23 articles tagged with Child Benefit.
The HICBC reformed in April 2024: new £60k threshold, household income basis, taper to £80k. Pension salary sacrifice strategy and a worked example.
Understanding the overlap between Child Benefit and Universal Credit in 2026 -- the High Income Child Benefit Charge, UC child element, and which to prioritise.
HICBC threshold raised to £60,000 from April 2024 with taper to £80,000. Learn who benefits, whether to opt back in, and how to backdate claims.
A life-event budgeting guide for parents-to-be and new parents — nursery and childminder cost context, the 30 hours free childcare scheme, workplace nurseries and the Child Benefit HICBC clawback.
A worked example of the High Income Child Benefit Charge on a £70,000 salary in 2026/27, and how increasing pension contributions reduces or eliminates it.
Since 2025, employed taxpayers can opt to pay the High Income Child Benefit Charge through PAYE via a tax code adjustment, instead of registering for Self Assessment. How the option works and who it suits.
Adopted children are exempt from the two-child limit on Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit. How the exemption works, and how it interacts with the benefit cap, in 2026/27.
How the High Income Child Benefit Charge works in 2026/27, why some families who opted out should reconsider, and how the charge can now be collected through PAYE instead of Self Assessment.
Grandparents and relatives raising a child under a Special Guardianship Order or informal kinship arrangement often receive an allowance from the local authority — here's how it's taxed, what benefits you can still claim, and a worked example.
Statutory Maternity Pay doesn't multiply per baby, but Child Benefit and the child element of Universal Credit do. How a multiple birth actually changes your maternity pay, leave and benefits in 2026/27.
How the two-child limit affects Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit in 2026/27 — who is exempt, how the child element is calculated, and what the exceptions actually mean in practice.
HMRC now lets some parents pay the High Income Child Benefit Charge through their PAYE tax code in real time, instead of only via Self Assessment. Who can use it and how it works.
