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Child Benefit - child benefit rates, eligibility, how to claim, child benefit claim form CH2.

• How it works

  You get Child Benefit if you’re responsible for bringing up a child who…

• What you'll get

  There are 2 Child Benefit rates. Who the allowance is for Rate (weekly)…

• Eligibility

  Only one person can get Child Benefit for a child. You normally qualify…

• Make a claim

  You can claim Child Benefit 48 hours after you’ve registered the birth of…

• Make a change to your claim

  You must report any change of circumstances to the Child Benefit Office.…

• Get help with your claim

  Contact the Child Benefit Office if you have any questions. If you…

Guidance and forms for claiming Child Benefit. Including how to claim, Guardians Allowance, payment dates, repaying overpayments, reporting changes, and complaints.

• Updated: 12 February 2024

How and when to report changes that affect your Child Benefit payments, such as earnings going above £60,000. How to update a change of address or bank details.

• If your child’s circumstances change

  Report any changes that could affect your Child Benefit to HM Revenue and…

• If your circumstances change or you need to update your details

  Report any changes that could affect your Child Benefit. If you do not,…

High Income Child Benefit Charge - check if you're affected, how and when to pay this tax charge, opt out and restart Child Benefit payments.

Proof of Child Benefit - what you can use.

Find out when your Child Benefit payments are due, and payment dates for bank holidays.

Child Benefit for 16 to 19 year olds - when payments stop or continue, approved education or training, extensions.

Child Benefit if you've moved to the UK from abroad - who qualifies and which countries have an agreement with the UK

Estimate the Child Benefit you've received and your High Income Child Benefit tax charge

Contact HMRC for information about eligibility, claiming and stopping Child Benefit, changing your personal details and making a complaint

• Updated: 13 March 2024

Child Benefit if your child lives with someone else - when you can claim, multiple claims, change who gets the benefit

Use the online service to tell the Child Benefit Office about changes to your child's circumstances.

Information about eligibility, claiming and when Child Benefit stops

• Updated: 24 June 2015

Tell the Child Benefit Office about changes to your family circumstances.

Child Tax Credits if you're responsible for one child or more - how much you get, eligibility, claim tax credits

How long you get Child Benefit payments for if you go abroad - for both short periods (holidays etc) and if you go to live abroad

How to claim Child Benefit if you cannot make a claim online.

Let the Child Benefit Office know that your child is staying in approved education or training after the age of 16 using the CH297 online form.

Child Benefit if your child dies or the claimant dies - report the death, when to make a new claim, arrears

Claim or deal with Child Benefit for someone else - if your child has a baby, authorisation form TC689, appointees, voluntary organisations