Child Benefit Calculator
Work out your annual Child Benefit and any High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) if the higher earner in your household earns over £60,000.
Estimate only. Estimate only, verify with gov.uk/HMRC; not tax advice.
Enter your children and income
Your Child Benefit and any High Income Child Benefit Charge appear here.
How Child Benefit and the HICBC work
Child Benefit is paid weekly for your eldest or only child, with a lower weekly rate for each additional child, there's no limit on the number of children. The rates rise most years, so check the figures above for the tax year you've selected. If either you or your partner has an Adjusted Net Income (gross income minus pension contributions, grossed-up Gift Aid donations, and other reliefs) over £60,000, the High Income Child Benefit Charge claws some or all of it back through Self Assessment, 1% of the benefit for every £200 of Adjusted Net Income over £60,000, reaching a full 100% clawback at £80,000. Increasing pension contributions is a common, legitimate way to bring Adjusted Net Income back under £60,000 and avoid the charge. Many families choose to keep claiming even if they opt out of receiving the payments, because it protects State Pension National Insurance credits and registers the child for a National Insurance number.
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