There is a limit to the amount you or your partner can earn before you start to lose child benefit.
Under the High Income Child Benefit Charge, external, payments start to reduce if one of you earns £60,000. They stop entirely when one of you earns £80,000.
The thresholds were increased from £50,000 and £60,000 in the 2024 Spring Budget, by the then-Conservative government.
However, the rules have been criticised for unfairly penalising single parents and families with one high earner.
A household where two parents earn £60,000 – with a total household income of £120,000 – can get the full amount.
But in a single income household the benefit is reduced once the parent earns £60,000 and cut altogether once they earn £80,000.