Can a partner get single mans tax back?

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Zoetoes
Zoetoes Posts: 2,496 Forumite
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Hi

About 6 or 7 years ago my sisters partner was able to claim his single mans tax back as he had been bringing my sisters daughter up for 6 years, does anyone know if this is still possible to do or if it has been scrapped?
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  • mountainofdebt
    mountainofdebt Posts: 7,795 Forumite
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    I'm confused about what allowance your sister's partner was claiming.

    Can you give abit more info?
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  • Zoetoes
    Zoetoes Posts: 2,496 Forumite
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    He was paying tax as having no dependants for years as my sisters daughter wasn't his, then someone mentioned to him that he could claim it back because he'd been bringing her up as his own and they were due to get married, so he put his claim in and got about 2,500 back.
    If you're going to stalk me, while you're at it can you cut the grass, feed the dog & make sure I've got bread & milk in :D
  • CIS
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    Tax is paid on the basis of your own income, it has nothing to do with any dependents. It sounds like it may have been some benefit that was claimed, but these can only usually be backdated 3 months.
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  • Bossyboots
    Bossyboots Posts: 6,746 Forumite
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    I think she might be talking about the former married man's tax allowance which no longer exists. There was also another tax break relating to children which was replaced by Child Tax Credit but I don't remember much about it as my OH claimed that.
  • Spendless
    Spendless Posts: 24,151 Forumite
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    Zoe - How long are we going back?

    There used to be a married mans allowance, but single persons with children could also get the same equivalent tax break. Both my SIL and an ex-workmate claimed it when they became single mums.

    The married mans allowance ended in April 2000. A year later the Childrens Tax credit came in and went through the tax code of the wage earner. This ended in April 2003 when the Child Tax Credit came in.

    If you're not sure, why don't you ring you tax office?
  • Trow
    Trow Posts: 2,298 Forumite
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    It does sound like it was the original child tax credits, which were paid as a reduction on the tax paid. The system has chenged and they are now paid alongside working tax credits.
    HTH
  • Zoetoes
    Zoetoes Posts: 2,496 Forumite
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    It was about 6 years ago, so it probably is as you said and ended in 2000.
    Thanks for the replies anyway.
    If you're going to stalk me, while you're at it can you cut the grass, feed the dog & make sure I've got bread & milk in :D
  • sarahlouise210
    sarahlouise210 Posts: 3,386 Forumite
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    The allowance was called the Additional Personal Allowance and was given to unmarried people with children one allowance no matter how many children you had. It was worth exactly the same as the married Allowance. It was possible for partners to claim an allowance for children that were not their own as long as they were maintaining/living with them and no-one else was making a claim. It is gone for good now!
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