Child benefit incurres a fee once you hit 50k a year, once you get to 60 the fee means you have to pay it all back. This is the point where you "claim" it but

Child benefit incurres a fee once you hit 50k a year, once you get to 60 the fee means you have to pay it all back. This is the point where you "claim" it but say you don't want to receive any payments. https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit-tax-charge https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit-tax-charge