child benefit

Also found in: Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Related to child benefit: Child tax credit

child benefit

(Social Welfare) (in Britain, Canada and New Zealand) a regular government payment to the parents of children up to a certain age

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

Translations

Kindergeld

child benefit

n (Brit) → assegni mpl familiari

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

My husband earns over pounds 44,000 but the child benefit money each month does make a difference to us at the moment.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A STRONG BELIEVER IN BEING A STAY AT HOME MUM... IT BREAKS MY HEART TO THINK I HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORK; HOW CHILD BENEFIT CUTS WILL IMPACT ON FAMILY LIFE: WARWICKSHIRE couple Anna and Craig Tomkinson are one of the one and a half million British families affected by the child benefit cuts for 2013. Feature writer CatherIne Vonledebur finds out what impact the loss of this universal welfare benefit will have on their future

When George Osborne announced plans to scrap child benefit for higher tax payers he thought he was firing the starting pistol on their marathon battle to transform the welfare state.

Why we're all cut up; We say THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

As she was raising two children on her own, she received child benefit in this country.

CHILD BENEFITS : ECJ: MIGRANT WORKERS ENTITLED TO MOST FAVOURABLE TREATMENT

The Ontario Child Benefit will provide $100 a month to a family with two children under 18 and with an income of under $20,000.

Ontario child benefit starts in July

Scotland Yard confirmed that a search of the Child Benefit office in Washington, Tyne and Wear, from which the discs were sent, was completed on Friday.

POLICE SEARCH TNT BUILDINGS

Child Benefit and Tax Credits are usually paid every four weeks on Monday or Tuesday, but there are different payment dates if there is a bank holiday.

Child benefits and tax credits payment dates will be different in August - what you need to know; Payments, including child benefit and tax credits, will be brought forward to account for the August bank holiday

If your household receives Child Benefit, and either you your partner has an adjusted net income over PS50,000 for the tax year, you may be required to pay extra tax because you receive Child Benefit.

YOUR VIEW

When I was leader of Scottish Labour, I put forward a proposal to increase child benefit by PS5 a week.

PS5-a-week increase could end poverty for 30,000 kids

In fact, given Child Benefit is paid weekly if you're a single parent or also receiving a benefit like Income Support, a lot of people are guaranteed to be affected.

Benefits payment dates changing in May - when you'll get Child Benefit and Tax Credits this month; There are TWO bank holidays in May, which is great news, but what happens if your benefits are scheduled on one of them? Here's when your payments are moving to

At the point where a parent earns more than PS60,000, the tax charge is equal to the amount they receive in child benefit.

How to boost pension and child benefit at same time

What will cause even more outrage is the disclosure that the Department of Social Protection is paying more than [euro]1million a month to families claiming child benefit for kids living in Poland and a dozen other states.