The solos are gone, the child benefit is increasing: In 2021, millions of citizens can look forward to a nice plus in their account.

If you would like to have a few thousand euros more in your wallet, you should rummage through and rearrange your finances at the beginning of the year.

It can be really worth it.

For families over 5000 euros are in it, for singles almost half.

In addition, the rising costs for statutory and private health insurance can be reduced. "On top of that, the legislature has simplified the change of insurance company," emphasizes Wolfgang Schütz, managing director of the comparison portal Verivox. WELT explains what you can do.