can we claim working tax credits??

jamesey

i earn £30969 gross a year and my wife earns £2505 gross
we rung the benifits officer up and he said no , but ive seen a site somwhere saying we can earn up to £37000 to claim working tax credits , can anyone point me in the right direction , dont know if this helps but we have a 5yr old boy and 1 on the way in may??

DX2

Do you get child tax credits already?

TotallyBroke

check out the hmrc tax credits online calculator, it will give you an idea if you can.

I do doubt it though, I don't qualify and I am a single Mum and earn less than you (without your wifes wage on top) BUT I do qualify for the Childcare element of WTC as my child is with a childminder all day.

pukkamum

i doubt it my DH is on less than you and we are only entiteled to get child tax not working tax x

DaisyFlower

WTC is capped at approx £17k so on your salary alone you are well over the limit. You would only get the basic family element on the figures in your post.

jamesey

DX2 wrote: »

Do you get child tax credits already?

yes but have only just found out we should get £117 a month with the wages were on , we have been getting only £42 or so a month , the tax office asked me what im on end of tax year 2009 and i said £30969 he said thats not the figure ive got here , who has mucked it up , i hope i can get back pay for 2 yrs it will be £1800 to come.:mad::mad::mad:

karenx

You would of already given the details for the year up to april 2009 and when you got the new award letter you would of been asked to check all details were correct and if not to notify them otherwise. If they didnt hear back from you they would of assumed all was ok, so I dont think you have any cause for any backpayments

DX2

jamesey wrote: »

yes but have only just found out we should get £117 a month with the wages were on , we have been getting only £42 or so a month , the tax office asked me what im on end of tax year 2009 and i said £30969 he said thats not the figure ive got here , who has mucked it up , i hope i can get back pay for 2 yrs it will be £1800 to come.:mad::mad::mad:

You certainly won't get 2 years worth of backdated CTC. At the end of the year you are sent a form to sign to check that the figures are correct, they ask IIRC was your income an estimate or actual figure.

cte1111

I think the £117 per month is the mistake. The £10 per week amount sounds like the correct one for your circumstances. They've probably changed your salary to a random amount when you reported a different change in circumstances. This seems to be standard practise with the tax credits system.

They changed my husband's income to 0, but kept his hours at 21. We suddenly received several cheques and bank credits. Eventually they wrote to us and I was able to correct it, but now are in a mess.

jamesey

£117 per month is correct the guy went through on the tax calculater whilst i told him what we were on , hes altered it now and sending us a claims form back

flea72

we need more details, like whether you pay for childcare

if you dont have children you are way above income levels for WTC

with a family income of £33500 you would only get £545 a year

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