Petition · past parliament · Department for Education
Change the way child benefit high income tax is calculated to total income
Closed
4,401 signatures
What the petition asks
Currently if one parent earns over £50k a year they have to pay high income child benefit tax and pay it all back. This is regardless of whether the other parent is unemployed, working part time or on minimum wage. However if both parents earn £48k a year they don’t have to pay any tax back.
The high income child benefit tax calculation should be based on what both parents earn not on the individual parent.
Timeline
| 21 Dec 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 Jun 2023 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
4,401
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Education
Opened
21 Dec 2022
Closed
21 Jun 2023
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.