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Child Benefit - Harrogate Army College
mum76
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Hi All,
There have been a few closed threads regarding child benefit entitlement and child support entitlement when a child goes to AFC Harrogage Army College and there was never really an answer. I've made a few phone calls with AFC Harrogate, the CMA (old CSA) and HMRC Benefit department and they said the following:
If your child is going to AFC Harrogate Army College then Child support and Benefits will stop. The reason being that regardless of how many hours studying a week they'll be doing, they will no longer be living at home (As they will reside in army barracks) and they will be earning a salary of at least £800 per month after food and accommodation expenses (rising to over £1000 per month after 6 months). The child/young adult that goes to AFC Harrogate is classed as independent and is no longer an expense to the parent.
Hopefully this helps a few people out there and let me know if you have any questions around this.
Thanks
Mel
There have been a few closed threads regarding child benefit entitlement and child support entitlement when a child goes to AFC Harrogage Army College and there was never really an answer. I've made a few phone calls with AFC Harrogate, the CMA (old CSA) and HMRC Benefit department and they said the following:
If your child is going to AFC Harrogate Army College then Child support and Benefits will stop. The reason being that regardless of how many hours studying a week they'll be doing, they will no longer be living at home (As they will reside in army barracks) and they will be earning a salary of at least £800 per month after food and accommodation expenses (rising to over £1000 per month after 6 months). The child/young adult that goes to AFC Harrogate is classed as independent and is no longer an expense to the parent.
Hopefully this helps a few people out there and let me know if you have any questions around this.
Thanks
Mel
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