partner moving in..how to claim together???

df03

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bestpud

You will need to stop the single claim and open up a new joint one.

You need to call but it may take a bit of time to get through at the moment.

Inform all the relevant depts yourself - don't rely on them telling each other, even if they say they will. Often it is weeks down the line before they pass on the info and you could have big overpayments by then.

1more?

expect a good few weeks without any tax credits i had a change of circumstance & have been waiting 8wks there was a problem with my claim but still it is taking a long time to process claims at the mo, there are quite a few threads about this
goodluck

Murgatroyd21

As already said, call the tax credit helpline and advise you want to end a single claim and make a new joint claim. Your single claim ends on the day your partner moved in. You can then have an application form sent to make a new joint claim, where you need to put down the details for everyone on the new joint claim. You will also have to provide income details for both of you for the previous year, even though you are only a couple from recently. It helps to set the entitlement for the current year.

When you send the claim form back, it is usually taken from when it is received, so include a note attached to the claim form asking for the start date to be set at the DAY AFTER the single claim ended. I.E. you report partner moved in 1st August, request joint claim start from 2nd August. It minimises any chance of losing out on entitlement.

Notifying other agencies/departments yourself is sound advice.

Oldernotwiser

i don't see how you can be a couple with children together and still be treated as single people. May be it's just me?

meeeeeeee

i have informed taxcredit that my partner has moved in and they stopped my claim and sent me a new form which took ages to come in total ive been waiting over 6 week.
i cant get through to them on the helpline it just cuts me off...ive tryed loads of times, i sent the form back recorded delivery so they must have it i sent it back over 2 week ago.

hope you get yours sorted

emsywoo123

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

i don't see how you can be a couple with children together and still be treated as single people. May be it's just me?

Maybe that's not the point of this thread

Oldernotwiser

emsywoo123 wrote: »

Maybe that's not the point of this thread

That doesn't mean that it isn't relevant.

Murgatroyd21

You don't need to live together to be a couple. For example, 2 people engaged to be married are considered a couple, children or not, even though they live separately. Depends on what context you use the term. Benefit agencies generally don't describe you as a couple if you don't live together irrespective of any other ties,