Help with Child Benefit please

[BAKERS DOZEN]

Unsure in which topic to ask this so apologies if this is the wrong one. My grandson will be 16 next year and will be coming to live with us and attending a local sixth form college. Is he still entitled to child benefit and if so how does my son go about transferring it to us? I know that EMA has been discontinued but not sure about child benefit. As Mr BD and I will both be retired by next summer we need to sort out our budget so we can support him for the following two years at least. Any advice will be gratefully received. Thanks in advance.

[albaqwerty]

He should be eligible for CB until he is at least 19.

Depends upon which type of college course tho. If it isn't an HNC or HND then it is still payable. The current recipient of the CB can contact the CB department and tell them to pay it into a different account.

[albaqwerty]

I knew there'd be a better informed person around Helen xx

Just speaking from my personal experience tho.

[THECORBYLOON]

The current claimant can't just ask for the Child Benefit into another account. The account needs to be in the claimant's name, the claimant's partner's name or someone acting on their behalf.

It will speed things up if the current claimant writes a letter confirming he relinquishes title to the Child Benefit which can then be sent with the new claim form

[BAKERS DOZEN]

You are both stars. Thanks a lot. Have never claimed anything in my life before so totally out of touch. How do tax credits work then? I thought that was for working people on low incomes. Would we be able to claim as we are only his grandparents?

[albaqwerty]

Corby over 19 years I have asked CB to be paid weekly.monthly and into different accounts.

Tax Credits, oh Bakers, don't get me started!!!!! Ask Helen, she's good.

[THECORBYLOON]

See here for confirmation http://www.hmrc.gov.u...payments/how-paid.htm

[BAKERS DOZEN]

Son has never claimed tax credits that I know of - this is all new to me. He is in full time employment and does not earn anything like £45,000. His lovely wife does not work and she has cancer of the spine which has now moved into her lungs. The prognosis not very good. This is one reason why grandson will come to us so he has continuity in his life no matter what happens. Will also give son more time to spend with his wife. Very sad but we have to be practical and grandson's education is important to us all.

[THECORBYLOON]

I bow to yir knowledge but the HMRC link confirmed the details as I have understood them to be. Is there a reason why the info on the HMRC and direct.gov sites are wrong?

[BAKERS DOZEN]

Thanks to you all for your help. Redhelen I may take you up later on with your offer of further help. I must ask my son if he knows if he may be eligible for Tax Credits now. That would be a bonus.

[THECORBYLOON]

I appreciate that and it's been a fair few years since I delat with CHB at the local office but my thinking was confirmed by yir own website hence the reason I posted the link. Would it not be worthwhile asking that the info be updated to reflect the change?

[THECORBYLOON]

delat????

[mickrog]

so if I need to know anything regarding government regulations I should ignore the official Government website and seek advice from the people who really know ie rh

[THECORBYLOON]

The guidance speaks about someone acting on the claimant's behalf which in the DWP would be an Agent or more normally an Appointee (when someone is not able to manage their own affairs) HMRC may have another definition. If they do, why not just say it can be paid into ANY account (other than a child's) and leave it at that?