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Child Tax Credits if you're responsible for one child or more - how much you get, eligibility, claim tax credits
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Oct 18, 2024 · Child tax credit is a means-tested benefit that tops up your income if you're a parent or responsible for a child, however, it is being replaced by Universal Credit. Find out how much you could get in child tax credit in 2024-25 and how the payments work.
If you’re responsible for any children or young people born before 6 April 2017, you can get up to £4,000 a year in child tax credits for your first child and up to £3,455 a year for each of your other children until they turn 16.
Feb 29, 2024 · Updated 29 February 2024. These tables show rates and allowances for tax credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance by tax year (6 April to 5 April).
- What you’ll get
- Moving to the UK from the EEA
If all your children were born before 6 April 2017
You could get the ‘child element’ of Child Tax Credit for all of your children. You’ll also get the basic amount, known as the ‘family element’.
If one or more of your children were born on or after 6 April 2017
You could get the child element of Child Tax Credit for up to 2 children. You might get the child element for more children if exceptions apply. You’ll only get the family element if at least one of your children was born before 6 April 2017.
You must wait 3 months before claiming Child Tax Credit if you arrived in the UK from the EEA on or after 1 July 2014 and do not work.
There are some exceptions who will not have to wait 3 months, for example refugees.
Child Tax Credit is paid to help people with the costs of bringing up a child. You get money for each child that qualifies. Only one household can get Child Tax Credit for a child. You don’t need to be working to claim Child Tax Credit.
The Child Tax Credit helps families with qualifying children get a tax break. You may be able to claim the credit even if you don't normally file a tax return.
