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High Income Child Benefit Charge taper

1% of Child Benefit for every £200 of income over £60,000; all of it at £80,000 rule

2026-27, from 2026-04-06 · verified 2026-10-04 against the official source · next expected change 2027-04-06

You’ll pay back 1% of your Child Benefit for every £200 you earn over £60,000. If you earn over £80,000 you’ll pay it all back.

key

uk/child-benefit/high-income-child-benefit-charge-taper

value

1% of Child Benefit for every £200 of income over £60,000; all of it at £80,000 rule

period

2026-27

effective

2026-04-06 to date

source

https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit-tax-charge

verified

2026-10-04 — fresh (33 days ago; next check by 2027-04-06)

next expected change

2027-04-06 (annual: a fixed day each year)

source checked

2026-11-02 (the newest day the automated check fetched the source page)

previous

1% of Child Benefit for every £200 of income over £60,000; all of it at £80,000 rule (2025-26) from 2025-04-06

scope

UK-wide; weekly rates

hash

sha256:70d17ce209944ac22f77abafda5b98ecf4bd748c4f4e322be38134c0fb6c7276

signature

EdDSA, key db-2026-10 — keys

As JSON

curl -s https://databutler.dev/f/uk/child-benefit/high-income-child-benefit-charge-taper?max_age=30d — schema; verify with npx verified-facts verify https://databutler.dev/f/uk/child-benefit/high-income-child-benefit-charge-taper

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  "effectiveFrom": "2026-04-06",
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  "ageDays": 33,
  "maxAgeDays": null,
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    "source": "https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20250630153332/https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit-tax-charge"
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    "text": "databutler.dev, verified 2026-10-04 against https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit-tax-charge"
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