Tax credits and disability element

daff_duck

When you receive the disability element of tax credits, and it is time for renewal, what are the qualifiying criteria? Is it the fact that you already get the element and this entitles you to it for the next year?

Rosemary_Jane

daff_duck wrote: »

When you receive the disability element of tax credits, and it is time for renewal, what are the qualifiying criteria? Is it the fact that you already get the element and this entitles you to it for the next year?

Hello daff duck,

I'm not sure what you are asking here. Are you saying when it is time for renewal of the tax credits, or for reapplying for the DLA?

If it's renewing the tax credits, you just have to tick the box or say on the phone that the circumstances haven't changed, and your entitlement will continue.

The onus is on you during the award period if your entitlement changes, then you must inform them.

Rosemary

[Deleted User]

As soon as you no longer meet the disadvantage test/qualifying criteria you should notify TCO.

See pages 22-24 http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/forms/tc600-notes.pdf

daff_duck

When someone qualifies for the disability element of TAX CREDITS because they cannot sustain a normal working week and is claiming IB, what happens the following year when it is time to renew, because now they do not get IB but they get TAX CREDITS instead, so would they qualify for the disability element again or lose it. The disability element is about 40 something pounds a week.

[Deleted User]

The 3rd condition (section 2) states that you must have claimed one of the qualifying benfits for at least one day in the last six months.

This will only last a maximum six months.

Eg. You received IB for one day on 3rd May 2008.
You will meet this critria until 3rd November 2008.
You would no longer meet the criteria from 4th November because the last date your received the qualifying benefit was more than 6 months ago.

lilwatchergirl

Do you claim DLA at all? That's the other way of getting disability tax credits.

daff_duck

subsoniccoyote wrote: »

The 3rd condition (section 2) states that you must have claimed one of the qualifying benfits for at least one day in the last six months.

This will only last a maximum six months.

Eg. You received IB for one day on 3rd May 2008.
You will meet this critria until 3rd November 2008.
You would no longer meet the criteria from 4th November because the last date your received the qualifying benefit was more than 6 months ago.

So if you qualify and you now go onto receive TAX CREDITS instead of IB, what happens the following year when you renew you TAX CREDITS claim? Does it now mean you do not qualify for the disabilty element? This would mean the disability element is only paid for the first year of work.

[Deleted User]

If you stopped receiving IB, you should only be entitled to the disability element for 6 months. You should notify TCO after 6 months has passed.

You should notify TCO of changes as they happen, not just when you complete your renewal.

daff_duck

So if someone comes off I.B. to go back to work, the disability element is only paid for 6 months?

[Deleted User]

As you would only meet the criteria for the 6 months, yes.

And failure to notify TCO immediately could result in an overpayment.

daff_duck

So let me get this straight, you qualify for the diusability element on the fact that you receive IB long term and are at a disadvantage of working a full week, so now you think oh1 I am much better off working, and then on renewal or even before they take this money off you which actually makes you worse off financially. This system stinks.