Student Finance and What Benefits?

My boyfriend works full time and we currently get working tax credits. We recently had a baby and expect to receive child tax credits and child benefit.

I am going to university this year so will receive full student loan.

Will I lose tax credits, child tax and child benefit?

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Reply 1

Shani

No, you won't. You will still get the tax credits you're entitled to now, and your loans and maintenance grant won't be counted when working out your tax credits award. If you need childcare you can't claim both the childcare grant and childcare element of working tax credits, but the childcare grant will cover a higher % of the costs than the tax credits equivalent (even if it might be a more complicated process to claim). You can also claim the adult dependent grant and parental learning allowance, which is means tested, but I'm 99% sure these will be counted when working out your tax credits award.