Child benefit Help!!

Lady_gaga

kb92830 wrote: »

This is not correct. My partner gets CTC as she lives in the UK, she can't claim CB as I am resident for tax purposes in Switzerland and therefore pay in to their social security system. The legal term for this is 'Priority payments', meaning I have to claim child benefit in Swizerland and she gets CTC in the UK

So I'm right, your still claiming child benefit...

AsknAnswer2

Lady_gaga wrote: »

Please supply your source and what other means of proof is acceptable

I've already told you what the sources are - I'm not posting out my manuals or copies of legislation to you. Go and look it up or request the information through a Freedom of Information request to HMRC.

The relevant legislation is in the Child Tax Credit regulations 2002. There is nothing in there which stipulates a qualifying benefit condition. What it states is that the child must 'normally ' live with them.

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/tctmanual/tctm02202.htm

If you are looking for an online source, its mentioned on HMRC's information page about child benefit

Tax credits information

Tax credits are payments from the government to help you with your everyday costs.
The amount of tax credits you can get depends on things like:

• how many children you have living with you
• whether you work - and how many hours you work
• if you pay for childcare
• if you have - or any child living with you has - a disability
• if you're aged 50 or over and are coming off benefits

Your payments also depend on your income. The lower your income, the more tax credits you can get.
You don't have to get Child Benefit to qualify for tax credits.

And you don't. I wasn't receiving CHB when I applied for CTC for either child. In both cases, the CHB was awarded later than the CTC. You don't have to provide evidence unless they have reason to suspect your claim is fraudulent; which is probably the reason so many fraudulent CTC claims are made - official verification isn't a requirement of the initial claim. Statements made to TCO is acceptable; it is up to them to decide whether they have reason to refer the claim to ccompliance if the statements made raise suspicion. All I provided were birth certificates.

These are the facts HMRC consider when determining responsibility for a child

You have yet to provide a source which backs up your statement, yet ask me for one... A source which says it 'helps' to provide the CHB not is not the same as saying that it is not payable without CHB in payment. Please think carefully before you give out advice which may be inaccurate.