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Child/working tax credits
hellsbells1981
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Can anyone help me. My parents are planning to give me £3000. I am just wondering whether it will effect my child/working tax credits?
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Your in luck as it doesnt
Unless you have £3000 already then that would make your savings £6000 which is the limit. Anything over £6000 up to £16000 things like housing benefit/council tax benefit/jsa will be effected0 -
Hey,
The £3.000 does not need to be declared as income, wou only declare interest on savings/capital if the interest is over £300.
For tax credits it doesn;t matter how much savings you have.
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Hi karen, for child tax credit and working tax credit, there is no savings "limit". The £6000/£16000 figures are not relevant at all for tax credits purposes.
You can have a fortune in savings, but as wobin points out, it's only any interest over £300 per year that needs to be declared. There is no limit on capital.0
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