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Money & pension

This is about money from the state and the city: support when money is short, exemptions from fees, your pension and what to do after a death.

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Apply for minimum income supportNot enough money to live on? How to check minimum income support and apply with all records.Apply for family allowanceMoved to Austria with a child, or is your child already an adult? How to apply for family allowance and the child tax credit at the tax office.Retire and get a pensionFind out which pension fits you and prepare the application and insurance periods.Get exempted from the ORF feeLittle money? How to apply for exemption from the ORF contribution.

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Money & benefits

  • I’m having a baby
  • Lost your job
  • Apply for housing benefit
  • Apply for a student grant
  • Child maintenance is not being paid
  • Apply for a maintenance advance
  • Apply for legal aid
  • Get health insurance yourself
  • Caring for family: stay insured
  • Take care leave
  • Get the carer bonus
  • Money for replacement care
  • Money for a care course
  • Money during family hospice leave
  • Compensation after treatment harm
  • Hardship fund after treatment harm
  • Get money back for a private doctor
  • Get exempted from prescription fees
  • Have the prescription fee cap checked
  • Get back overpaid prescription fees
  • Get the e-card fee refunded
  • Check your final payslip
  • Pay for a course with waff funding
  • Funding for solar panels on an apartment block
  • Kindergarten meals: exemption or subsidy
  • Funding for new windows
  • Social advice at MA 40
  • Find funding for your business
  • Debt advice
  • Household changes: update benefits
  • Do your tax return

Retirement & bereavement

  • Apply for an old-age pension
  • Add missing pension periods
  • Get your insurance record statement
  • Advice on care and support
  • After a death
  • Request a replacement death certificate

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