Amount of Allowances for Working Family Allowance (WFA)

• Type of Allowances:
  (1) Basic Allowance (granted on a household basis);
  (2) Medium Allowance (granted on a household basis);
  (3) Higher Allowance (granted on a household basis); and
  (4) Child Allowance (granted to each eligible child (Note) in a household and cannot be applied separately) (Note 1: Eligible child refers to a household member aged below 15 or aged between 15 and 21 receiving full-time non-post-secondary education.)
   
• Depending on household income, the Basic Allowance, the Medium Allowance, the Higher Allowance and the Child Allowance may be granted at full rate, 3/4 rate or half rate.  Please press here for the amounts of allowances.