Child benefit

jermyn

We are 2 families coming together. I receive the full benefit for my son while my partner has  3 qualifying children,the eldest of which she also receives the full amount. As we become 1 household do we continue claiming separately or do we need to make 1 claim for all 4 children?

sheramber

You must tell the Child Benefit Office straight away if:

• your bank account, name or address changes
• you change your gender
• a relationship ends
• you start a new relationship, for example you move in with a new partner or remarry
• the child’s parent has died
• you intend to go abroad for more than 8 weeks
• you or your partner intend to move abroad permanently or for more than a year
• you’re a Crown servant leaving the UK for a posting abroad
• you move to or from Northern Ireland
• you have a baby, or a child comes to live with you
• payments or contributions for a child who does not live with you stop or change
• you’re paid to look after a child by a local council or similar
• your immigration status changes
• you lose the right to reside in the UK
• you get a prison sentence of more than 8 weeks

Tell the Child Benefit Office of any other changes to your family life. Include the date of the change.

Other ways to report changes

You can also call or write to the Child Benefit Office

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

calcotti

I think you can both continue to receive child benefit but I can’t find anything to confirm this one way or the other. Even if you still both get Child Benefit, when you report the change one of you will lose the higher eldest child rate because it will only be paid for the oldest child in the household.

ZaSa1418

You have to report that you are moving in together and then only the oldest child of the household will get the higher rate and the other 3 will get the lower rate.