Parents with VAT number, up to 500 euros per month for baby sitting and nursery instead of parental leave

A contribution of up to 500 euros per month to pay for babysitting services or nursery fees, to be requested in place of parental leave. It is the voucher that the 2027-2029 budget bill introduces, on an experimental basis for three years, for self-employed parents: the self-employed registered with INPS, i.e. artisans, traders and farmers, and those registered with separate management.

The mechanism is established by article 60. The voucher is requested at the end of maternity or paternity leave and covers a maximum of three months, to be used in the following eleven months. It is an alternative to parental leave: those who choose it renounce, for that period, compensated absence from work.

The sums can be used for babysitting services or for accredited public or private educational services for children, such as nurseries and spring sections. If both parents are self-employed, the contribution - which does not count towards the ISEE for the calculation of the single allowance - is due to only one.

Employees, public and private, and professionals registered with private funds, such as lawyers, accountants or engineers, are excluded. The audience, however, includes all the separate management, where in addition to VAT numbers without cash register, collaborators, doctoral students and research fellows are also registered: the implementing decree will clarify whether they will also be able to access.

The resources are limited: 15 million per year for 2027, 2028 and 2029. Access criteria, methods of use and procedures for respecting the spending ceiling will be set by a decree of the Minister for the Family, with the Ministry of Labor and the Mef.