Tax Credits / Benefits for the father who as limited access.

Viper_7

I've coming close to an end of a divorce. The courts have agreed that my daughter stays with me x nights a week on average each year which is rich when it was the ex who did the dirty and doesn't care much for our daughter - but anyway.

I pay maintenance as required.
My ex collects full tax credits/child benefits etc but really isn't caring for our daughter 100% of the year as I am for x/7s of it.

Am I eligible to claim benefits? After all I'm also still housing/feeding/clothing entertaining my daughter etc, or as the case seems to be the flow of money is always one way. You'd think the benefits should be split? I've not called them yet as I'm sure I'd just end up looking stupid for enquiring about such a thing!

Thoughts?

marksoton

Whoever gets the child benefit takes the spoils i am afraid.

Viper_7

I thought it would be, you'd think it would be split out for joint access... hahahaha silly me, one way road.

marksoton

Well how often do you have your daughter ?

Strapped

marksoton wrote: »

Whoever gets the child benefit takes the spoils i am afraid.

Not so. It is possible for one parent to claim CB (that one will be seen as the PWC by CSA I believe) and the other parent to claim the CTC.

Soubrette

Viper_7 wrote: »

I thought it would be, you'd think it would be split out for joint access... hahahaha silly me, one way road.

Joint access is a concept that our society finds very difficult to encompass - try registering your child at 2 doctors for example.

It is a shame as I believe that even parents who can't stand to be in the same room as each other can still have split joint access, certainly my two have learned that the rules are different depending on whether they are at mum's or dad's.

Sou

marksoton

Strapped wrote: »

Not so. It is possible for one parent to claim CB (that one will be seen as the PWC by CSA I believe) and the other parent to claim the CTC.

Really ?!

I would be amazed to see an example of this happening.

tsstss7

Soubrette wrote: »

Joint access is a concept that our society finds very difficult to encompass - try registering your child at 2 doctors for example.

It is a shame as I believe that even parents who can't stand to be in the same room as each other can still have split joint access, certainly my two have learned that the rules are different depending on whether they are at mum's or dad's.

Sou

Why would you want to? You can always access medical care in an emergency but most people have one dr -2 would create all kinds of problems.

Soubrette

tsstss7 wrote: »

Why would you want to? You can always access medical care in an emergency but most people have one dr -2 would create all kinds of problems.

Simply because the person deemed the NRP is deemed the secondary parent - so they can't register their child even if they are living with them 50% of the time. If their child has an emergency or even a routine visit then they have to go to the GP as a visitor.

You would think in this computer age that it would be easy to share records between the two surgeries.

Sou

Zara33

Strapped wrote: »

Not so. It is possible for one parent to claim CB (that one will be seen as the PWC by CSA I believe) and the other parent to claim the CTC.

Surely to get CTC you have to be the pwc and the parent who gets the child benefit.

[Deleted User]

To get CTC you need to be declared as the main carer but you don't need to be the recipient of ChB.

It is entirely possible for one parent to receive ChB and the other receive CTC.

Can an arrangement not be made between yourself and your ex for you to receive ChB and her to receive CTC?