Citizens’ benefit replaces Hartz IV: All payment dates for the year 2023 at a glance

On January 1, 2023, Hartz IV is history. From now on, employable people without a job will receive their successor as basic security, the citizen money. And as is often the case with changes of this magnitude, there is always the question of whether they will go smoothly?

“Yes, the transition will succeed,” promised Andrea Nahles, chairwoman of the Federal Employment Agency (BA). Thanks to the timely political agreement in November 2022, the BA able to pay out the increased standard rates on time as of January 1, 2023. You can find out here when a payment can be expected to be received and on which dates the job center will transfer the money this year.

Citizens’ benefit: These are the payment dates for the year 2023

In principle, the citizen’s income should be credited to the account of the beneficiary on the first of every month. Loud applies Merkur.de the rule of thumb: the money for the upcoming month must always be transferred in the previous month. RTL.news points out, however, that Payment dates may vary depending on the job center. Therefore, the payment dates in the following table for 2023 are based on the latest possible payment times, so that the money should be in the account by the first of the following month.

The introduction of citizen money brings but one more further change with it: Recipient rule rates will increase starting in January by around 50 euros. Single people and single parents who are entitled to benefits then receive 502 euros per month, two adults in a so-called community of needs receive 451 euros each. Adult recipients receive 402 euros up to the age of 25. Young people between the ages of fifteen and eighteen receive 420 euros. Children from the beginning of their seventh year up to the end of their fourteenth year 348 euros. And for children up to the age of six, 318 euros are paid out.

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