Family income for grant purposes: calculation and deductions
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Enter your parents' income and the rest of the household's, tick the situations that give a deduction and get the figure the Ministry sets against the thresholds.
Example, not your result yet· change a figure to see yours
Family income for the grant
€32,000
RD 179/2026, arts. 9 and 10: deductions applied to 2025 income.
| Income added up | €32,000 |
| Threshold with this income | Threshold 2 |
The Ministry cross-checks with the Tax Agency: its figure is the one that counts.
Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · Figures re-read in the BOE and the call on 8 November 2026
Family income for grant purposes is worked out from each counted member's 2025 Spanish income tax return. For anyone who filed, the general tax base and the savings tax base are added, ignoring negative balances carried from earlier years, and the tax due on the return is taken off (article 9 of Royal Decree 179/2026 and article 16 of the call). For anyone who did not file, tax withheld is taken off instead. Then the deductions of article 18 apply: 50% of what members other than the parents earn, €525 per sibling in a general large family and €800 in a special one, €1,811 or €2,881 for disability, €1,176 per university student away from home when there are two or more, 20% for full orphans and €500 for single-parent families. With parents on €41,000, a sibling earning €6,000 and a general large family of three children, income comes to €42,425.
Step one: each member's income
Article 16 of the call adds up the income of every counted member who had income in 2025. For anyone who filed a return: general tax base plus savings tax base, without subtracting negative balances of gains or investment income from 2021 to 2024, minus the tax due on the return. For anyone who did not file, the same calculation minus the tax withheld. The result is neither what you were paid nor what you got back, but a midway figure from the return.
Step two: the deductions
The deductions of article 10 of Royal Decree 179/2026, repeated in article 18 of the call, are applied to that total. Only situations that existed on 31 December 2025 count.
| Situation | Deduction | Art. |
|---|---|---|
| Income of members other than the parents | 50% of that income | 18.2.a |
| Large family (general), per sibling | €525 | 18.2.b |
| Large family (special), per sibling | €800 | 18.2.b |
| Disability of 33% or more | €1,811 | 18.2.c |
| Disability of 65% or more | €2,881 | 18.2.c |
| University applicant with 65%+ disability | €4,000 | 18.2.c |
| Each university student away from home, if two or more | €1,176 | 18.2.d |
| Full orphan under 25 | 20% of income | 18.2.e |
| Single-parent family | €500 | 18.2.f |
Example: the parents come to €41,000 after tax due, an older sibling earned €6,000 and they are a general large family with three children. Half of the sibling's pay comes off, plus €525 for each of the three children: family income ends up at €42,425. With five members, that is below threshold 2 of €42,743.
Your family income in three figures
Example, not your result yet· change a figure to see yours
Family income for the grant
€32,000
| Income added up | €32,000 |
| Threshold with this income | Threshold 2 |
What does not change the figure
The grant ignores 2026 income, even if it fell, except for late applications after the main earner's death or forced retirement. It does not look at the number of children directly either: household size is already built into the threshold table by members. And income is not everything: the grant is also refused if family wealth is over its limits.
When the Ministry's figure differs from yours
The Ministry cross-checks with the Tax Agency. If a proposed refusal shows a different income from yours, check who is listed as a counted member and whether a deduction was missed. Corrections to income and wealth are only accepted as substantiated objections, within the deadline stated in the notice: the refused grant page explains how.