In Belgium employees, civil servants and self-employed persons each have their own family benefit scheme.
Note: Whenever one of the earners in a two-earner household is self-employed and the other is not, the system for employees or civil servants will be applied. For more information, visit the website of the National Child Benefit Service for Employees.

Types of family benefits
There are different types of family benefits for self-employed persons:

• child benefit
• maternity benefit
• adoption allowance

Key concepts

• the rightful claimant
• the recipient of the benefit
• the child entitled to child benefit

Payment of the family allowance
Limitation of the family benefit