to think that child benefit needs an overhaul?

[presceccoilove]

So thats it no more child benefit for me, not that I am against this form of mean testing, now I can rest assured that my DH's 50% tax will go towards children in 29 other countries in the form of portable child benefit, special rules apply to some countries including Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Czech Republic.

www.hmrc.gov.uk/Childbenefit/ch5_notes.pdf

Imo I think that if a child is not residing in the UK, the UK child benefit should not apply to them, we could save a few million pounds in this area alone. Do we need further overhaul AIBU?

I don't understand your comment.

The document says that CB is only payable if children are abroad for more than 12 weeks if they are going abroad for medical treatment or for school. In which case it is almost certain that the parents will fall into the category that no longer receive CB because their income is too high anyway. How will it save millions??

The link you have posted doesn't say anything like what you have put in your post.

Oh and I think you are very much "against this form of mean testing" since you are looking for ways to rubbish the system now that you are no longer benefitting from it.

I think child benefit should go to those that need it...if that is a child in another country then so be it.