Tax credits want more info now or payments stop

Loopy_Girl

ajr3773 wrote: »

So what your saying is that even if you live in separate households you are classed as couple for for tax credit purposes. Im not denying i have a partner , nor do i deny we are a couple as we are getting married next month and we are both moving into together into a new property in February??????? This really baffles me.

No you are not.

The HMRC look at the wider picture. Having a boy/girlfriend when you are a single parent and you see them a couple of times a week and he stays over on a Sat is a world away from a 'partner' with whom you have a joint bank account with and who is an official carer for your disabled son.

I would assume that she would be in the house quite alot, probably share several meals a week, stays over on a regular basis...this is what they will be looking at.

So when you get married - from then until you move to the new property in Feb, will you still class yourself single? Because by your thoughts, as you don't stay together you will still be a single woman for tax credit purposes? even though you are a married man/woman?

DanE2010

if you phone HMRC they will tell you that if you are financially seperate and you dont live together you are not classed as a couple for tax credits purposes, now your situation must of raised questions as to whether you and your partner actually live together as a couple and that is why they are investigating it else they wouldnt be bothering asking for the info. There are many instances - such as when a couple split up and one of them wont leave the household where they can end there joint claim and claim as a single person as in regards to tax credits they are no longer a couple, I could go on with all the different example but basically its not all black and white and obviously your particular situation has prompted them to look into whether your living together.

no-oneknowsme

Is your partner the childrens mother ?

Loopy_Girl

So I ask again....from your wedding day until you move in with your wife in Feb, will you consider yourself single for tax credit purposes?

And for the record I don't see you as a tax fraud....I just think you have been incredibly blinkered to think you could live the way you have been and not expect the TCO to ask questions.

EDIT - have just read that you phoned the TCO and they said that you could continue with your single claim even after marriage as you weren't living together? Really? I bet there are a rake of Forces wives out there who would be happy to hear that news!!
Seriously, who gets married and then doesn't stay with their partner immediately? How very bizarre.....

Loopy_Girl

ajr3773 wrote: »

At the end of the day this investigation has clearly come about through my honesty in seeking advice from the TC helpline.

No, this has come about as you tried for 6 months to get money back for a mistake which was yours and the rules are very clear on tax credits what you need to tell them.

By have a non-partner partner who is a full time carer for your child and claiming to be a single person, you have really drawn attention to yourself.

Does your wife to be work?

lucaselle

ajr3773 wrote: »

fraudulent tax credit claimant when all i have done is try to do the best by my 4 kids since my ex wife walked out on us for the second time 2 years ago.
so did she walk out on 4 kids

i have moved on from that now and met a fantastic woman prepared to take on 4 wonderful kids and 1 who is severely disabled
4 mentioned here including the disabled one here


at the end of the day this investigation has clearly come about through my honesty in seeking advice from the tc helpline.

then you say....

ajr3773 wrote: »

despite the fact i am a single parent of 5 children, 1 of which is disabled and my tax credits award is large aspect of my income especially at this time of year.

Loopy_Girl

ajr3773 wrote: »

No she does not work. Why ask that.

Because if your tax credits stop then she could have contributed to the household

So is she claiming benefits in her own right I take it? What does she claim aside from the CA that she claims for looking after your child as I assume she can't live on £54 a week

Loopy_Girl

ajr3773 wrote: »

I have 5 kids, 4 to my ex wife that live with me and 1 of which is disabled.

So does 1 of the children live with your ex wife then?

You have 5 kids, 1 lives with her, 4 live with you and of that 4 one of them is disabled?

Loopy_Girl

ajr3773 wrote: »

She gets child tax credit for her son and child benefit and thats it.
She is not entitled to any other benefits due to insufficent NI contributions in the last 3 years.

If her child is under 7 then irrespective of NI conts she could claim IS as a 'lone' parent

To be honest, that is another thing the TCO will ask...a) how she managed to live on so little money and b) how she could be a lone parent and yet provide full time care to your son whilst living in a different home

Loopy_Girl

ajr3773 wrote: »

How can she contribute to my household when she has her own?????

Because you're a couple and that's what couples do. Help each other out when times are tough...