Claim For Child Benefit Isle of Man

Name of the Organization : Isle of Man Government
Type of Facility : Claim For Child Benefit
Country : Isle of Man

Website : https://www.gov.im/
Online Services: https://www.gov.im/onlineservices/

Claim For Child Benefit :

Child Benefit (CHB) is a benefit paid to someone who is responsible for a child or young person living with them, or are contributing to the child’s or young person’s maintenance at a rate at least equal to the rate of CHB payable for that child or young person.

Related : Renewing Child Passport Isle of Man : www.statusin.org/7105.html

Child Benefit changed from April 2014. Please see the downloadable document for more information.

Basic qualifying condition:
If the child or young person is:
** under the age of 16
or
** 16 or over, but under the age of 20 and in full time education or approved training of more than 12 hours per week and studying for a qualification up to and including A Level standard or equivalent (the child or young person must have commenced that full time education prior to their 19th birthday)

And:
You or the child or young person have been resident on the Isle of Man or in the United Kingdom for more than 182 days in the 52 weeks prior to the week in which the claim is made.

There are exceptions to the above and certain cases where there is no entitlement to Child Benefit. See downloadable documents for more details.

How much could I get and how am I paid?:
You can be paid weekly by order which you cash at a Post Office or you can have it paid directly into your bank or building society account every 4 weeks.

Amount of Child Benefit :
** The amount of Child Benefit you get depends on how many children you have and how much income you are treated as having (your ‘reckonable income’).

The weekly rates of Child Benefit are shown below.

How and when should I apply?:
Use the claim form CH2 – Claim for Child Benefit and return it, along with the child’s birth certificate, to:
Child Benefit Unit
Markwell House
Market Street
Douglas
IM1 2RZ

Telephone:+44 1624 685107

You will need to apply as soon as possible after the birth of the child or after the date you take responsibility for the child or young person.

Reckonable income used for Child Benefit :
** Your reckonable income is normally the income for IOM tax purposes you and your partner (if you have partner) added together had in the tax year two years before claiming benefit.

** By ‘partner’ we mean the person you are married to or your civil partner or someone you live with as if you were married to them or they were your civil partner. Income for IOM tax purposes is income before deducting any tax allowances or reliefs.

** But if you or your partner or both of you (if you have partner) were not assessed for IOM income tax two years before then your reckonable income is the income for IOM tax purposes that you think you or your partner or both of you (if you have partner) will have in the tax year you are claiming Child Benefit.

** Predicted current year income is also used if there have been certain changes in your circumstances or your partner’s circumstances (if you have partner) which mean that you and your partner’s income added together is likely to be at least £5,000 less in the current tax year than two years before. Those circumstances include unemployment, sickness and giving up work to look after a child under the age of 5. Contact us (see below) if you want us to use your predicted current year income as your reckonable income.

** Certain employment termination payments and lump sum payments of deferred State pensions are ignored in calculating your reckonable income. Contact us (see below) if you want us to disregard any of those payments.