HMRC issues urgent letters to 1.5million parents to avoid having £1,354 payment stopped ahead of new school year

HMRC will issue urgent letters to 1.5 million parents to avoid having a £1,354 payment stopped ahead of the new school year.

Parents of children aged 16 to 19 years old should expect a reminder from the taxman to extend their Child Benefit claim.

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Child benefit is worth up to £1,354 a year for the first or only child, and up to £897 per a year for each additional child.