Part 10

Social security income
CHAPTER 8

High income child benefit charge

Extension of charge in cases where child not living with claimant
681D
1
This section applies where—
a
a person (“R”) is entitled to an amount in respect of child benefit for a child for a week in a tax year by virtue of section 143(1)(b) of SSCBA 1992 or section 139(1)(b) of SSCB(NI)A 1992 (persons contributing to the cost of providing for a child),
b
neither R, nor any person who is a partner of R throughout that week, is liable for a charge to income tax in respect of that amount under section 681B, and
c
there is another person (“S”) who, for the purposes of section 143(1)(a) of SSCBA 1992 or section 139(1)(a) of SSCB(NI)A 1992 (persons with whom child is living), is a person who has the child living with him or her in that week.
2
Section 681B applies as if S were entitled to the amount of child benefit mentioned in subsection (1)(a).
3
Where there is more than one person to whom subsection (1)(c) applies in relation to an amount of child benefit for a week, subsection (2) applies only to the one with the highest adjusted net income for the tax year.
4
For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), an amount of child benefit to which R is entitled for a week is to be ignored if—
a
the period (which includes that week) for which R is entitled to child benefit by virtue of section 143(1)(b) of SSCBA 1992 or section 139(1)(b) of SSCB(NI)A 1992 in respect of the same child does not exceed 52 weeks, and
b
R is entitled to child benefit in respect of the child for the week immediately before and the week immediately after that period by virtue of section 143(1)(a) of SSCBA 1992 or section 139(1)(a) of SSCB(NI)A 1992.
5
In this section “
child
” means—
a
a child within the meaning of section 142 of SSCBA 1992 or section 138 of SSCB(NI)A 1992, or
b
a qualifying young person within the meaning of either of those sections.
Pt. 10 Ch. 8 inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 7 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 1 para. 1