Single allowance, puzzle over how much is due: all amounts 2026
Renewal of the Isee by 28 February to avoid the minimum quota, but with the reform and the exclusion of contributions already received, the decisive value does not coincide with that of the ordinary certificate. Here is where to find it on the Inps portal and how deadlines and amounts work
Key points
For all parents who receive the universal allowance for their children, there is time until 28 February to renew their Isee: on the basis of the updated indicator, the amounts due will be adjusted starting from the month of March 2026. In the midst of the race, however, there is no shortage of news: from 1 January the Isee reform introduced with the last Budget Law came into force, the effects of which are still not communicated in the ordinary indicator; furthermore, the certificate - which this year refers to income and assets in 2024 - includes the same amounts received with the single allowance, which are, however, irrelevant for the purposes of calculating the universal benefit. The result is that for the more than 5 million beneficiary households, it becomes a real puzzle to understand what amount is actually due for each child.
Isee for single allowance purposes
In order to understand how much of the single allowance is due, it is necessary to start from the Isee of the household with dependent children, but it is not right to refer to the value in the official statement. We explain why.
As a result of the Budget Law 2026 (Article 1, paragraph 208, Law 199/2025), as of 1 January, the methods of calculating the Isee for five specific social benefits, including the single allowance, have been reduced. As a result, a new indicator with a restricted scope of application is calculated for these specific benefits, which will be added to the ordinary Isee. The new calculation methods provide that:
- the deductible for a dwelling house increases from €51,500 to €91,500 (cadastral value for Imu purposes), with a further increase to 120,000 euro if the house is located in the capital of a metropolitan city;
- the same deductible is increased by 2.500 euro for each additional cohabiting child (from the second child onwards);
- the equivalence scale increments are recalculated as 0.10 for households with two children, 0.25 in the case of households with three children, 0.40 with four children, 0.55 with at least five children.
However, the value of this adjusted Isee valid for defining the amount of the single allowance is not yet reported in the final certificate of the indicator. Only after the approval of a next directorial decree of the Ministry of Labour, in agreement with the MEF, will the INPS be able to issue the new updated Isee certificates in implementation of the Budget Law 2026.
For a few days now, in order to cope with this transitional phase, the 'reformed' value has been communicated separately directly to the applicant in the 'Consult your declarations' section on the institute's single Isee portal: by accessing the portal through Spid (or through the other recognised authentication methods), it is possible to identify the Isee files that have already been processed; next to the ordinary certificate that has just been issued, it is also possible to consult the 'Isee for specific family benefits and for inclusion'. By clicking on this last item, a window opens in which the new calculation method 'without the main dwelling' and with the new equivalence scale is articulated: here it is possible to know the reformed Isee value, valid for the single allowance.
