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

mrsbudget

Hi, has anyone get any claim back..Im really interested to find out, I have children born in 1999 and 2000..

Thanks.

Caz312

I sent them a letter asking them to check if I had received it and, if not, to send me a form. Received a claim form in the post yesterday morning - will keep you posted

tiff

I think its around £500 a year, plus an extra amount if you had a child in 2002.

tight_jock

tiff wrote:

I think its around £500 a year, plus an extra amount if you had a child in 2002.

Is that per child ?

tiff

I dont know. There is some info on this link

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/taxcredits/childrens-tax-credit.htm

Havent got time to read it at the moment, so any info posted here would be appreciated, I am waiting for a claim form.

tight_jock

tiff wrote:

I dont know. There is some info on this link

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/taxcredits/childrens-tax-credit.htm

Havent got time to read it at the moment, so any info posted here would be appreciated, I am waiting for a claim form.

Just checked and you can only claim for one child but still mentions the for 11ctc

mrsbudget

HOw, folks, I am a bit confused about this, is this applicable for people who are already claiming child tax credit or family tax credit? Because I dont really know exactly what to tell them. My son was born in 1999 and my daughter in 2000, when the Child tax credit was introduced I applied to that and we received some money every month.

tight_jock

mrsbudget wrote:

HOw, folks, I am a bit confused about this, is this applicable for people who are already claiming child tax credit or family tax credit? Because I dont really know exactly what to tell them. My son was born in 1999 and my daughter in 2000, when the Child tax credit was introduced I applied to that and we received some money every month.

As I understand it
this relates to a child tax credit for the tax years 2001 to 2003 which should have been applied to your tax code if you were working. It has nothing to do with WFTC and is being claimed as the result of working parents not being aware or applying for it at that time.

I`m off to post my letter shortly. Fingers crossed:T

sammyc_3

Sorry if this has already been answered but does anyone know if both parents should get this tax relief applied to their tax code or should it only be applied to one of them as I think I may have received it but don't think my husband did, thanks.

tiff

It only applies to the main earner at the time, in our case it was my husband.