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Working tax credits and savings

I have just sold my house and will be rented accommodation for a few months until I buy another. Consequently I will have about £200,000 in my bank account for this period of time. Will this affect my working tax credit?

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  • Wail
    Wail Posts: 265 Forumite
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    It depends how much interest you earn on it but that will only count on this years income.
  • zagfles
    zagfles Posts: 21,686 Forumite
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    The capital won't, but any interest you earn over £300 will count as income for the purposes of WTC, guess with that amount you'll be making a few hundred a month in interest. But there's a £10k disregard for income increases so may not affect you this year. But could reduce your tax credits a bit next year (from April)
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