TCTM03001 - Maximum Rates

Child Tax Credit

The Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002, Reg. 7

The Child Tax Credit contains several different elements, including additional amounts for a child or qualifying young person with a disability or a severe disability. The maximum value of each element is listed below, but the amount a claimant, or joint claimants, will get depend on their income.


Element

Maximum annual rate - 2009-10

Family element * TCTM02250 

£545

Family element where there is a child under the age of one* TCTM02250 

£1,090

Child or young person element TCTM02250 

£2,235

Disability element - where the child or young person is disabled** TCTM02250 

£4,905

Severe disability element - where the child or young person is severely disabled** TCTM02250 

£5,980


*The two amounts of family element are mutually exclusive: one amount per family.

**The child or young person elements, including the higher amounts in respect of disability or severe disability, are mutually exclusive: one element, the highest for which the child or young person qualifies, will be payable for each child or young person.