16 year old child tax credit stopped

spider125

I am confused??? DD left school earlier this year turns 17 in next 2 weeks but is currently on E-E ( education to employment) notified tax credits who said ok will stop in Feb 2010 ? extension for 22 weeks what happens then ? is this right ?she is receiving EMA but goes in her bank so dont get a penny from her!!!!! still have to pay £3 per day bus then lunch, need to contact Child ben as that now stopped d*** kids!!!!!

JaneDoe_2

yum_yum wrote: »

Don't worry.
Did not receive my payment today as normal despite being assured mid Aug that everything had been processed. Phoned tax credit office (0845 grrr) and was told that everything had been sorted and payment will be made this Wednesday. Notification letter should be out by the end of the week. Need this to sort out daughters EMA.
More frustrating than worrying

Hi yum yum, I'm glad your getting yours on wednesday, it is frustrating i know exactly what you mean. I doesnt help its 0845 thats for sure, on one occasion i had to give my personal details to 2 different people and was on ages. Here's luck to my phone bill :eek: i'll probably have to phone again if i dont hear from them:mad:

Gemmzie

spider125 wrote: »

I am confused??? DD left school earlier this year turns 17 in next 2 weeks but is currently on E-E ( education to employment) notified tax credits who said ok will stop in Feb 2010 ? extension for 22 weeks what happens then ? is this right ?she is receiving EMA but goes in her bank so dont get a penny from her!!!!! still have to pay £3 per day bus then lunch, need to contact Child ben as that now stopped d*** kids!!!!!

After the E2E course, she's expected to find/have employment so all benefits will stop then.

[Deleted User]

Golden_Anemone wrote: »

subsoniccoyote wrote: »

Hi,

The reason it doesnt keep going past 31st August is because the child is 16 so can legally leave full time education.

subsoniccoyotre - this is only true in some cases.

My son's 16th birthday fell in August so he was 16 on the 31st but was not legally entitled to leave school. He was a year away from sitting GCSEs.

If Child Benefit (administered by HMRC) knows that a child cannot legally leave school and continues to pay CB for another year because their birthday falls in July or August then why cant Tax Credits (also administered by HMRC).

It is HMRCs fault that people are cross with the operators in these cases, their rules are completely illogical.

Child Benefit is a more robust system (although not perfect) and Tax Credits has always been difficult due to it being released before full end user testing. The system was pushed out by the government too soon to meet deadlines.

I understand the frustrations that the system can cause but I accept no reasons for the abuse some of myself and fellow advisers have taken, especially in the last few months.

[Deleted User]

JaneDoe wrote: »

Hi yum yum, I'm glad your getting yours on wednesday, it is frustrating i know exactly what you mean. I doesnt help its 0845 thats for sure, on one occasion i had to give my personal details to 2 different people and was on ages. Here's luck to my phone bill :eek: i'll probably have to phone again if i dont hear from them:mad:

Either call from the freefone in an enquiry centre or go to saynoto0870.com to find a landline number for TCO.

JaneDoe_2

subsoniccoyote wrote: »

Either call from the freefone in an enquiry centre or go to saynoto0870.com to find a landline number for TCO.

Hi, thanks for this :T i couldn't find a free phone number for them (TCO) but i did find one for Scottish Power whom i've had tons of hassle from through no fault of my own, wish i'd had the free number last week i was on 23 mins:mad:

dodger1

Rosemary_Jane wrote: »

Kim, I'd normally ignore this, but feel that you haven't thought of all the facts.

I am a local authority foster carer. The fee I get does not cover the cost of running a household, or my children, so I am dependent on tax credits to be able to continue to foster children.

The child I have in placement is so severely sick and disabled that no other place could be found for them. Without my nursing background, and the tax credits he/she would be in a children's nursiong home at around £4000 per week.

I think I give good value to the taxpayer.

Rosemary

PS the he/she bit is to help confidentiality, not because I don't know.

Your original post states the missing benefit is for your son going to 6th form full education and not for your highly disabled foster child. I give you great respect for what you are doing by fostering btw. You clearly state you are short on the CTC and not whatever you get paid for each foster child, you say the CTC is £150 short per week. I think Kims reaction is how incedibly high CTC must be and I have to agree. Clearly you should be paid a much higher fostering rate for a severely disabled child but the CTC is way too high.

yum_yum_2

yum_yum wrote: »

Did not receive my payment today as normal despite being assured mid Aug that everything had been processed. Phoned tax credit office (0845 grrr) and was told that everything had been sorted and payment will be made this Wednesday.

Just checked bank account and everything sorted as promised.
It was only 2 days later than usual so I hope this will reassure others who are having the same problem.

Rosemary_Jane

dodger1 wrote: »

but the CTC is way too high.

Hi Dodger,

Yes, the CTC is for my son, who is autistic and has cerebral palsy, so gets a disability premium. Some of the missing money is also the removal of the lone parent premium. I am not entitled to tax credits for my foster child. But the fee I get for this does not cover my own children.

My older son is also disabled. When he went to college the tax credits continued without any of this hassle, which is why I was confused this time. He's now working and getting informal support at work from family. The jobcentre were hopeless when he left college. He was not allowed to see the disabled employment adviser until he'd failed to get a job with an ordinary adviser for three months. He also has autism and cerebral palsy, and they were making him apply for jobs like silver service waiter

Rosemary

dodger1

Rosemary_Jane wrote: »

Hi Dodger,

Yes, the CTC is for my son, who is autistic and has cerebral palsy, so gets a disability premium. Some of the missing money is also the removal of the lone parent premium. I am not entitled to tax credits for my foster child. But the fee I get for this does not cover my own children.

My older son is also disabled. When he went to college the tax credits continued without any of this hassle, which is why I was confused this time. He's now working and getting informal support at work from family. The jobcentre were hopeless when he left college. He was not allowed to see the disabled employment adviser until he'd failed to get a job with an ordinary adviser for three months. He also has autism and cerebral palsy, and they were making him apply for jobs like silver service waiter

Rosemary

Fair enough, it just looked from the original post that CTC was £150/week which would be ridiculous for 1 healthy child. I fell off my chair thinking ordinary families could get that amount for their healthy kids.