child benefit

British  

noun

1. (in Britain, Canada and New Zealand) a regular government payment to the parents of children up to a certain age

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Example Sentences

Some who were not required to file this time include those earning more than £150,000, whose high income was the only reason they needed to file previously, or those who had switched to paying the high income child benefit charge through PAYE.

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Some not required to file this time include those earning more than £150,000, whose high income was the only reason they needed to file previously, or those who have switched to paying the high income child benefit charge through PAYE.

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Child benefit payments due on bank holidays will also be paid on a different date:

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Despite the name, it does not affect child benefit - but relates to tax credits and universal credit payments if you have or had a third or subsequent child born after 6 April 2017.

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The cap does not affect child benefit, which is paid to families where the highest-earning parent earns less than £80,000.

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