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- Parents must extend their application if their child between 16 and 19 years old continues studying
Parents have less than two weeks to inform HMRC whether their 16- to 19-year-old child will continue to study, or risk losing child benefit, the tax office has warned.
Thousands of teenagers will make final decisions about their next steps this week after receiving their GCSE results tomorrow.
Parents must extend their claim for child benefit before 31 August if their child is over 16 and continuing to receive approved education or training.
Stay: Parents can continue to claim child benefit of up to £1,331 per year if their 16-19 year old child continues in education, but must inform HMRC.
Education must be full-time, meaning more than an average of 12 hours per week, and includes A levels, Scottish Highers and the International Baccalaureate.
Approved training must be unpaid and includes programmes such as Foundation Apprenticeships in Wales, Training for Success in Northern Ireland and No One Left Behind in Scotland.
Payments amount to £1,331 a year for a first child and up to £881 a year for each additional child. More than 522,000 parents have applied for the benefit so far.
Visit gov.uk/child-benefit-16-19 to tell HMRC if your child will remain in education or training, or call 0300 200 3100.
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