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<p>Child Benefit is payable where a claimant is responsible for a child under the
age of 16, or a qualifying young person up to the age of 20 in full-time non-advanced
education or approved training. A person is treated as being responsible for a child
in any week where:</p><p>(i) they have the child living with them in that week; or</p><p>(ii)
they are contributing to the upkeep of the child at a weekly rate not less than the
amount of Child Benefit payable for that week.</p><p> </p><p>Only one person can get
Child Benefit in respect of a child. In cases of shared care, where more than one
person meets the entitlement criteria and makes a claim for Child Benefit, priority
rules apply. These rules are set out in the Child Benefit Technical Manual at the
following link.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/child-benefit-technical-manual/cbtm08001"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/child-benefit-technical-manual/cbtm08001</a></p>
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