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<p>For both Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit (CTC), the law provides for one person
– the person mainly responsible for the child – to receive the payments. It works
on the basis that one person will always have a greater share of responsibility than
another.</p><p> </p><p>Where parents separate, it is possible for them to jointly
agree who should receive Child Benefit and CTC and for which child. Where parents
cannot agree who should receive Child Benefit and CTC and make rival claims, the decision
about who is entitled to such support is taken by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
HMRC considers all the facts in relation to each parent’s responsibility for the child,
based on the information provided by both parents.</p>
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