No Idea on Benefit - Child on way

markprior

Hi All

I / my partner are very new to claiming any kind of benefit, we both work, she is currently on maternity

Her Salary is around £22k
Mine around £40k

she is now on maternity & we are expecting arrival any day, i think we maybe able to claim child benefit but not entirely sure, not sure if there is anything else i should be looking at either ?

we are not struggling financially however we have both put into the system so would like to get out what we are entitled to :beer:

Thanks

suki1964

Its not a building society you know

You are entitled to child benefit

markprior

haha thanks

brewthebear

You dont pay into the system as you put it to then get out what you can. Byhaving a baby you are already (getting out of it) maternity midwife hospital doc etc.
Dentists, sick pay etc, again by putting in the system as we all do entitles us That is the main reason tax ins is paid Is that not enough for you !!

xylophone

https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit

Happier_Me

There are a number of benefit calculators on the Internet but given your income I expect you will be entitled to child benefit only. It all helps though. If your partner returns to work and you use paid for childcare, look into child care voucher schemes too to see if these will benefit you.

Darksparkle

Happier_Me wrote: »

There are a number of benefit calculators on the Internet but given your income I expect you will be entitled to child benefit only. It all helps though. If your partner returns to work and you use paid for childcare, look into child care voucher schemes too to see if these will benefit you.

Childcare vouchers close to new entrants on 4th October. It would need to be tax free childcare.

markprior

thanks for the replies

PersianCatLady

suki1964 wrote: »

Its not a building society you know

You are entitled to child benefit

It is shocking that so many people think that it is a building society.

Rather than be disappointed that they are not entitkled to anything, perhjaps the OP could be grateful that they are lucky enough to be financially stable?

pmduk

Actually, it's an insurance policy, hence the name National Insurance. Millions of people annually fail to claim the money that the Government has decided they're entitled to.

The OP is indeed in a relatively comfortable position but is perfectly entitled to check if anything further is available. After all, no demands were being made.

TELLIT01

The OP is doing nothing wrong or illegal in asking what their entitlements might be once the baby arrives. I thought that was the purpose of the forum. In fact, at the top it does state "For help and support NOT judgement".