Child benefit / tax credit
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Zola.
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My wife is expecting, its very early days but I wanted to start researching child benefit and what we may or may not be entitled to. I am totally ignorant to this stuff!
I earn £32,000 per year and I drop 9% down through salary sacrifice into a pension, not sure if it has any bearing...
My wife earns £26,000 but gets commission based on sales, last year she brought in £39,000.
I did a HRMC online calculator form, and although some of the questions I couldn't answer for sure, it came back that we are entitled to a big fat £0.
Is this correct?
Forgive my ignorance, its all new to me and I found the website info a little vague.
I earn £32,000 per year and I drop 9% down through salary sacrifice into a pension, not sure if it has any bearing...
My wife earns £26,000 but gets commission based on sales, last year she brought in £39,000.
I did a HRMC online calculator form, and although some of the questions I couldn't answer for sure, it came back that we are entitled to a big fat £0.
Is this correct?
Forgive my ignorance, its all new to me and I found the website info a little vague.
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I make it that you are eligible for child benefit but not child tax credits. Which calculator did you use?Save 12 k in 2018 challenge member #79
Target 2018: 24k Jan 2018- £560 April £26700 -
You’ll be entitled to child benefit of £20.70 per week.0
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Neither of you is a higher rate tax payer so should be entitled to Child Benefit.
https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit0 -
Thanks!
Is £20 a week our lot then? :rotfl:
Other than the stat maternity pay from her employer?0 -
Other benefits would be available for low income but your income alone stops entitlement to tax credits. There may be other help available if you have childcare in future eg tax free childcare0
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"Is £20 a week our lot then?"
No it's not. You also have a combined income of £60k.Overactively underachieving for almost half a century0 -
haha relax! I am only asking a question... would be foolish to not ask if it meant missing out on something. We all pay enough tax.....0
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