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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

by Michela Finizio

2 February 2026

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Key points

Isee for single allowance purposes
The exclusion of amounts already received
Dates and amounts

5' min read

Translated by AI

Versione italiana

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.

Il valore del nuovo Isee sul portale Inps

La schermata del Portale Unico Isee dell’istituto in cui viene visualizzato il nuovo valore riformato dell’Isee, da utilizzare ai fini delle cinque prestazioni interessate dalla riforma introdotta con la legge di Bilancio 2026

The exclusion of amounts already received

The puzzle of knowing the Isee value that defines the amounts of the single allowance, however, does not end here. The Isee value to which the amount of the child allowance is pegged is yet another one, compared to the one displayed a few days ago in the new window set up by the Inps on the portal. According to the regulations in force, in fact, from the calculation of the Isee used to modulate the amounts of the measure, the amounts themselves received through the single allowance must also be excluded (in detail, the amounts received in 2024 must be counted in the Isee 2026): these amounts are part of the welfare treatments received by the household that, traditionally, are included in the income items computed in the ordinary indicator; yet, as reiterated by the Budget Law 2025, the amounts received are to be excluded from the computation only for the purposes of the universal single allowance, the nursery bonus and the newborn bonus.

Currently, this neutralisation is only carried out internally by the Inps, which - automatically - excludes these amounts and recalculates the beneficiary's Isee value in order to allocate the amounts due. It is not, however, a calculation that is communicated in any way to the household receiving the single allowance.

The deadlines and amounts

Please note that 65% of the Isee renewal files are processed in the first three months of the year to ensure continuity of benefits. In particular, if the Isee is not renewed (or if there is no Isee) by 28 February, the minimum amount will be payable to the beneficiaries of the single allowance from the month of March: with Circular 7 of 30 January, the Inps announced the amounts and thresholds in force this year following the automatic revaluation of 1.4% to align values with the cost of living (based on the inflation coefficient defined by Istat for social benefits) and the minimum quota in 2026 will concern recipients with Isee over 46.582.71 (or in the absence of Isee) and will be equal to €58.3 for minor children. Inps has clarified that it is not necessary to submit a new application in order to continue receiving the aid, for all those whose application has been 'accepted' in the Institute's archives. It is only necessary to communicate any relevant changes, such as the birth of a new child or the updating of the position of children who reach the age of majority.

Starting in March, even in the absence of an updated Isee, the benefit will continue to be paid out and households that submit the Dsu for renewal of the indicator by 30 June 2026 will benefit from a recalculation of the sums due (the amounts already paid starting in March will be adjusted retroactively with the payment, by adjustment, of any arrears). For Isee renewed after the deadline, on the other hand, adjustments will only be made starting from the following month.

As a result of the Istat revaluation, all parents with Isee Ie less than EUR 17,468.51 (compared to EUR 17,227.33 in 2025) will receive EUR 203.8 for each dependent minor child. The amounts due decrease progressively up to the minimum amount with Isee over EUR 46,582.71 (compared to EUR 45,939.56 in 2025). The surcharges applied in the case of disability also go up (122.3 euro for non-self-sufficient persons) or those for mothers under 21 (23.3 euro) or for parents who are both workers (starting from 34.9 euro for the lowest Isee bands). The increase for children after the second child also rises from 99.1 to 17.4 euros - depending on the Isee value used for the single allowance.

Finally, in addition to the basic amounts, three other specific surcharges, provided for by law in the presence of certain requirements, remain in force:

households with children under one year receive a 50% increase in the amount, until the child turns one;

households with at least three children and Isee equal to or less than 46.582.71 euros see the amount increased by 50% for each child in the age bracket from one to three years;

families with at least four dependent children benefit from a flat-rate increase of 150 euros.

Beware, however, because all the amounts (thresholds, contributions and increases) refer - as we have said - to the Isee 'reworked' according to the modalities provided for the single allowance (thus reformed by the Budget Law and reduced by the amounts received through the allowance itself) and not to the ordinary one reported in the certificate. A value, therefore, that is difficult to know because it is still not communicated to the family.

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