Parents warned of HMRC deadline that could see them miss out on £1,354 a year
Thousands of parents in the United Kingdom are asked to make sure that they demand a benefit of £ 1,354 per year as an important deadline date.
Millions of parents in the UK are paid to child assistance to help the cost of raising a child. The child stops automatically after the age of 16 – but can be expanded if they are still in education.
HMRC warned all parents who may be suitable for an extension until the deadline of August 31, otherwise they may miss.
The assistance will not continue to be paid automatically, so it is the responsibility of the parents to update the tax authority.
In order to be suitable for an extension, the exact criteria says that the child should be between the ages of 16 and 19 and between the school, college or another well -known training course.
This may include:
- A levels or similar
- T levels
- Scottish heights
- NVQs and most professional qualities up to level 3
- Home Education – If your child starts before or after the age of 16, if he has an expression about his special education needs
- Training Programs in the UK
- Pre -gown
If the child is working for an educational course as a university degree, apprenticeship or part of a employment contract, parents will not be suitable for a child benefit extension.
Support is worth £ 26.05 per week for the largest or single child or £ 1,354,60 a year. It is worth £ 17.25 per week or £ 897 per year for any child.
If a child stays in education from 16 to 19, this benefit is extra or 4,063.80. It is paid automatically to bank accounts every four weeks.
HMRC said that in May and July, he sent a letter to parents to be online and that their children have confirmed whether they are continuing their education.
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They can still be for those who do not receive a letter or put it wrong Access the HMRC web page to extend. Parents need to be sure that they have the identity and password of the State Age Pass or to create an account. HMRC application can also be used.
Parents should be aware of the rule of ‘high -income child benefit fee’, that is, if a parent’s income is over 60,000, they will be responsible for paying tax fees. This attracts the payment effectively at a percentage percent for each £ 200 earned on the threshold, ie completely disappears if the parent earns £ 80,000.
At the beginning of this month, data Sky News He showed that 214,000 parents suitable for child aid did not claim this. In addition to extra income, an non -working parent will automatically receive national insurance loans if he requests a child assistance for a child under the age of 12.
These loans will be counted for a state pension by reducing the time to be spent in order to make national insurance contributions.
A person must have a 35 -year -old national insurance contributions to obtain a full state pension in retirement.
The government announced that it would destroy those who left the country last week and no longer have the right to pay for the child benefit.
Cabinet Office Minister Georgia Gould said: “This government stands for people who demand benefit when not appropriate. From September onwards, we will have ten times more researchers who save the money of hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers.
