Child Benefit for high earners, can we just ignore it?
Resume IA
Un parent se demande s'il doit s'inscrire pour le Child Benefit malgré son revenu élevé, principalement pour les crédits de sécurité sociale
Conseil cle
S'inscrire pour le Child Benefit sans nécessairement le réclamer pour bénéficier des crédits de sécurité sociale et faciliter les démarches administratives futures
Evening, couldn't find this on the wiki and HMRC website linked me to a general NI page for my particular question: Had a baby in February, wife and I are in very fortunate position to be earning above the threshold, is it ok to just not register for it? I've read that its still worth doing for the NI credits... Credits for who??? Wife's employer is topping her up to 6 months salary while she's on mat leave so her NI contributions will be fine, I'll be taking some unpaid shared parental leave after Xmas but my NIC will be fine by then as well. So for now would registering just be a load of unnecessary admin? I don't want baby to get to 16 and National Insurance office have never heard of her, but apart from that I don't see the point of the aggro, nor would I want to take cash now just to pay back on my tax return later. Am I missing anything else?
“Worth registering and not claiming. It starts the process for an NI number when kiddo turns 16. Also means you are in the system should one of you chooses to stop earning.”