Parents-Does The Taxman Owe You £1,500? (merged)

baser999

Edinburghlass wrote: »

This is a tax allowance for people who earned more than £6,000 in the qualifying year and the children had to be living with you the same as the current tax credit system where the person looking after the children claims tax credits.

. . . but is it only relevant for the 2001-02 and 2002-03 tax years? If it is then clearly I've got no claim as I was no longer living with the children. If, however, its relevant to the years when I was still married then a claim seems possible

twinmumagain

ok, can someone help me???
The tax office never sent me the forms, I asked for them twice!!!
Do I claim here?? http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/forms/11ctc.pdf
Can I go to my local tax office tomorrow and they help me??
Also how does it work? My husband lived by himself until our twins were born on 22nd Jan 03, he moved in on about the 25th. My eldest was born December 99 and the next batch(lol) were both born 28 Sep 05(twins, obviously!).
The tax office told me that I havent had this money and niether has my husband. Who claims?? I worked full time from 1999 to October 2002(well April 2003 if you include maternity leave.
Please help me!!!

joanne_77

i guess you would as he didnt live with you!print the form off and fill out.

twinmumagain

Thanks, wasnt too sure as he lived with me for 3 months of the year!

baser999

baser999 wrote: »

. . . but is it only relevant for the 2001-02 and 2002-03 tax years? If it is then clearly I've got no claim as I was no longer living with the children. If, however, its relevant to the years when I was still married then a claim seems possible

Can anyone advise me on this - see my original post no 398 ?? Thank you

Edinburghlass_2

Edinburghlass wrote: »

No, thats the tax year you can claim for.

http://search2.hmrc.gov.uk/kbroker/hmrc/forms/viewform.jsp?formId=3282

From the above link..

Forms

Form URL 11CTC (PDF, 61kb) Description

Use this form to claim Children's Tax Credit for tax year 2002-03. The last date to claim is 31 January 2009, claims for tax year 2001-02 are no longer possible. Completed forms should be returned to the relevant address as shown in the Help and Guidance section.

Its for tax year 2002-03 and the children had to be living with you during that year.

parahandy

There was an article today about this in today's Daily Mail. So they tax folks are about to get even busier...

I know the closing date is Jan 31st, but having read some of the earlier posts, I believe they have a big backlog. Does it go with when they receive the form or when someone bothers to open it?

baser999

Edinburghlass wrote: »

Its for tax year 2002-03 and the children had to be living with you during that year.

Thank you for clarifying that for me - must confess when I read the thread it seemed too good to be true - getting money back after a separation and divorce :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

baser999

parahandy wrote: »

There was an article today about this in today's Daily Mail. So they tax folks are about to get even busier...

I know the closing date is Jan 31st, but having read some of the earlier posts, I believe they have a big backlog. Does it go with when they receive the form or when someone bothers to open it?

Would suggest that you get the claim there by 31 January - the taxman is otherwise likely to say that "....you've had 6 years to make this claim so why should I allow another few days...." Even if there are backlogs I believe their post is still date-stamped upon receipt, so although they'll not be able to deal with it for several weeks it could be that they reject those received late - after all, cuts down on the claims they still have to d/w - or is that the old cynic in me

twistedbargainhunter

baser999 wrote: »

Would suggest that you get the claim there by 31 January - the taxman is otherwise likely to say that "....you've had 6 years to make this claim so why should I allow another few days...." Even if there are backlogs I believe their post is still date-stamped upon receipt, so although they'll not be able to deal with it for several weeks it could be that they reject those received late - after all, cuts down on the claims they still have to d/w - or is that the old cynic in me

Do you think it would be better to send it recorded delivery then we could prove when they received it?