In its decision of December, 9.2020 (III R 73/18), the Federal Fiscal Court decided that the entitlement to priority foreign family benefits must be offset against child benefits under German law even if the child benefit claimant working abroad has neither applied for nor received the benefits provided for there.
The claim to child benefit in the subordinate state (Germany) is not excluded pursuant to Art. 68 (2) sentence 3 of Regulation 883/2004 if there is only a claim in the subordinate state but the substantive requirements for a claim in the priority state (Poland) are not met.
More and more employees are sent abroad by their employer for a certain period of time to work at a local business location. For secondments that extend over years, the employee’s family usually travels with them.
