Can child benefit be backdated?

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I recently found out about marriage allowance which prompted me to go online & submit a claim. I earn below my personal allowance & DH pays basic rate or has done since we got married 2 years ago.

When entering the info from his P60's I realised that he's earned just short of the high earners child benefit threshold.

When DD was born 5 years ago he was on a job with a lot more overtime so he was over in the bracket where we would of had to pay child benefit tax so I submitted a claim but chose not to receive the payments.

It says I can start receiving them again at any point but can it be backdated for years you didn't claim does anybody know?

You could ring and ask. If you make an original claim it can only be backdated for 3 months but don't know if it's different for an existing claim where you have opted out of payment

Yes a s long as you filled in the form but chose not to receive payments.

You can contact them on Web chat I did this and they backdated 2 years worth within a week. Use the onine chat as it's easier then getting them on the phone.

Oh really Raver, that's great thank you so much, I'll do that tomorrow