Child benefit

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Question:

My OH (not married) claims child benefit for his daughter as she lives with us 60% of the time and then her mum the remaining 50%.

We have recently had a child together. I claimed for the child benefit but have received the letter to say I'm entitled to the 'second child' allowance.

Is this correct? Even though it's my first?
Will be called them up to double check/confirm but they are now not open till Monday.

Anyone had similar???

Yes that's correct.

Yes that's right.

I don't know why I find that really odd!

Thank you will save me a call to them

It's done on the household so if his child gets the 1st child amount then your child will get the 2nd child amount.

Ok yeah that does make sense!

Then say I was to become a single parent/own household I guess i would be then be entitled to the 1st child amount.

correct

The cap on two children is also per claiming household.

There isn't a 2 child cap on child benefit though

It's right but I don't agree with it personally.

Did they change it? I thought there was @dementedpixie. I can't claim for my two so I'm probably out of date. My friend is about to have her third and mentioned not being able to claim.

Child benefit itself doesn't have a limit on the children you can claim for but other benefits have a 2 Child cap (might be universal credit/tax credits for that)

How it works
You get Child Benefit if you’re responsible for bringing up a child who is:

• under 16
• under 20 if they stay in approved education or training

Only one person can get Child Benefit for a child.

It’s paid every 4 weeks and there’s no limit to how many children you can claim for

@dementedpixie you know I always believed it was capped at two but your bang on. I checked the entitled to website and you can claim for one than one child.

Thank you !! I did not know this !

Yes that's right. Make sure you claim in your name for your child though as they make up any NI contributions if you're on mat leave.