High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
(asked on 20th January 2026) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many additional people will pay the higher income child benefit charge in this financial year.
This question was answered on 28th January 2026
Statistics on the number of people paying the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) are published each year as part of the Child Benefit Statistics annual release. The latest figures are available here:
Child Benefit Statistics: annual release, August 2024 - GOV.UK
The next release is due to be published this Spring. Figures are produced with a time lag due to Self-Assessment deadlines.