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How to claim Child Benefit if your child is continuing in further education after their GCSEs.
Government rewards hard work with record tax cut to National Insurance for 29 million workers
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Child Benefit claims can be made online for the first time.
The government has confirmed payments of benefits due to land in accounts on Monday 19 September will be made early.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
Up to £635 million of funding will be made available to public sector organisations so they can install low carbon heating and energy efficiency measures.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Tax credits and Child Benefit customers who receive their payments into a Post Office card account have just 2 weeks left to switch their accounts.
HMRC will stop making payments to Post Office card accounts after 5 April 2022. About 7,500 customers still need to switch so they don’t miss out on vital payments.
HMRC is giving customers, who are yet to switch their Post Office accounts, a one-off extension until 5 April 2022.
Customers have until 30 November 2021 to update HMRC with their new bank account details or risk having their tax credits or Child Benefit payments suspended.
HMRC urges tax credits and Child Benefits customers with a Post Office card account to update HMRC with their new bank account details by 30 November 2021.
Families with children staying in full-time non-advanced education or approved training post 16 must inform HMRC by 31 August to receive Child Benefit.
Correspondence between SSAC and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions about the Social Security, Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Up to £165 million new funding to help families get their lives back on track announced.
HMRC listened to customers and stakeholders and changed its view about when some customers may have a reasonable excuse for failing to notify liability to HICBC.
Almost 400,000 families have been helped by the Troubled Families programme.
Parents and carers should make sure they are getting National Insurance credits which may improve their State Pension income.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
A new service to directly help mid-sized businesses as they expand and grow, has been launched today by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Child Benefit and Child Tax Credits payments may stop for parents who do not inform HMRC of their child’s educational status by 31 August.
Further details of how the £5 million emergency Grenfell Tower Residents’ Discretionary Fund will be distributed, has been confirmed by the Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Theresa May earlier today met with victims of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
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