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If your child has a disability, or if you're responsible for a child with a disability, you may qualify for extra Child Tax Credit.
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You can get extra Child Tax Credit if any one of the following applies:
If the Highest Rate Care Component of Disability Living Allowance is paid for your child, you may get an additional payment for their severe disability.
You can still qualify for the extra money even if the Disability Living Allowance stops because your child goes into hospital.
Disability Living Allowance information on Directgov (Opens new window)
The amount of extra Child Tax Credit you get depends on how much care your child needs. In this tax year - 6 April 2011 to 5 April 2012 - you could get approximately:
The amount you get also depends on other money you have coming in.
Disability Living Allowance doesn't count as income when your tax credits are worked out.
Other benefits like Carer's Allowance do count as income and can reduce your tax credit payments.
To find out more about how much you may get, use the online calculator or call the Tax Credit Helpline.
Tax credits calculator - find out how much you can get
Contact details for the Tax Credit Helpline
To claim, you'll need to fill in a claim form. You can only get a claim form by ringing the Tax Credit Helpline. You should send in your claim form as soon as you think you qualify for tax credits.
Contact details for the Tax Credit Helpline
If you now want to claim extra tax credits because your child has a disability, ring the Tax Credit Helpline. You should do this as soon as you know that Disability Living Allowance (or the Highest Rate Care Component) will be paid for your child. Contact the helpline within three months of finding out, to make sure that you get your payments backdated to the earliest possible date.
Contact details for the Tax Credit Helpline
When your tax credits claim can be backdated
Information about caring for a disabled child on Directgov (Opens new window)
