児童手当、「年収１２００万円以上」廃止　夫婦合算を見送り―政府・与党

　政府・与党は１０日、中学生以下の子どもを対象とした児童手当のうち、高所得者向けの「特例給付」について、年収１２００万円以上の世帯は廃止することで合意した。２０２２年１０月支給分から適用する方針。所得制限の算定基準については、夫婦の収入を合算する方式の導入を見送り、所得の高い方のみの年収で判断する現行方式を続ける。
　児童手当は一定の所得に満たない世帯に対し、３歳未満で月１万５０００円、３歳以上は原則月１万円が支払われている。一方、一定以上の所得がある世帯には児童１人当たり一律月５０００円の特例給付を支給。所得制限は扶養家族の数によって異なるが、例えば会社員の夫と専業主婦の妻、子ども２人の場合、夫の収入が９６０万円（所得７３６万円）以上なら特例給付がもらえる。新制度開始後も、年収９６０万円以上１２００万円未満の世帯は、これまで通り特例給付が支払われる見通しだ。（2020/12/10-18:33）

Japan's government and ruling parties agreed Thursday to stop paying "special" child benefits to households with an annual income of 12 million yen or more.
   The new rule will apply to benefits to be paid in October 2022 and later.
   Under the nation's child benefit scheme, which covers junior high school and younger children, child-rearing households with annual incomes exceeding certain levels are given 5,000 yen per child per month as special allowances.
   Meanwhile, ordinary child benefits are paid to households under a certain income level, with the monthly amount set at 15,000 yen per child aged under 3 and 10,000 yen per older child in principle.
   The government and the ruling pair of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito also agreed to give up a plan to use the combined incomes of both working parents as a threshold for double-income households to receive child benefits. The government will keep intact the current system in which the higher of the income earned by the husband and that by the wife is used as a threshold.