working tax credit stopped

john1964golf

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mel is a school dinner worker. She is a lone parent with three school age children. She works 20 hours per week during the school year. She does not work and is not paid during the school holidays (12 weeks). The fact that she does not do any hours during the school holidays is ignored. Mel need only do 16 hours per week, so she qualifies for WTC throughout the year because she normally works 20 hours per week during term-time.[/FONT]

Just found this on tc website.This must mean tc are wrong!

lauzellen

TC have got it wrong! Its your usual working hrs during term time that they use, she must appeal asap

woozywendy

I have just recently left my lunchtime job in a school. I worked 6.25 hours a week term time. On my tc form it said 4.25 a week because they had averaged my hours out over the year because I got paid in the holidays. While all this was explained on the phone to me they did mention if I was NOT PAID in the holidays then I would have to phone them each time to tell them I would be classed as not working and would have to make new claims each time I started back after a holiday. Sorry I cannot remember the full details it was 5 years ago.:o

claire111

Yikes !!

Can you just imagine the muddle the Tax Credit Dept would get in if every 'term time worker' had to notify WTC people that they'd stopped working at the end of every term...

Calculating the 4 week run on rule for their WTC....

Then claiming JSA and associated benefits for the school holidays....

Then cancelling their JSA claim and starting a new WTC claim at the beginning of every new term....

:eek: