Parents with children who recently turned 16 need to update their HMRC records or risk losing their Child Benefit payments.
More than one million parents who claim Child Benefit for teenagers could have their payments stopped at the end of this month. Those with kids aged 16 to 19 need to tell HMRC if their child is staying in higher education or not.
Parents only receive Child Benefit until their child is 16 – unless they remain in government approved full-time education or training. What education and training is approved? The government website states eligible education or training includes the following: There have also been letters sent out to the 1.4 million parents this affects. Parents can scan a QR code on the letter taking them directly to the website.
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