Field help: (2021) Claim to child benefit existed This text refers to the Steuererklärung 2021 online. You can find the version for the Steuererklärung 2025 at: (2025): Claim to child benefit existed Enter here the time period in 2021 during which someone was entitled to child benefit or allowances for this child.Foreign child benefit or allowances are to be treated as equivalent to domestic claims.Maintenance payments may not be deducted for those months in which there was an entitlement to child benefit / child tax allowance.