WTC & CTX new claim help needed please...

Mummyto3boys_2

Hi

I wonder if anyone could tell me if my husband and I are entitled to claim wtc and ctx.

I work part time 2 days per week and my mother in law was watching our children (3 kids, 1 year, 2 1/2 year and 8 yrs old) so we didnt need a nursery for our children, last year 2009/2010 on my p60 i am down as earning £5040.00 before deductions.
My hubby is a director of a small business and his earnings from employment are £5853.00 for the year to 5/4/10. This is really low but we also take into account the dividend/investment income which is £21,700.00 gross.

We are expecting another baby and have recently started maternity leave but am planning to go to back to work in October and then the new baby and our other 2 young children will need to attend nursery 2 full days on the days which i work and our eldest 2 after school club afternoons at the same nursery.

I have tried to work out if we are entitled to anything and if so what but on the tc site it doesnt have a sections to fill out if you are a director/recieve dividends etc so im not sure how i can find out online.

Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance
Nina

themonkeybutler

Just to clarify one thing, dividends ARE treated as income, and the amount of them should be entered in the "Other Income" section of the form. At over £30k total income, you wont get any WTC but you will still get a little CTC. For now anyway - once the new rules come into effect from the budget, i doubt you'll get anything.

karenx

Plus on 30k I doubt you will get any help with childcare costs