Tax credit renewal - general questions (merged)

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Ah right..ok

Danmc84

Hi thus is a question about roughly how much we would recurve roughly for child tax and working tax I live with my partner and we have 2 children one 3 and one 8 weeks old my partner is on maternity and recieves the Ssm which is around 134 per week and I earn 16500 per year we have deducted the first 100 pound per week for the maternity for the 39 weeks but are still waiting for a reply on our calculation does anyone know roughly what we should be receiving thanks .

System

Horseunderwater wrote: »

A single person needs to work a minimum 30 hours to get WTC as well as being over 25 years old. And be earning less than £12k per year.

Unless he has disabilities (and meets criteria) then its 16 hours a week.

Marine15

My payments have stopped for both my children now, 1 is 18 and has finished in education which I understand, the 2nd is 16 and has gone onto an Apprenticeship for which he gets paid £2.53 per hour and is receiving on the job college tuition, I don't agree with this at all but have to accept it. My main concern is that they advise I have been overpaid by £378 due to my first child dropping off 12th June 2013 and the threshold for my earning comes down. They only paid me £250 p/m for both so why does this seem to back date that threshold back to April when he only dropped off June and they only paid me for him to end of July?? The other thing is that they advise I do not have to pay this yet as I have to submit my earnings for 2013/2014 next year and it will be revised on my total years earnings. This I am not prepared to accept!! Why should my earnings beyond the date I finish receiving any benefits from them be any of their business?? Surely they should ask for proof of earnings for the period 1st April to 31st August. I may now have to get another job to make up for what I am losing which means my total earnings for the remainder of the year will be higher. I could end up paying back all that they paid me for that period but it is then that I needed it. Has anyone else had this problem??

lilian1977

Hello - just a quickie. I had a letter when the renewals came through saying the "might" have overpaid me £47ish. They said they'd let me know when they've decided if they have or not. Anyone know how long this takes?! TIA.

zagfles

lilian1977 wrote: »

Hello - just a quickie. I had a letter when the renewals came through saying the "might" have overpaid me £47ish. They said they'd let me know when they've decided if they have or not. Anyone know how long this takes?! TIA.

Which tax year? Unless you're self employed and gave an estimated income for 2012/13 they should have sent you a final award for 2012/13. If it's 2013/14 then they won't finalise the award till you do your renewal at the end of the tax year.

zagfles

Marine15 wrote: »

My payments have stopped for both my children now, 1 is 18 and has finished in education which I understand, the 2nd is 16 and has gone onto an Apprenticeship for which he gets paid £2.53 per hour and is receiving on the job college tuition, I don't agree with this at all but have to accept it. My main concern is that they advise I have been overpaid by £378 due to my first child dropping off 12th June 2013 and the threshold for my earning comes down. They only paid me £250 p/m for both so why does this seem to back date that threshold back to April when he only dropped off June and they only paid me for him to end of July??

They don't. If you were getting £250pm for 2 children, that's not much more than one child element (the rest being tapered by your income), so with just one eligible child you'd get very little in tax credits. maybe £40pm.

The other thing is that they advise I do not have to pay this yet as I have to submit my earnings for 2013/2014 next year and it will be revised on my total years earnings. This I am not prepared to accept!! Why should my earnings beyond the date I finish receiving any benefits from them be any of their business?? Surely they should ask for proof of earnings for the period 1st April to 31st August. I may now have to get another job to make up for what I am losing which means my total earnings for the remainder of the year will be higher. I could end up paying back all that they paid me for that period but it is then that I needed it. Has anyone else had this problem??

That's the way it works, tax credits use annual income.

lilian1977

zagfles wrote: »

Which tax year? Unless you're self employed and gave an estimated income for 2012/13 they should have sent you a final award for 2012/13. If it's 2013/14 then they won't finalise the award till you do your renewal at the end of the tax year.

2012/13. I've had a final award but it had this note at the bottom.

zagfles

lilian1977 wrote: »

2012/13. I've had a final award but it had this note at the bottom.

Weird - if it's a "final award" they should have decided everything! Is there anything uncertain about your circumstances last year eg income, whether some income counts, disability elements etc? What does the calculation show?

lilian1977

I don't have it with me but will check and reply properly when I dig it out. Thanks x