High Income Child Benefit Charge
Restart your Child Benefit payments
You can restart your Child Benefit payments if:
- you’ve previously opted out because of the tax charge
- you still qualify for Child Benefit
To restart your Child Benefit payments, either:
You’ll need to sign in to use the online service or fill in the online form. If you do not already have sign in details, you’ll be able to create them.
You can also contact the Child Benefit Office by phone or post to restart your Child Benefit payments.
You cannot use the online service or the online form if you’re an appointee or authorised agent.
When you’ll start getting payments
After the Child Benefit Office gets your request, it can take up to 28 days before you get your first payment.
The office will write to tell you how much money you’ll get from backdated payments (if any).
Responsibilities after your Child Benefit restarts
You or your partner will have to pay any tax charge on the benefit received from the restart date if your ‘adjusted net income’ is over £60,000.
Use the Child Benefit tax calculator to get an estimate of your adjusted net income and see if you may be affected by the tax charge.
You must report any changes to your family life that affect your Child Benefit.