecting a subsidy, or being a pensioner.
The amounts to be deducted in the Income Statement vary: 1,200 euros per large family or families with children with disabilities; 1,800 euros, families with four children; 2,400 euros, with five children and 3.00 euros, with family units of six children. More information.
In Babies and more Starting in August, large families of four, six or more children will benefit from a new tax deduction2. Social electricity bond
This social rate means applying a 25% discount on electricity consumption, up to a maximum of 3,600 kWh / year. All large families can be accommodated provided they have a contracted power not exceeding 10 kW. More information.
In Babies and more On December 31, the deadline to renew the electric bond and benefit from the thermal bond ends, and large families can request it 3. Free ID and passport fees
Exemption in the rates of issuance of the DNI or passport, both in new issues and in case of renewal due to expiration, theft or loss. More information.
4. Education
The condition of large family will be taken into account in the public processes regulated by scales, as in scholarships of the administration or in the admission of students of the obligatory stages in schools maintained with public funds.
But it also implies a 50% discount or total exemption on exam fees or university tuition. More information.
And the right to a subsidy in case of having children with special educational needs. The amount, according to the Ministry of Education, will depend on "different components, depending on the requirements and circumstances of the applicant". Here you can check the aid for the 2018-2019 academic year. You have to be aware of the application deadline for the next course: for this 2018-2019 it came out in August-September. More information.
5. National transport
Between a 20 or 50 percent off, depending on whether you are a general or special category, in RENFE, in road and sea transport. It can be combined with other discounts. More information.
There is also a discount of between 5 and 10 percent, depending on whether you are a large family of general or special category, on national flights. More information.
6. Entrance to museums, auditoriums and state theaters
Discount or free entry to state-owned cutural centers. More information on the amount and assigned centers.
7. Household employee or caregiver
The large family has a bonus of 45 percent of the employee's Social Security fees, provided that the two parents (or one in the case of a single-parent family) are employed or employed outside the home or are unable to work.
In the case of a special category, it will not be necessary for both parents to work outside to benefit from this bonus. More information.
8. Help by birth
Social Security grants a grant of 1,000 euros in a single payment and exempt from personal income tax to families that do not exceed income limits. More information.
9. Benefits in the acquisition of habitual housing.
Loan facilities, access to social rent. The amounts will depend on each autonomous community.
10. Reduction in the Registration Tax
50 percent in vehicles between 5 and 9 seats. More information.
Aid for autonomous communities
Andalusia
You can collect all the information about the benefits and applications of the large family title here, either online or at the Registry offices.
According to Decree 137/2002, of April 30, of support for Andalusian families:
Advantages in officially protected homes. With revenues of less than 18,000 euros, reduction of 50 euros in the loan installment for every 10,000 euros of loan. More information.
Exemption of fees in oppositions. In the registration to oppositions of access to public employment for members of large families of special category and reduction or bonus of 50% for members of large family of general category. More information.
Financial assistance for the birth of a third or subsequent child, provided they have another or more children under three years old.
Also, financial assistance for multiple births and a modification of the income tranches to be applied to qualify for financial assistance for children under three years of age and multiple births. More information.
Consult more commercial discounts in the Andalusian Federation of Large Families or in the Spanish Federation of Large Families, by autonomous community and locality.
Aragon
The issuance and delivery of the Family Card is managed in the three Provincial Services of the Department of Citizenship and Social Rights (Zaragoza, Teruel and Huesca). When the Large Family Title is processed, the title and cards of each of its members are jointly handed over. More information.
Bonus fee applicable to the acquisition of habitual housing by large families (Art. 121.5, Legislative Decree 1/2005, of September 26). 50% bonus on the full tax rate.
Education bonuses, depending on the location.
Aid for nurseries Teruel City Council.
DGA municipal schools.
Aid for the first cycle of early childhood education and nurseries of the Huesca City Council.
You can check online the discounts offered by different companies for each province and locality, in the Spanish Federation of Large Families.
Principality of Asturias
The conditions for obtaining the title of large family are set out in Decree 21/2018, of May 16, which regulates the procedure for the recognition of the status of large family and the issuance and renewal of the title accrediting said condition and category More information at the Ministry of Social Services.
Deduction for the acquisition of books and school supplies. The maximum amount of the deduction will be 150 euros in the case of joint declaration and 75 euros when choosing to file an individual declaration. According to Art. 14ter, Legislative Decree 2/2014, of October 22.
Bonuses of certain municipalities. For example, the one in Oviedo, discounts between 20 and 80 percent the Real Estate Tax. More information.
Extension of the period considered as quoted and of the reserve of the job in case of leave for child care.
You can check the discounts of community companies in the Association of Large Families of Asturias and discounts by location in the Spanish Federation of Large Families.
Balearics
You will find all the information on procedures for the large family title and the link to the online application at the Mallorquin Institute of Social Affairs.
Beyond the state benefits, there are no regional advantages, according to the Department of Welfare and Social Rights of the Consell de Mallorca. Although there are municipal bonuses, which must be consulted in each City Council.
For example, the Palma City Council offers some municipal advantages such as:
*** Taxes. ** Discounts on the Real Estate Tax (from 25 to 90 percent) and the circulation tax. More information.
Discounts Basic services
EMAYA Water and sewage: application of reduced rates to large families according to income.
Urban Solid Waste Rate (TRSU): reduction of fees according to income.
You can check the discounts of the companies in the community at the Associació de Famílies Nombroses de les Illes Balears or the Spanish Federation of Large Families.
Canary Islands
You can apply for the degree online or find out about the procedures at the Ministry of Employment, Social Services and Housing.
You can check all the benefits for large families of the Canary Islands here. The specific ones are:
Deduction for single parents. 100 euros, provided you have dependent children and do not live with any other person who are not descendants. More information.
Deduction for birth or adoption of children:
- 200 euros, in the case of the first or second child.
- 400 euros, when it comes to the third party.
- 600 euros, when it comes to the room.
- 700 euros, in the case of the fifth or subsequent.
More information.
- Access to financial aid and support measures for large families in vulnerable situations in relation to your usual home. More information.
You can check the discounts of the companies of the community in the Association of Large Families of the Canary Islands or in the Spanish Federation of Large Families.
Cantabria
You will find all the information on procedures for the large family title and the link to the online application at the Cantabrian Institute of Social Services
As specific help from the Government of Cantabria:
- Birth aid Decree 23/2015 of April 23, modified by Decree 26/2016, of May 5.
Grant of 1,500 euros to mothers who reach the status of large family, from a second birth or adoption, regardless of income.
More information.
In addition, you can find local bonuses. The City Council of Santander, for example, offers a discount of 25 or one hundred in the Real Estate Tax (IBI), and 50% in the Water, Garbage and Sewerage rates. More information.
You can check the discounts of the companies of the community in the Association of Large Families of Cantabria or in the Spanish Federation of Large Families, although there are currently no specific discounts available for this community.
Castilla la Mancha
All the information to request the title of large family in General Delegation of Social Action and Cooperation.
As explained by the Association of Large Families of Ciudad Real, these are the benefits in the community:
Child benefit. 15 eros per month per child under 18 years. More information.
School Choice. The condition of large family is calculated with 1 point.
School canteens of the Community Board. 50-100% discount on all children depending on income and category (only rural schools with part-time, or students with school transport).
Maternity Pay 150 euros per month for 24 months for pregnant women with the IPREM (Public Indicator of Multiple Effects Income) of 14 payments, which for this year 2019 is at 7,680.36 euros or double the rent, if you have any more children.
Morning classroom (breakfast) in centers of the Community Board. 50% -75% discount on all children depending on income and category.
Nurseries of the Community Board (Child Care Centers). Discount of 25% for one child and 50% for the rest. More information.
Scholarships for courses abroad. Bonuses of up to 400 euros for large families.
More information scholarships and education aids.
- Income tax deduction for being a large family. From 200 for general category and 400 euros for special category. The deductions will be 300 euros and 900 euros, respectively, when one of the spouses or descendants has a degree of disability equal to or greater than 65%. More information.
You can check the discounts of companies for large families of Castilla la Mancha in the Association of Spanish-Manchega of Large Families or in the Spanish Federation of Large Families.
Castile and Leon
You can apply for a large family degree at the electronic headquarters of the Junta de Castilla y León.
According to the Association of Large Families of Castilla y León, the benefits of the community for large families are:
Deduction in the Personal Income Tax. Deduction of 246 euros per large family or 492 euros if also one of the spouses or descendants has a disability equal to or greater than 65%. Increase of 110 euros for each descendant from the fourth inclusive or 410 euros if the rent does not exceed certain limits.
Tax on Documented Legal Acts for the purchase of habitual housing. Reduced rate of 0.3% in the first copies of deeds and notarial deeds as well as loans and mortgages if all other requirements are met.
Property Transfer Tax for the purchase of the usual home. Reduced rate of 4% if all other requirements are met.
Scholarships for textbooks. Financial assistance to finance the acquisition of textbooks for large families with children who attend compulsory Primary or Secondary Education in educational centers in the Community, if they meet the required family income requirements.
Dining service scholarship. Exemption for large families of special category and 50 percent bonus for those of general category, of the payment of the fee for the dining room service in the public Educational Centers under the Ministry of Education.
Programs of the Ministry of Education. Individual stays in families of English-speaking countries and International Village. Free travel cost or 50% bonus, if the selected students belong to a large family of special or general category, respectively.
Language Immersion Program in holiday colonies of the Ministry of Education. Aid for students of 5th and 6th grade of Primary and 1st of ESO belonging to large families.
"We reconcile" program aimed at the recreational attention of children during the holiday periods of Easter, Summer and Christmas, in order to facilitate the reconciliation of family and work life. Exemption of rates for large families of special category and 50% bonus for those of general category.
50% bonus for residents with a large family title of special category and 30% for residents with a large family title of general category in the activities managed by the Youth Institute: leisure, hostels, residences ...
Catalonia
You can apply for a large family degree at the electronic headquarters of La Generalitat de Catalunya.
According to the Barcelona City Council and the Association of Large Families of Catalonia, these are the regional bonuses:
Help to education. In the acquisition of books and school and computer equipment. Scholarships also for transportation and the school canteen. Aid for disadvantaged families for outings and extracurricular activities. More information.
University bonuses
Deductions in the equity scholarships for the reduction of the prices of the credits of the university studies. Of general category, they can deduct from the computable family income obtained the amount of 525 euros for each brother or sister, and of special category, 800 euros for each brother or sister.
When the applicant is affected by a degree of disability equal to or greater than 65%, the applicable deduction will be 2,000 euros.
More information.
School scales. In the complementary criteria to solve tie situations, the fact of being part of a large family will be valued with 15 points. More information.
Bonus in kindergartens of the Generalitat. From 50% to 100%, in large families of special category.
Deduction for rent. A 10 percent, up to a maximum of 600 euros per year, provided that its total tax base, minus the personal and family minimum, does not exceed 20,000 euros per year.
The amounts paid for rent must exceed 10 percent of the net income.
- Deduction for birth or adoption of child.
In individual declaration, a deduction for each of the parents of 150 euros.
In the joint declaration of the parents, a deduction of 300 euros.
More information: Article 1 Law 21/2001, of December 28, of Catalonia
- Reduction on property transfer tax. The rate goes from 7 to 5%, provided that the sum of the taxable income in the income tax of the natural persons of the family unit does not exceed 30,000 euros. This amount will be increased by 12,000 euros more for each son or daughter that exceeds the number of children.
More information.
- Expansion of water canon sections for living units of 4 or more members. The water charge is a tax on water consumption that is calculated in sections, depending on the volume of water consumed.
With this extension, 3m³ / person / month are added to the water consumption limits established for the first section, 2m³ / person / month for the second section and 1m³ / person / month for the third section. More information.
If you want more information about company discounts for large families in Catalonia in the Spanish Federation of Large Families.
Estremadura
You can collect all the information about the application for a large family card at the General Directorate of Social Policies, Children and Family.
According to the Association of Large Families of Cáceres, these are the regional benefits of the Junta de Extremadura for large families:
Free pediatric medications. For children under 15 years of age, provided they are financed by the Public Health System, they are included in the official offer of the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs and are prescribed by doctors from the Extremadura Health Service.
Early Childhood Education Centers. Total Exemption (100%) of the monthly rate (196.33 euros per month), from the third child, and 50% reduction of the monthly rate (98.17 euros per month) of the first and second child.
Benefits of paying IBI in some municipalities, such as Cáceres. More information.
To know the discounts of companies for large families in Extremadura in each of its locations, you can consult the Spanish Federation of Large Families.
Galicia
The title of large family can be processed at the electronic headquarters of the Xunta de Galicia.
As reported by the Galician Association of Large Families, the regional benefits are:
Financial assistance for children under 3 years old: 2,400 euros, from the third child.
Benvida card. It is an economic aid of 1,200 euros for each child for a year at a rate of 100 euros per month, for families destined to collaborate with the expenses derived from the birth or adoption of a child. It can only be used in pharmacies, parapharmacies, supermarkets, food stores and childcare establishments or specialized in items and products for children.
Concilia or Children's Check Bonus. A direct subsidy from the Xunta to help pay private childcare for parents who have not succeeded in their place in public nurseries or who have obtained it but with a schedule incompatible with their jobs or who live well in town halls without sustained nursery schools With public funds.
Tax deduction for birth or adoption. The full autonomous tax rate of personal income tax.
Deduction for large family. 250 euros for large families of general category and 400 euros for large families of special category.
The deduction will be 500 euros and 800 euros respectively when any member of the family unit has a degree of disability equal to or greater than 65%.
- Bonus rates and municipal public prices. Some municipalities contemplate, in their ordinances, bonuses in municipal fees for large families. This is the case of the housing tax (IBI), water supply, garbage collection, sewerage, IVTM, etc.
In addition to discounts on public prices for activities in cultural, sports, municipal recreational facilities (eg municipal nursery, music school, municipal swimming pool ...).
Nursery schools. If they are dependent on the Department of Social Policy, a 20% discount. It can reach up to 100 percent in some cases.
Mountain stations. Financial assistance for weekend stays at mountain stations located in the territory of the Autonomous Community of Galicia: 35 euros per person and weekend stay for girls and boys over 12 years and adults, and in 37, 5 euros for children under 12 years.
Water consumption. A 50% discount on the water fee.
To know the discounts of companies for large families in Galicia in each of its locations, you can consult the Spanish Federation of Large Families.
Madrid's community
You will be able to access all the necessary information to request the large family title and download the Community's own app (it allows you to carry the large family card on your mobile), at the Ministry of Social Affairs.
As the Madrid City Council explains, the regional advantages are:
- Benefits in education. Payment exemption for large families of special category and 50% bonus on general category, in public prices for various services and activities in public centers.
Assessment of the category in the criteria for admission to public schools and in the assessment of applications for scholarships and grants.
More information.
- living place. Subsidies on the rent of houses for rent from the Institute for Housing and Social Integration for large families.
Deductions in the lease of public protection homes owned by the Social Housing Agency of the Community of Madrid.
Deduction in Real Estate Tax. You have to check with the corresponding City Hall.
Discounts on the water bill of the Canal de Isabel II. It is billed by sections of consumption (the one who consumes more pays more). More information.
Discounts in municipal facilities, dependent on each City Hall.
To know the discounts of companies for large families in the Community of Madrid, you can consult the Spanish Federation of Large Families or the Association of Large Families of Madrid.
Murcia region
The Community of Murcia has developed a 'Resource Guide for Large Families'. It is so complete, that we encourage you to consult it to know where to go for any procedure to obtain the title of large family and to know the benefits from which you can benefit, both through the Community and in your own locality, one by a.
You can request all the information about aid in the Family Counseling and Equal Opportunities Department.
To know the discounts of companies for large families in the Community of Murcia, you can consult the Spanish Federation of Large Families or the Association of Large Families of Murcia.
Foral Community of Navarra
The processing of the large family title can be done online at the electronic headquarters of Navarra.es
According to the Association of Large Families of Navarra, these are the updated regional grants:
Aid to large families for extraordinary expenses of hearing aids, optical prescriptions, orthopedics and orthodontics.
Attention to children under three years in small groups, maximum of four, at the caregiver's home, with flexible schedules and coverage throughout the year.
The service is managed and coordinated by non-profit entities registered in the Entities Book of the Registry of Entities, Services and Social Services Centers.
To know the discounts of companies for large families in the Community of Murcia, you can check the Spanish Federation of Large Families
Basque Country
You can find out about the application for a large family title at the electronic headquarters in Guipúzcoa.
Help by birth, adoption, preadoptive foster care or guardianship of the third and subsequent children, subject to the income of the last seven years.
Hiring of caregivers. Extension of the bonus in the State Social Security contributions from 45% to 100%.
Deduction in the enrollment of private universities. The Department of Education, Universities and Research of the Basque Government, has a program whose objective is to allow large families whose children study in private universities with centers located in the Basque Country, can enjoy a deduction in tuition.
The amount of the reduction is calculated by equating the amount that students would deduct when enrolling in the same Faculty chosen at the private university, of the Public University of the Basque Country.
University and non-university scholarships. According to the family income tranches, deduction depending on the category.
Personal income tax deduction. 23% in housing purchase (with a limit of 1,955 euros per year) and 25% in rent (with a limit of 2,000 euros per year).
Discounts at IBI, Vehicle tax, rates and municipal public prices (water, sports facilities, music schools, ...) in some municipalities. Consult the town hall of each town.
Possibility of accessing the VPO housing raffles, if you own or rent a home with a ratio of less than 15 m2 per person.
Discount on summer colonies of the Provincial Councils. 30 percent deduction.
To know the discounts of companies for large families in the Basque Country, you can check the Spanish Federation of Large Families
The Rioja
You can request the title of large family or its renewal on the website of the Government of La Rioja.
The autonomous community, as can be seen on the website of the autonomous government, does not offer more tax benefits than the state ones.
To find out about company discounts for large families in La Rioja, you can check the Spanish Federation of Large Families or the Association of Large Families of La Rioja.
Valencian Community
You can request or renew the large family title online at the Generalitat Valenciana.
According to the information provided by the Association of Large Families of the Valencian Community, these are the regional grants:
IRPF regional deduction. 300 euros (in the case of large family of general category) or 600 euros (in the case of large family of special category).
Aid for students in their last year of Public University. The student will be able to request the scholarships to which he subtracts a maximum of 24 credits to finish his university studies in the public universities that integrate the Valencian University System. More information.
Dining and transportation aids for Infantile Schools and students of second cycle of Infantile Education, Primary Education or Obligatory Secondary Education of the centers of ownership of the Generalitat. More information.
living place
Lower tax rate (4%) in the Property Transfer Tax (ITP) for the acquisition of housing that will constitute the habitual residence of a large family, provided that a maximum income of 45,000 euros is not exceeded. More information.
Priority for granting housing rental aid: up to 40% of the rent, with a maximum of 2,880 euros per year. More information.
Fees Reduction in public fees (official exams, licenses and qualifications) and in the fees for official examinations of the Qualifying Board, hunting and fishing licenses, official qualifications such as Yacht Skipper or pleasure boats ...
To know the discounts of companies for large families in the Valencian Community, you can check by location in the Spanish Federation of Large Families.
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