HE BEGAN SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS FOR STUDENTS IN LOCAL OFFICES FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE STUDENT ALLOWANCE. THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF 1,000 EUROS PAID OFF FOR STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY AND SUBMIT THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. APPLICATIONS ARE UP MARCH 31, 2011.
Who's eligible
Since the legislation provides that the allowance of 1,000 euros is paid to parents of undergraduate students studying:
- To university and Technological Sector of Higher Education.
- The Higher Institute of Tourism and Merchant Marine Academies.
- In the undergraduate students of the Faculties of the University of Cyprus, which is in the system of nation-wide examination.
The bonus is paid annually for the duration of the study (according to the regulations of the School). May be given to students themselves, if they are over 25 years or orphaned by both parents or their parents are residing abroad.
The conditions
The conditions for the allowance are:
- The student is a Greek citizen or national of another European Union country.
- The student resides in a rented house because of his studies, in a town other than that which is the primary residence of the family.
- The city is studying the student not to have himself or his parents owned, full usufruct of another house.
- The annual family income of the previous financial year that exceeds the amount of 30,000 euros. The limit of 30,000 euros increased by EUR 3,000 for each child beyond the protected one. As an annual family income means the total annual taxable real or imputed, and the exempt or taxable income in a special way of his father, mother and minor children from any source.
The allowance paid to parents of undergraduate students studying in institutions of University and Technological Sector of Higher Education, the Merchant Marine Academy, and University of Cyprus as the system of nation-wide examination. It also granted the same students when: more than 25 years, orphaned by both parents or their parents are residing abroad.
KEY TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ADMINISTRATION OF STUDENT ALLOWANCE
Studies
The allowance paid to undergraduate students of University Institutes of Technology and Higher Education sector of the Higher School of Tourism and Merchant Marine Academies of Greece, and the Faculties of the University of Cyprus in the system of nation-wide examination, provided that the other conditions.
Granted to all undergraduate students of the family if they live in another city as the main residence, whether attending the same school and the city or in different schools and cities and staying in one or more houses.
Granted for many years as there are years of study of the School or department under the rules of operation. Note however that the start-time coincides with the original entry in the Faculty or Department regardless of semester registration.
Not entitled to the allowance for those attending the acquisition of second degree regardless of how the introduction of the School or Department thereof, or a Master's degree.
Attendance must be confirmed by a certificate of the School or Department. Especially for students who have registered (for the first time) in the first year of study, the certificate shows only the record of a student in the School. O Students enrolled for the first time in the first year but in the second semester (spring) a complete bonus.
Submit a timely application
The application - declaration for the allowance made within the first quarter of each year.
Beneficiary
The allowance is paid to the person as being borne by the student. Exceptionally beneficiary will be the same if the student:
a) is an orphan from both parents
b) his parents are residing abroad
c) is over 25 years
d) is liable to submit tax returns in accordance with Article 61 of n.2238/1994 and is not considered a dependent under Article 7 of that Act.
There is no cut-off age of the beneficiary for the allowance, provided they met the legal requirements.
Nationality of student
The allowance is paid only for students in Greek nationals or nationals of other EU countries, provided that the other conditions. Citizenship is linked only to the person of the student and not with their parents or guardians of that.
Accommodation, rental agreement
O student must be living in a rented house because of his studies in another city's principal residence in which his parents or he did not have full ownership or usufruct of another house.
The urban area of Thessaloniki is considered as one city. Also seen as a city, the prefecture of Attica than all the islands and the cities and areas distant from the city center more than forty (40) km, which are considered as independent cities.
Specifically, cities and regions of Attica who are over forty (40) kilometers according to the Ministry of Environment and the Prefecture of Athens are: Apostles, Saint Dimitrios (Barnabas Beach), St. Constantine (Kamariza) Aigosthena (Porto Germeno) Alepochorion, Amfiareio, Anavyssos Soulios Upper, Flutes, Vilia, Galatas, Grammar, Daskaleio (Port) Eritrea Thorikos, Bad Keratea Sea, Reed, Kalentzi Beauty, Down Soulios, Kineta (Forest Station), Lagonissi, Lavrion, Legrena, Markopoulo Oropos, Megara, Methana, Milesion, New Palaces (Oropos), Wines, Ormos Ag Marina Grammar, Old Fokea, Pachi (Megara), Plaka (Keratea) Ramnous, Oropos, Sounion, Sparta, Sykamino, ropes, Troezen, Tomb, Halkoutsi, Straw, Oropos).
Those who live in dormitories and boarding schools are not entitled to the allowance.
A Family Income
For the allowance will be the annual family income of the previous financial year not exceed the amount of thirty thousand (30,000) euros plus around three thousand (3,000) euros for each child beyond the protected one.
DETAILED ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OFTEN EXPRESSED
Note what has been accepted in previous circulars and answers to questions that have been made.
A. Conditions for allowance
1. Studies
Paid for undergraduate students of University Institutes of Technology and Higher Education sector of the Higher School of Tourism and Merchant Marine Academies of Greece, and the Faculties of the University of Cyprus in the system of nation-wide examination, subject to the fulfillment and other conditions.
-It is used for all undergraduate students of the family, who stays in another city as the main residence, whether attending the same school and the city or in different schools and cities and staying in one or more houses.
- Issued for many years as there are years of study of the School or department under the rules of operation.
However, note that the start-time coincides with the original entry in the Faculty or Department regardless of semester registration. Thus a student enrolled in academic year 2006 - 2007 (regardless of the semester, winter or spring) and the tuition for four years, the academic year 2010 to 2011 is not entitled to the allowance.
- Are not entitled to the allowance for those attending the acquisition of second degree regardless of how the introduction of the School or Department thereof, or a Master's degree. - Not entitled to the benefit of students and Military Police Schools. Military Schools are in the Military Corps Officers School and the School of Nursing Officers.
-The attendance must be evidenced by a certificate of the school or department thereof, the contents of which are analyzed in printed certificate (different for AEI and TEI), issued within the first three months of each calendar year and have an original signature and seal of the Department or School.
-Especially for students who have registered (for the first time) in the first year of study, the certificate shows only the record of a student in the School. - The educational certificates issued for the payment of the allowance should be given lessons rather than credits.Certificates of studies indicate that credits will not be accepted.
- The student who first entered the first year but in the second semester (spring) a complete bonus.
2. Submit a timely application:
The application - declaration for the allowance made within the first quarter of each year except for those entered for the first time in the second (spring) semester of the Institute who submit an application - a declaration within the first five months each calendar year.
The application submitted to the Tax Office taxation of the beneficiary. In case of change of residence will be submitted to the Tax Office the jurisdiction under the new address indicating the address at the same time last year. The application of the following documentary evidence will then be forwarded to the Tax Office prior from where they were tested and the amount paid to the beneficiary or legally authorized representative, or deposited in a bank account that will indicate on the application. Note that address to check for allowance shall be that specified in the tax return for the previous year (eg administration in 2010 to take into account the direction of the income tax return oik year 2009) .
3. Beneficiary
- Issued to a person deemed to be borne by the student
- Exceptionally beneficiary is himself a student if:
a) is an orphan from both parents
b) his parents are residing abroad. It is clarified that in this case presented the documents officially translated abroad under the responsibility of the payee, taking into account the residence abroad, income from abroad added to any income which was reported in Greece, and the allowance granted by the DO Y. residence of the student as will be evidenced by the lease.
c) is over 25 years
d) is liable to submit tax return and is not considered a dependent. It is clarified that if the wife is a student, as long as it has its own income and satisfies the other conditions, the owner is the same.
- Cypriots and persons from other EU countries students or students eligible to receive student housing allowance regardless of how their entry, if and when they fulfill the other conditions laid down by law for the administration.
* There is no deadline for the beneficiary's age allowance, provided they met the legal requirements.
4. Nationality of student
· The allowance is paid only for students in Greek nationals or nationals of other EU countries, if they met the other conditions.
· The citizenship is linked only to the person of the student and not the parents or guardians of that.
5. Accommodation - Lease contract
The student must be living in a rented house because of his studies in another city's principal residence in which his parents or he did not have full ownership or usufruct of another house.The urban area of Thessaloniki is considered as one city. Also seen as a city, the prefecture of Attica than all the islands and the cities and areas distant from the city center more than forty (40) km, which are considered as independent cities.
As for the leases indicated the following:
* The lease regardless of the amount of rent furnished by the owner or renter, for consideration at any Tax Office within thirty (30) days from the pension.
* The contract submitted to the Tax Office two copies of which one returned to him stamped presenting it.
* The vision of the lease in Tax be free, that the taxpayer is not obliged to pay any amount of tax, duty or right.
* If the lease agreement presented in the Tax after passing thirty (30) days from the pension, provided by law enforcement related fine.
* If the tenancy agreement is drawn up and submitted for approval within thirty (30) days from the pension, regardless of the date of entry into force (concurrent, retrospective or prospective) is not timely in this case imposed no fine.
* A lease should be endorsed in the name of the parent or the student himself. Photocopies are accepted and validated. If you have not been validated by another Authority, the ratification of the photocopy is made by the officer receiving the application - affirmation. Valid lease whose duration is less than one year.
* In cases where a lease agreement for the grant of accepted and contracts have expired, provided that at least two months, applied within the academic year for which an allowance. The completion of two months should be done until the day of application.
* Can not receive the allowance in affirmation and evidence in replacing any existing lease.
* If a student cohabitation should appear as tenants all the students or their parents or guardians.
* Leases are eligible to take effect until the expiration date for the submission of documents, be they old or new student.
* The students studying in schools of the University of Cyprus, as long as there is no lease agreement will provide affirmation of Law 1599/1986 which will display all the data owner.
* Staying in a hotel or boarding house is considered as a lease provided that the student will submit a certificate at least two continuous residence therein, and proof of service as a certified copy of the same period. As for the pension allowance that is kind of small hotel. The minimum stay for over two months of this case (in a hotel or boarding house) should have been completed within the academic year for which an allowance under any circumstances except for this (eg in August) and be completed by days of submission of application for the allowance.Note that for those who entered for the first time in the second (spring) semester of TEIs the two-month stay must be completed by the deadline of application of this case.
* Admitted leases residential and out of town attendance at up to forty (40) kilometers from the center of town in which the Faculty or the Department under this certificate authority.
Those who live in dormitories and boarding schools are not entitled to the allowance.
6. Family Income
For the grant of that benefit should the annual family income of the previous financial year not to exceed thirty thousand (30,000) euros plus around three thousand (3,000) euros for each child beyond the protected one.
As an annual family income means the total annual taxable real or imputed, and the exempt or taxable income in a special way the taxpayer, his spouse and minor children, from any source.
The concept of family income to pay housing benefit students, not counted, extraordinary amounts of compensation (lump sum compensation made redundant, etc.), sale price of property and agricultural subsidies or payments on agricultural production in the case of the determination agricultural income of the objective method. The income from agricultural operations after taking into account planned reductions.
Also not taken into account that housing benefit if declared by the taxpayer.
Especially for the calculation of income, if the administration of housing benefit when the income comes from rental accommodation etc. who keep books and records will be taken into account the accounting result and not imputed as determined by the individual orders.
If the student is liable to a declaration and it is also a dependent parent, then the total family income and the square meters will be calculated cumulatively and in this case is the recipient parent.
If divorced or separated spouse beneficiary of the benefit is the parent of which is liable for the student.
But if there is a second marriage information taken from a joint return for the preceding financial year as submitted by their current spouse, a dependent one which is the student. In this case, whether the student is a dependent, or spouse of a request by the husband (father or stepfather).
When the student's parents are permanent residents abroad and he was studying in a Greek University, presented the documents officially translated abroad under the responsibility of the recipient. It is clarified that in this case both the residence abroad is taken into account and other foreign income aggregated with any income which was reported in Greece.
The student or his parents he is not owned or usufructuary housing (owner-occupied or rented) in excess of two hundred (200) m except residences or apartments located in municipality with a population of less than three thousand (3,000) residents, such as local government agencies are planned before the force of Law 2539/1997 (Government Gazette 244A). The exception may also be proved by official documents.
Clarified that the total square meters (200 m) counted in the blanks. Blanks are not counted, and the auxiliary facilities damaged by an earthquake, if there is a certificate of the competent Authority. Not even count the derelict listed (unfit for habitation) if there is confirmation of the relevant Agency.
If there is a percentage of ownership is taken into account only the percentage. Also do not count the square meters of rooms operators and properties of which the transfer took place within the past year. [Eg allowance for 2010 does not count the property of which the transfer took place in FY 2009 (using 2008)].
Students nationals of other countries - members of the European Union (Cyprus, etc) for a proof) of income and b) of title or non-residents (parents or himself, or of parents and himself accordingly Whose income and housing be taken into account), produce certificates from their country as follows: For the income from the competent tax office according to specifications laid down in law and decision and for the residences of the relevant authority (eg nationals of Cyprus from the Municipal and Community Authority). It will also be presented and affirmation of the student officially authenticated signature on the absence of other homes in addition to those explicitly listed in the certificates (eg certificates accompanying two).
If the student or the parent has full ownership or usufruct of home ownership but at a rate in the city studying the student is entitled to the allowance.
If the application for the allowance made by the same student as a dependent does not appear in the tax return of parents, the Tax Office should check whether under the law is a dependent and if so will take into account family income, etc. parents of whether or not the allowance.Beneficiary in this case is a parent.
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