New to claiming tax credits

deathvalleydemon

Hello all, im wondering if anyone could give me a bit of advice...

I moved in with my partner and she notified HMRC about the change of circumstances and they made us make a new claim together, the man on the phone told me that i was eligable for WTC, he even told me how much I'd be entitled to and that was £182 a week. the thing is, ive read that you have to work 16 hours min to be eligable, i only work 15 (i told him this) two 7 and a half hour shifts per week (my work wont give me an extra hour to make me eligable) but he said based on what i told him from the info on my p60 that i was eligable.

he sent me the form in the post, we filled it in, ive posted it off and theyve said to me today that the processing of the claim will be completed on tuesday.

am i going to get in trouble because of the 15 hours a week thing?

im worried

Andy

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Does your partner work?

deathvalleydemon

_shel wrote: »

Does your partner work?

no she stays at home looking after her disabled daughter

karenx

No you wont be eligable then for working tax credits, only child tax credits

craig_dufc

did you put on the form you only work 15 hours per week?

If so you've nothing to worry about, you wont get any wtc.

if however you put 16 hrs p/w, phone them immediately in order to rectify this

deathvalleydemon

since making this thread a short while ago, ive spoken to the HMRC and told them about it again, also that my work have agreed to give me the extra hour i needed, so thats problem solved right?

alwaysonthego_2

deathvalleydemon wrote: »

since making this thread a short while ago, ive spoken to the HMRC and told them about it again, also that my work have agreed to give me the extra hour i needed, so thats problem solved right?

certainly is you now are entitled

deathvalleydemon

ok, so now I'm annoyed.

spoke to the HMRC on the phone and theyve told me that our claim will be dealt with by tuesday and we will be getting our award notice shortly.

I went into work on thursday night and was told that the extra hour i needed to work to get WTC that i was told that i could have has now been took away from me and this now makes me ineligable for WTC.

I hardly think the asda/walmart empire is gonna crash because ive asked for an extra hours work is it...

really so upset by this, me and my partner whom is heavily pregnant moved in together, we had to make a new claim for CTC and now WTC as the income support people said my income of a paltry £93 a week is enough for us both to live on so they told us to claim the WTC and CTC.

really dont know what to do

Killmark

deathvalleydemon wrote: »

really so upset by this, me and my partner whom is heavily pregnant moved in together, we had to make a new claim for CTC and now WTC as the income support people said my income of a paltry £93 a week is enough for us both to live on so they told us to claim the WTC and CTC.

really dont know what to do

Get a full time job and support your family?

deathvalleydemon

Killmark wrote: »

Get a full time job and support your family?

i hadnt thought of that, smart !!!!.


the thanks i gave you were thanks of sarcasm xx

Indie_Kid

deathvalleydemon wrote: »

the income support people said my income of a paltry £93 a week is enough for us both to live on so they told us to claim the WTC and CTC.

really dont know what to do

Income support for a couple is £102.75 per week.