Tax Credits Review Pack

cheap_charlie

I put in my first claim for CTC in March, when my circumstances changed following the death of my husband.

I assumed all was well and payments were going through fine but I have now received a Review letter.

All the information I gave them is correct and nothing has changed in the handful of months since I first contacted them.

My question is reading through the letter it appears if everything is the same as when I first applied I do not need to contact them.

Is this correct?

To be honest I find the whole thing rather confusing and can't understand why they have contacted me so soon after my original application.

System

Annual renewal packs are always sent out to every claimant at the end of the tax year. Your claim started before the end of the tax year so you have to confirm your end of year details. If you don't then your claim will be terminated on 1st August and all the payments you received from 6th April until the termination date will have to be paid back to TCO.

cheap_charlie

How strange Pam. I have read the pack and it states I only need to contact them by the end of this month if the information they have is incorrect.

I am even more confused now :-(

hotblu

Hello cheap_charlie,

Their are 2 types of Annual Declerations...1st is reply required where you have to reply, the 2nd is an auto renewal (if your income is within the thresholds stated on the pack and their are no changes) then your claim will auto renew. Sounds like you have got an auto renewal.

HTH

Hotblu

Worrier_3

hotblu wrote: »

Hello cheap_charlie,

Their are 2 types of Annual Declerations...1st is reply required where you have to reply, the 2nd is an auto renewal (if your income is within the thresholds stated on the pack and their are no changes) then your claim will auto renew. Sounds like you have got an auto renewal.

HTH

Hotblu

Why are there 2 different ones?

mykidsmum_2

hi
I was wondering about this too!, nothing has changed with our tax credits since our 2nd child was born 3 years ago, I assumed that as there were no changes at all I didn't have to contact them, going by the instructions on the claim pack (we get the basic £10 ish a week), but yesterday I read in the paper that you must contact them regardless or else your money will stop.
So I tried 6x yesterday to get through! no joy, will try again today.
very confusing system, I'm glad I don't have a complicated claim!

cheap_charlie

Well I telephoned them this morning and I do NOT have to do anything except if there are changes.

[Deleted User]

There are 2 different renewals because if you have a "Reply Required" you need to confirm your details as your award is going to change depandant on the income. If it is an "Auto Renewal" it shows an upper and a lower income limit. If your income is within the limits your award is going to stay the same so there is no point replying unless there is a change of circumstance or your income is outwith the limits meaning the award will change.

fi_trix29

As your income increases the ammount of tax credits you receive decreases until you only get the family element. Once your income is high enough to only be getting this ammount it can increase up to £50,000 before your payments start to drop again. Because of this, there are some claims where the exact ammount of household income doesn't matter. The system works out the exact point at which your income can increase without affecting your claim and the point at which it starts affecting it again (£50,000) and asks if your income is in this range.

If you are receiving more than the minimum ammount then the ammount you are due depends on your exact income therefore in this case we need to know your exact income but in the other case we dont.