Holiday allowance
Your holiday allowance is paid in May. The exact amount is shown in My SVB as from 1 May, under ‘betaaloverzicht’ (statement of payments).
You build up holiday allowance every year from May to the following April. Over this 12-month period, your holiday allowance grows by a small amount every month. If your orphan’s benefit starts later than May, you will get less holiday allowance for that year.
Example
You started receiving an orphan’s benefit in August 2023. You will build up holiday allowance for 9 months from August 2023 to April 2024. You will receive your first payment of holiday allowance in May 2024. This is holiday allowance for a 9-month period. Starting from May 2024, you will build up holiday allowance for a 12-month period every year.
For people who are employed, holiday allowance is 8% of their gross annual salary. This is not the case for orphan’s benefit.