free school dinners

sparky260500

Hi all to get free school dinners for my children one of the things to qualify is tax credit andhas an annual family income of £16,190 or less. is this figure before or after tax.

ineed

I would imagine that's after tax.

pmlindyloo

It's gross income.

See here:

http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/pupilsupport/pastoralcare/a00202841/fsmcriteria

clairec79

it's also child tax credit but no working tax credit - so if you work at least 16 hours you won't get them

sparky260500

thanks all ive copied this
Child Tax Credit, provided they are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190, as assessed by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
what does as assessed by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs mean.

zagfles

sparky260500 wrote: »

thanks all ive copied this
Child Tax Credit, provided they are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190, as assessed by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
what does as assessed by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs mean.

It means the income used for your tax credits claim.

dave030445

zagfles wrote: »

It means the income used for your tax credits claim.

iam getting this PHI monthly payment would that be income used for tax credit. As i dont work any hours

sleepless_saver

I think the PHI would be ignored for tax credits by HMRC as it won't be taxable income.

Don't know where this leaves you with the gross income problem - you might be best to phone HMRC and ask.

dave030445

sleepless_saver wrote: »

I think the PHI would be ignored for tax credits by HMRC as it won't be taxable income.

Don't know where this leaves you with the gross income problem - you might be best to phone HMRC and ask.

it is taxable

sleepless_saver

dave030445 wrote: »

it is taxable

The taxability may well be a side issue to the OP's main problem abnout what counts as gross income. But it doesn't look like these payments are necessarily taxed:

"Health and unemployment insurance payments
Payments received from certain insurance policies that provide sickness and unemployment benefits are exempt from income tax by ITTOIA05/S735. The Insurance Policyholder Taxation Manual (IPTM6000) has more details." ?

ffacoffipawb

What if they had a gross income of £16,000 due to pension salary sacrifice and they had over £1M in ISAs getting tax free interest which is not required to be declared to HMRC.

Is there a capital test for free school meals?