One-off support

Inps, newborn bonus kicks off, € 1,000 for babies in 2025

It is a one-off support of EUR 1,000 for each child born or adopted from 1 January 2025. It will be financed with 330 million euro for 2025, 360 per year from 2026

by Redaction Rome

14 April 2025

Manovra, ecco il bonus da mille euro per i genitori dei nuovi nati nel 2025

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Key points

The economic requirement
The question
Time to apply
Isee threshold
Channels to be used to claim the bonus
Requirements
The chronological order of arrival of requests applies
The budget

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The Inps turns a spotlight on the so-called 'Bonus Nuovi Nati' and in a circular (Circular 76 of 14 April) provides guidance on how to submit applications. The support was provided by the Budget Law 2025 (Law 207/2024). In essence, the manoeuvre provides for the disbursement of a one-off amount of €1,000 for each child born or adopted from 1 January 2025 in order to incentivise the birth rate and contribute to the expenses for its support. As far as the tax regime is concerned, the bonus does not contribute to determining overall income.

The economic requirement

In order to qualify for the bonus, it is necessary to have an indicator of the equivalent economic situation (ISEE) in whose household the child for whom the contribution is requested is present, not exceeding €40,000 per year, excluding from the determination of the indicator the payments relating to the Single and Universal Allowance (AUU). For the verification of the economic requirement, the ISEE minors indicator is taken into account. neutralising from this indicator the AUU amounts disbursed to the members of the household. For example, in the case of an ISEE indicator for benefits to minors with an equivalence scale parameter of the minor's household equal to 2.5 and an AUU amount disbursed of €1,500, the amount to be excluded from the ISEE value would be €600 (1,500:2.5). In this case, for example, with an ISEE indicator of €40,400, the indicator used for the purposes of the Newborn Bonus is €39,800 (40,400 - 600).

The question

It is necessary to apply for the support. In the document, Inps recalls that the bonus may be requested, alternatively, by one of the parents. In the case of non-cohabiting parents, it may be requested by the parent cohabiting with the child born, adopted or in pre-adoptive foster care. In the case of a parent who is incapacitated or a minor, the application shall be submitted by the parent exercising parental responsibility or by the guardian, subject to verification of the requirements by the parent of the newborn child. The parent exercising parental responsibility may register directly online a proxy in his or her own name for the exercise of the rights of the minor child.

Time to apply

The application must be submitted, under penalty of forfeiture, within 60 days of the child's birth date or date of entry into the family. For example, if the event (birth, pre-adoptive fostering, adoption without pre-adoptive fostering) occurred on 16 July 2025, the bonus can be claimed by 14 September 2025.

The Isee threshold

To submit the application it is necessary to be in possession of a valid ISEE minors ISEE or to have previously submitted a Dichiarazione sostitutiva unica (DSU) for the calculation of the ISEE for benefits to minors in which the child to whom the event refers is present. For the purposes of verifying the requirements, the valid ISEE minors ISEE on the date of the application or related to the DSU submitted on the date of the application is taken as reference for the benefit.

The channels to be used to claim the bonus

The application service is accessible through the following channels: the Institute's web portal, www.inps.it, using one's digital identity - SPID Level 2 or higher, CIE 3.0, CNS or eIDAS; using the Bonus nuovi nati available in the INPS mobile app; multichannel contact centre, by contacting the toll-free number 803.164 (free from a landline) or the number 06 164.164 (from a mobile network for a fee, according to the tariff applied by the different operators); Institutes of patronage, using the services offered by them. The Inps explains that a later message will announce the date from which the application service will be available. For events that occurred prior to the date of release of the new service, the application may be submitted, under penalty of forfeiture, within 60 days from the date of publication of the message 'announced' by the social security agency. Once the application has been submitted, it is possible to access the receipts and documents produced by the system, monitor the processing status and update the payment method information where necessary.

The requirements

In order for the application to be admissible, the applicant must declare, under his/her own responsibility, that he/she meets the requirements for access to the measure and, therefore, in relation to the situation in which he/she finds him/herself: being an Italian citizen; holding a right of residence or a permanent right of residence if he/she is an EU citizen; holding a residence card or permanent residence card if he/she is a non-EU citizen of a country belonging to the European Union; holding a valid residence permit if he/she is a non-EU citizen. At the time of application, you must indicate the method of payment chosen by crediting an account with an IBAN or by direct debit transfer.

The chronological order of arrival of requests applies

The Inps proceeds with the payment of the Bonus for newborns on the basis of the chronological order of arrival (date and time) of the applications submitted and accepted on the basis of the procedure for verifying the existence of the requirements, within the limits of the resources allocated in the year in which the application is submitted.

The budget

The Budget Law 2025 estimates the burden for the measure at EUR 330 million for this year and EUR 360 million annually starting from 2026. Inps monitors the resources used and reports the results on a monthly basis to the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and the Ministry of the Economy and Finance. In the event of any deviation from the expenditure forecast, a decree of the Minister of the Economy and Finance, in agreement with the Minister of Labour and Social Policies, shall redetermine the annual value of the amount of the Newborn Bonus and the value of the indicator of the equivalent economic situation.