in England
Child support
Currently on maternity leave and my partner is working, can we claim the weekly child benefit payment? When back at work, can we then use the tax free child care scheme and free hours? Wasn’t sure if you are allowed to use all of them or does the weekly payment stop you from being able to claim the tax free childcare
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Yes you can claim child benefit, just check your partner’s salary as a higher salary affects the amount you’re entitled to I believe. Child benefit doesn’t affect the tax free childcare and 15/30 funded hours. 😊
From September next year, if both parents are working your child gets 30 free hours of childcare, I’m on maternity leave and my partner works and all I claim is child benefits and then my maternity pay that’s all.
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You can have both and you can claim child benefit as long as your partner isn’t earning over 80k. Over 60k you get less than full amount