Aid to families

How to know your family quotient?

Publié le 01 septembre 2025 - Mise à jour le 01 septembre 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)

Enrollment in the school canteen or extracurricular activities, request to welcome your child in nursery... When you do this, you usually need to provide your family quotient, which is used to determine the amount of assistance you are entitled to. Where to find your family quotient? How is it established? Public Service inform you.

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The family quotient established by the Family allowance fund (Caf) or the Agricultural social mutual fund (MSA) is an indicator of the level of your monthly income. It takes into account the composition of your family, your professional and/or replacement income (such as unemployment benefits) and the family benefits that you perceive.

At the beginning of the school year, you are frequently asked for the allocation of certain aids, the calculation of the price you must pay for the school canteen, the nursery, etc.

Warning  

It also exists another family quotient, determined by the tax authorities. The family quotient used by Caf and MSA is not determined in the same way as that established by the tax authorities.

How is the family quotient used by Caf calculated?

Your family quotient depends on:

  • your household's taxable income excluding tax allowances;
  • the number of tax shares allocated to your household based on your family situation.

To calculate your family quotient, divide by 12 the annual taxable income of your household (excluding tax allowances). We add the amount of monthly family benefits that are paid to you. The result is divided by the number of shares allocated to you according to the composition of your household.

The number of shares for the calculation of the family quotient shall be allocated according to the following scale:

  • Couple or single person: 2 parts.
  • 1er dependent child: add 0.5 part.
  • 2e dependent child: add 0.5 part.
  • 3e dependent child: add 1 part.
  • From 4e child: add 0.5 parts per child.
  • Child with a disability: 0.5 share more.

Where to get your family quotient?

The family quotient is generated by Family allowance fund or Agricultural social mutual fund.

  • If you are a recipient, to download your family quotient certificate you must go to the "My Account" area on the site of the Caf (section « My certificates »), or on MSA online service « My Family Quotient ».
  • You are not or no longer a recipient? Communities or jurisdictions that ask for your family quotient can check it if you send them your tax return. For applications made in 2026, this is your 2025 income tax notice for 2024.

FYI  

The online service quotient-familial.numerique.gouv.fr allows you to transmit via FranceConnect your identity data (surname, first names, date and place of birth, gender) and your CAF or MSA family quotient to your community. However, only certain communities allow the use of this service.

This is an information exchange device based on a free and secure form allowing:

  • to recover your identity data, your Caf or MSA family quotient and the composition of your household from the authorities holding this information;
  • pass this information on to the community on which you depend;
  • the local authority in question to use the information obtained to calculate the rate corresponding to your situation (for example for the school canteen or nursery) or to determine the payment of a specific aid.

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