Tax credit hell

tigtag02

Aruffell wrote: »

I was saying that she gets paid in 2 weekly intervals so they are 3 typical wage slips.

Andy

Are you gonna answer the question about the childcare element?

Zara33

Aruffell wrote: »

I was saying that she gets paid in 2 weekly intervals so they are 3 typical wage slips.

Andy

Certainly not the way that i read your post but hey ho...i think you have bigger things to worry about at the moment.

Auzelia

it doesnt matter how many hours she works over her contracted hours.
What matters is that she is only contracted 10 hours. This would bring her UNDER the amount of hours to make her eligible for tax credits.
Plus with you not working and her working would mean that she would not be eligible for Childcare (even if she was paying it) as both adults need to be working to claim. This is unless as I stated before she is claiming as a single parent.

Another post of yours states that

24-02-2009, 8:06 PM #13 Aruffell
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I am entitled from JSA to £11.19 a fortnight as my partner gets working tax credits which pay for nursery fees so they see it as we make too much money in the household.

The only debt i pay is my court fine of £20 a month, so i'm left with £2.38 to live off without any other debts.




So you do obviously get JSA.

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For the record, it is the "normal hours worked", it doesnt need to be contracted.

Even though she qualifies for WTC, this doesnt mean she qualifies for help towards the non-existant childcare costs.

LizzieS_2

Aruffell wrote: »

2 of the children are registered at a private nursery which working tax credits pay for even though 1 of them stays at home with us during the day and the other one is 3 years old so he gets 3 hours for free because of the government scheme.

So we haven't paid the nursery since christmas as it is all free, but working tax credits still pay us the money.

It certainly appears you cannot keep a consistant story throughout. As you claim not to work there is NO entitlement to childcare assistance, unless you receive certain incapacity benefits or are in prison.

Tax credits do check with childcare providers to see what is actually being paid - no surprises you are being investigated there either.

Upon moving in with your partner, you would have had to make a joint claim - so whichever way you look at it, both of you are at fault.

Auzelia

I apologise about the contracted working part then, I was always under the assumption that it had to be contracted hours.

catenorfolk

If child care was being claimed for they usually get signed confirmation from the nursery etc that is entered on the forms that you filled in to claim and can check that the child/children are actually attending this place. So how have you managed to get away with this. are you signing the forms on 'behalf' of the nursery??

Auzelia

I have never had to send any forms in though I keep my invoices.
I had to give the full details of teh nursery including the nursery number (reg)

LizzieS_2

Honestly, tax credits do contact the childcare provider directly to check the claimed amount is actually a genuine cost.

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LizzieS wrote: »

Honestly, tax credits do contact the childcare provider directly to check the claimed amount is actually a genuine cost.

They will not do this in each and every case.

They will only do this if there is a random enquiry, randon pre-award check or if there is any suspicion raised with the award at any point.

They do realise that there should be a reduction in costs when the child reaches a certain ages so this is likely why there is an enquiry on the award.

It is highly likely that they will check the costs with the provider and they may also ask for receipts to prove you have been paying the provider the amount you declare.