tax credits and disabled child

krisskross

I have a friend who has a child for whom she receives DLA medium rate care and low rate mobility.

She claims carers allowance but has recently had to give up her little part time job as the child's needs have increased.

She tells me she receives the family element ctc ~£10 a week. i thought you got more if there was a disabled child. Should she?

Just the one dependent child, husband works full time earning approx £25K.

Thanks

longhotbath

Shouldnt she also get the disabled child element.?

DX2

krisskross wrote: »

I have a friend who has a child for whom she receives DLA medium rate care and low rate mobility.

She claims carers allowance but has recently had to give up her little part time job as the child's needs have increased.

She tells me she receives the family element ctc ~£10 a week. i thought you got more if there was a disabled child. Should she?

Just the one dependent child, husband works full time earning approx £25K.

Thanks

She needs to inform tax credits that her child gets MR DLA and she will be eligible for the disability premium in child tax credits, also make sure tax credits knows she is no longer in employment she must also declare she gets CA.

ETA: she can ask for the disabled element to be backdated for three months.

tinkerbell28

She can get the d.child element as has been said on that income I think it will be the full whack which is about £51 a week. She needs to declare carers obv.

kingfisherblue

She will receive an additional £2795 a year (£53.75 a week). If her son's DLA (Care) is increased to the higher rate at any time, she should inform tax credits again, as there is also an enhanced disability premium (currently £1095 a year).

mitchaa

kingfisherblue wrote: »

She will receive an additional £2795 a year (£53.75 a week). If her son's DLA (Care) is increased to the higher rate at any time, she should inform tax credits again, as there is also an enhanced disability premium (currently £1095 a year).

Is the disabilty element irrelevant to income? I.e you could be earning £200k pa and still be able to apply for the disabled element of tax credits.

The enhanced disability element is actually a severely disabled element.

Indie_Kid

mitchaa wrote: »

Is the disabilty element irrelevant to income? I.e you could be earning £200k pa and still be able to apply for the disabled element of tax credits.

The enhanced disability element is actually a severely disabled element.

It's income based, yes. I believe all elements of CTC are?

krisskross

She has been told that she is not entitled as her husband earns too much.

MadelinesMum

Hi, we get CTC with higher rate disabilty for our daughter but because hubby had a pay rise last year the amount we receive has gone down - so I assume it must be linked to how much you earn.

Indie_Kid

All CTC elements are linked to how much you earn.