Tax credit help

savingsp

My dad has recently become very ill and i was looking to reduce my hours at work do i had a little more time to run him and my mum around. I currently do 17 and a quater hours at work but i was looking to reduce this to 15 and three quaters which would change me to a three full day week rather than five mornings. Would this drop under 16 hours affect my tax credit. It is a joint ckaim with my husband working full time. Thanks

Caz3121

I think the previous answers still apply https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3528793
Not sure if you currently get any help with childcare costs but this would stop as you both need to be working over 16 hours

zagfles

Yes, unless you get childcare this won't affect any elements of tax credits because it's your joint hours that count. If your OH is working 30+ hours then you're OK. But you won't get any childcare unless you're both working 16+ hours.

In fact you should get more as your income will presumably drop.