Tax Credits question...

Orville

hi.

As some of you may know i live on my own with my son. What i am wanting to know is if/when i meet someone will my tax credits be effected if they stay over..?. Say they stayed with me 4 nights from seven..?

GlasweJen

it depends really. if you're financially tied then yes, you'll be assessed as a couple. if there are no financial ties and she isn't living there then no. Financially tied includes buying food to eat together and letting her wash her clothes at yours without charging for electricity or soap powder.

Orville

So even if she's not the parent of my child, by having her there would have a baring on my tax credits. Do they take her wages etc into account then..?

Sorry i can't remember what the forms ssay otherwise i wouldn't be asking

nannytone_2

if you were deemed to be 'living as a couple', the fact that she isn't the mother of your child has no bearing.

Orville

nannytone wrote: »

if you were deemed to be 'living as a couple', the fact that she isn't the mother of your child has no bearing.

ok thankyou