{"id":28324,"date":"2025-04-04T16:18:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T15:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smh.group\/?p=28324"},"modified":"2025-04-04T16:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T15:18:43","slug":"new-online-service-launching-for-high-income-child-benefit-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devstagesite.co.uk\/smhgroup\/new-online-service-launching-for-high-income-child-benefit-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"New online service launching for High Income Child Benefit Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Starting this summer, employed taxpayers who are liable for the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) will no longer need to complete a Self Assessment tax return. Instead, they will be able to report the charge through HMRC\u2019s new online service.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When the HICBC is payable<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The HICBC only comes into play when an individual \u2013 or their partner \u2013 receives child benefit and their annual income exceeds \u00a360,000. This means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The charge removes 1% of child benefit for every \u00a3200 of income over \u00a360,000.<\/li>\n<li>Once income reaches \u00a380,000 the charge is 100%, so the amount of child benefit is essentially reduced to nil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For those with several children, the HICBC can result in a high effective marginal tax rate.<\/p>\n<p>For 2025\/26, child benefit of \u00a326.05 a week is paid for a first child, with \u00a317.25 a week paid for each subsequent child.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New online service<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Employed taxpayers will be able to use HMRC\u2019s new digital service to report the amount of child benefit received. This will give them the option of paying the HICBC through PAYE:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unless the taxpayer has any other income or chargeable gains, there will be no need to submit a tax return following the end of the tax year.<\/li>\n<li>Taxpayers who are required to file a tax return for another reason will still need to report the HICBC on their return.<\/li>\n<li>Anyone who has previously submitted a tax return needs to be careful because HMRC will continue to issue a notice to make a return. Penalties will be incurred if the notice is ignored.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether the new online service will alleviate the problems associated with the HICBC. One of the main issues continues to be a lack of awareness, despite the charge being in place for more than ten years. Also, most employed taxpayers are not used to dealing with HMRC.<\/p>\n<p>Government guidance on the HICBC can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/child-benefit-tax-charge\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/devstagesite.co.uk\/smhgroup\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a00114 266 4432\u00a0or email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@smh.group\">info@smh.group.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting this summer, employed taxpayers who are liable for the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) will no longer need to complete a Self Assessment tax return. Instead, they will be able to report the charge through HMRC\u2019s new online service. When the HICBC is payable The HICBC only comes into play when an individual \u2013 or their partner \u2013 receives child benefit and their annual income exceeds \u00a360,000. This means: The charge removes 1% of child benefit for every \u00a3200 of income over \u00a360,000. Once income reaches \u00a380,000 the charge is 100%, so the amount of child benefit is essentially reduced to nil. For those with several children, the HICBC can result in a high effective marginal tax rate. For 2025\/26, child benefit of \u00a326.05 a week is paid for a first child, with \u00a317.25 a week paid for each subsequent child. New online service Employed taxpayers will be able to use HMRC\u2019s new digital service to report the amount of child benefit received. This will give them the option of paying the HICBC through PAYE: Unless the taxpayer has any other income or chargeable gains, there will be no need to submit a tax return following the end [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smh-accounting-business-advisory"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New online service launching for High Income Child Benefit Charge - SMH Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Employed taxpayers who are liable for the High Income Child Benefit Charge will no longer need to complete a Self Assessment tax return.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New online service launching for High Income Child Benefit Charge - 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