Expert: Aaron Shifferly - 4/8/2009

Question
my husband and i are dual military and we have one child i wanted to know if we have another one do we get more money for the baby or do we just stay with the same amount of money that we are recieving? i dont want to sound like i want another baby for money i just want to know because i really want to have another one but i want to know if ill be able to afford him/her because its alot of money with one and we barely make it with what we have now...thank you

Answer
You should check with your local branch of Finance to ensure what I'm telling  you is correct, but the short answer is No.  The 'with dependants' rate calculated on your entitlements is an all or nothing thing meaning that you trigger the entitlement with one dependant but it doesn't increase with any potential additional ones. The only potential exception I know of is with the overseas Cost of Living Adjustment; I think that does take the number of dependants into account when calculating it, but not by much.