Parents-Does The Taxman Owe You £1,500? (merged)

hi mismcawber..i posted my letter cpl weeks ago rec delivery. no reply yet, but was wondering,,is there a certain amount you had to be earning,to be entitled to the tax relief ? thanx for your help,and happy xmas.

Sorry, mermaid, I haven't logged on for ages, so am only catching up with posts now. I'm sorry you weren't eligible, but at least you tried and got an answer before the cut-off date. At least you hadn't missed out on anything you were entitled to, eh?

Best wishes for Xmas.

ruby6kids wrote: »

i have only just seen this post!!!!!!

i have moved house so many times that i have lost a lot of old papers

what should i do?

Contact the tax office to confirm your tax codes for the relevent years

ali99 wrote: »

Does anyone know if there was an upper limit for the highest wage earner to get this? Thanks, Ali

Yes there was but unfortunately I don't remember what it was. The reason it sticks in my mind is I was aware that the married mans tax code was being abolished then there was nothing for a year, then a tax code for those who had children was coming in and we applied, but my friend rang me all excited to tell me to phone this number cos people earning x or under per annum with kids could claim this tax break, so I rang it in the hope there was something additional I'd never heard of. Of course what friend was on about was what we'd already applied for.

I think I just found my own answer after extensive googling! In 2002/2003 if you were a taxpayer entitled only to the personal allowance, you got no child tax credit if you earned over £42,450. Its not a one-off payment if you had a baby that year, don't know where I got that from, it meant double the usual tax break. This means that if you were entitled to the baby credit in that tax year, you got nothing if you earned over £50,250.
Glad to have finally found that, now I can go to sleep!
Cheers, Ali