under-estimated wages do i tell tc now

kurjam

both myself and partner work, i had to have 8 weeks of sick last year but was not paid any sick pay by my employer and did not bother claiming ssp from the jobcentre, as a result my income is £1200 less than i told tax credits it would be.
so should i ring and tell them now or am i better of waiting till i get a renewal pack ?
will this make my payment a bit more for the 11-12 tax year,?
thank for any help

milfield

Personally, I recommend people tell Tax Credits of ANY change. An e-mail is useful as you have a reply (hopefully) in writing should things go wrong.

A Tax Credit award is initally based on previous tax year income, so this tax year (the 2 weeks that are left of it) will be the basis for your claim for 2011-12, so as you have earned slightly less than predicted that may help a little. Depends on all your other income of course.

allen35

kurjam wrote: »

both myself and partner work, i had to have 8 weeks of sick last year but was not paid any sick pay by my employer and did not bother claiming ssp from the jobcentre, as a result my income is £1200 less than i told tax credits it would be.
so should i ring and tell them now or am i better of waiting till i get a renewal pack ?
will this make my payment a bit more for the 11-12 tax year,?
thank for any help

What was the reason for your employer not paying sick pay, SSP is been paid through your normal wages.

If you met the criteria and hadn't received it you should of been paid.

Ask for an explanation in writing of why it wasn't paid, hopefully not too late.

Visit HMRC website for the criteria for receiving SSP

kurjam

would not pay it as i did not earn enough for tax and ni purposes.... not with that employer no more, as got made redundant in the september of last year, but luckily found a new job straight away !!

kurjam

milfield wrote: »

Personally, I recommend people tell Tax Credits of ANY change. An e-mail is useful as you have a reply (hopefully) in writing should things go wrong.

A Tax Credit award is initally based on previous tax year income, so this tax year (the 2 weeks that are left of it) will be the basis for your claim for 2011-12, so as you have earned slightly less than predicted that may help a little. Depends on all your other income of course.

what is the email address, i thought you always had to ring them ?

allen35

allen35 wrote: »

What was the reason for your employer not paying sick pay, SSP is been paid through your normal wages.

If you met the criteria and hadn't received it you should of been paid.

Ask for an explanation in writing of why it wasn't paid, hopefully not too late.

Visit HMRC website for the criteria for receiving SSP

Oh ok, just checking, i think the threshold is £97 per week.

milfield

Just had a quick look and you can e-mail certain changes of circumstances, address, name change, but not income. Other than phone, you can write to them (suggest by recorded post) marking your envelope 'change of circumstances' to:
Tax Credit Office
Preston
PR1 0SB