A question on child benefit and high income

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Hi, Is anyone around here good with tax etc? I'm just trying to understand. My DH is about to have a payrise which will take his salary from 48.5 k to 51k. By my calculations that will probably leave us a bit worse off as he will have to pay tax, pension, NI etc and it will mean we will stop receiving child benefit.
However, am I right in thinking that if your pre tax deductions (pension and childcare vouchers) bring the taxable portion of your pay down to below £50k then this is ok?

I find this all a bit confusing tbh but don't want to get on the wrong side of HMRC!

Thank you to anyone who can explain things to be in idiot prof language!

Yes you can deduct pension and childcare vouchers first so you should still come in under £50k. My DH had the same issue recently.

From 50-60k the amount you lose is on a sliding scale so it wouldn't be a huge amount to lose.
It also is paid back at tax return the following January so it could potentially be 2 years before you need to repay anything (assuming. 18-19 is still below and then 19-20 would be repaid in January 2021)

As pp said, pension contributions are not included in this

Over £50k doesn’t lose the whole of CB - it’s a sliding scale to £60k. But you do have to complete a tax return and pay the bit you aren’t entitled to back.

Thank you very much!