MSE News: Families must prepare for tax credits cut

Murgatroyd21

cakes1988 wrote: »

hi can anyone help my other half works 40hrs pw i work 16hrs pw we have a 4 year old child no child care to pay and im sure we earn between us 22/23k a year we get 26.00 a week in tax credit a week at the moment will it go down or worse stop?

If you earned £22k for 2011/12 and about the same expected for 2012/13 then about £28pw. If the income was £23k, then about £21pw.

diceydeb

andrew-b wrote: »

No. The disability element is for disabled workers only where the disabled worker is working 16 hours or more and deemed as at a disadvantage of getting a job.





Why does it say on my tax credit breakdown...."you qualify for the disability element of WTC"

My husband is disabled but it is me that works the 22 hrs?

katepnlo

So confusing.
Can anyone help?

My partner works all the hours under the sun and his income is expected to be 45k
I stay at home and look after 4 children, 2 are disabled, one of those children gets high rate care component other child is on medium rate
I get carers allowance £2888.60.

I can see from the budget child benefit is safe for now. But i can't seem to get any idea of what will happen with tax credits.

Thank you

zagfles

katepnlo wrote: »

So confusing.
Can anyone help?

My partner works all the hours under the sun and his income is expected to be 45k
I stay at home and look after 4 children, 2 are disabled, one of those children gets high rate care component other child is on medium rate
I get carers allowance £2888.60.

I can see from the budget child benefit is safe for now. But i can't seem to get any idea of what will happen with tax credits.

Thank you

It'll go up a bit (asuuming your partner's income hasn't changed).

Murgatroyd21

diceydeb wrote: »

andrew-b wrote: »

No. The disability element is for disabled workers only where the disabled worker is working 16 hours or more and deemed as at a disadvantage of getting a job.





Why does it say on my tax credit breakdown...."you qualify for the disability element of WTC"

My husband is disabled but it is me that works the 22 hrs?

If your husband gets the highest care component then you will still qualify for a disability element of wtc. I'd suggest you check though that it hasn't been recorded as you having a disability according to tax credit information. It could be an error.

serendipity79

Does anyone know how they work out the Child tax credits?
I have been unemployed for a while but will be starting work f/t in May. Will they base my tax credits on last years money (income support) or will they base it on what i will be earning this year?
Hope i've made sense
Thank you

zagfles

serendipity79 wrote: »

Does anyone know how they work out the Child tax credits?
I have been unemployed for a while but will be starting work f/t in May. Will they base my tax credits on last years money (income support) or will they base it on what i will be earning this year?
Hope i've made sense
Thank you

Both. The previous year is used initially. But if income changes significantly it is adjusted. From April "significant" mean goes up by £10,000 or down by £2500.

serendipity79

Thanks Zagfles, i appreciate you replying

Charityworker

Anyone know when the entitled to website will be changed to accomodate the new WTC rules?

benefit_advisor

xAlisonx wrote: »

I really feel for you and hope you manage to find a job with more hours or your hubby finds employment.

The goverment are always saying they intend to make people better off in work, no sign of it as yet
But packing work in would only mean a sanction