tax credits

misty2730

hi can any one help
i dont get tax credits and have not for 3 years now because of a overpayment (dont agree but any way)
they said we wont start getting it untill 2012 and it will be £10 a week .
when i do a check the estamate always tells me alot higher £96 per week how can the estamate be that wrong.
any one know where i can get any advice?
thank you :shocked:

Aarons_mummy

Well it will depend whether you have children, childcare costs, disabilities, how many adults, working income, might there still be some overpayment been paying off?

I don't think anyone will be able to give you any sort of advice without additional information.

Caz3121

misty2730 wrote: »

hi can any one help
i dont get tax credits and have not for 3 years now because of a overpayment (dont agree but any way)
they said we wont start getting it untill 2012 and it will be £10 a week .
when i do a check the estamate always tells me alot higher £96 per week how can the estamate be that wrong.
any one know where i can get any advice?
thank you :shocked:

which site did you do the estimate one...the hmrc one returns the amount due between now and the end of the tax year not a weekly figure

misty2730

Caz3121 wrote: »

which site did you do the estimate one...the hmrc one returns the amount due between now and the end of the tax year not a weekly figure

hi yes i used hmrc and the direct gov one too

misty2730

Aarons_mummy wrote: »

Well it will depend whether you have children, childcare costs, disabilities, how many adults, working income, might there still be some overpayment been paying off?

I don't think anyone will be able to give you any sort of advice without additional information.

still paying off overpayment so we dont get anything atm,but it still says after its payed we will get £10 p/w

Caz3121

misty2730 wrote: »

hi yes i used hmrc and the direct gov one too

the site shows this under the amount
"This is the amount your household may be entitled to from 11/03/2011 until 05/04/2011. This result is only an estimate and is based on the information provided assuming you make the claim on 11/03/2011. This means the amount shown may not be your entitlement for the full year."
so it is not a weekly figure

Aarons_mummy

What I mean is your entitlement and how much you recieve will depend on all those things.

So you get £96 per week when looking at the TC calculator? That will be just for this tax year ie now till April it would be different for 11/12. Also remember there are lower levels and cuts coming into place as well, not sure if you are affected by those though so you may get lower than what you *normally* would/should.

misty2730

Aarons_mummy wrote: »

What I mean is your entitlement and how much you recieve will depend on all those things.

So you get £96 per week when looking at the TC calculator? That will be just for this tax year ie now till April it would be different for 11/12. Also remember there are lower levels and cuts coming into place as well, not sure if you are affected by those though so you may get lower than what you *normally* would/should.

yes but i also filled it in last year and it said the same amout
thank u for your reply
i am now in contact with the citizens advice