I live in the UK and am thinking of moving to the South of Ireland but I will still be working in the UK. Where would I claim tax credits and child benefit?
If yours is the only employment in your family and this is in the UK, then the UK remains ‘competent’ to pay you family benefits (Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit) when you move to the Republic of Ireland (ROI) under EU social security rules. If Irish family benefits are paid at a higher rate you can, on the basis of your residence in ROI, claim the difference from Social Welfare in ROI. Whilst you are still working in the UK you can remain registered with a GP there when living in ROI. Your children will not be entitled to routine NHS treatment when you move to ROI. However as a cross-border or ‘frontier worker’ resident in ROI you will be entitled to an Irish medical card from the Health Service Executive in ROI. This entitles you to free public healthcare in ROI and should cover your children if there is not also an ROI income in your family. [Last updated 2008] Q: I live in Ireland and work in N.I. My husband works in Ireland. I wish to make a claim for child tax credit in N.I. b
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