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Deprivation of capital allowances and time allowed before claiming

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  • zzzLazyDaisy
    zzzLazyDaisy Posts: 12,497 Forumite
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    Your child's savings are counted as part of the household money when assessing benefit entitlement, so giving the money to your child would make no difference.
    I'm a retired employment solicitor. Hopefully some of my comments might be useful, but they are only my opinion and not intended as legal advice.
  • sunnyone
    sunnyone Posts: 4,716 Forumite
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    Happy_feet wrote: »
    Yes of course i get tax credits and child benefit like almost every other parent in the UK. I didn't think those were the benefits we were talking about.

    Tax credits are a means tested benefit and child benefit is a universal benefit but they are both still benefits that you are claiming.
  • healy
    healy Posts: 5,292 Forumite
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    Happy_feet wrote: »
    Yes of course i get tax credits and child benefit like almost every other parent in the UK. I didn't think those were the benefits we were talking about.

    I guess the clue is in the name.
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