Really Really Silly Question

owetoomuch

How do I change payments of Child Benefit and tax credits, I have just received details of my new Co-Op account and would like to arrange for these to be paid into it.

philnicandamy

I'd echo what Bat suggested...called em for my incapacity benefits etc switched on the phone straight away then sent a letter of confirmation the next day with the new account details

owetoomuch

Just missed out on this months childrens allowance payment it has gone into my NatWest account ah well, was waiting for Co-Op account to be opened as they messed me around the first time I applied. Could have done with the £70 but such is life.

wherediditallgo

Sorry, but I can't remember if you've gone BR or not, or if you were overdrawn with Natwest. If you've gone BR already, there's no reason why you can't ask the OR to ask the bank for the money, as it's for your children. If you haven't gone BR yet, then ask the bank to send you a cheque for it. If you weren't overdrawn, there shouldn't be a big issue with you getting the money one way or another.

owetoomuch

Went BR on 25th May, still waiting to hear from OR (dreading that bit), Nat West my main creditor, rather not contact them at the moment.

desperate_mum_3

I did it over the phone and it went into old bank a/c so I did it in writing to make sure and then phoned the day before it was due just to check they had right details ..

wherediditallgo

owetoomuch wrote: »

Went BR on 25th May, still waiting to hear from OR (dreading that bit), Nat West my main creditor, rather not contact them at the moment.

Oh, I can understand why you wouldn't want to contact them in that case. However, the money is for your children, & your OR is there to be the link between you & your creditors, so there's no reason why you can't ask him to make contact. The same would apply if it was Child Benefit, Housing Benefit or anything else - it's money your family is entitled to, so get the OR on the case. Even if you don't know yet who your OR is, if you ring up the office, they'll be able to tell you. Good luck.

owetoomuch

Well I rang Inland Revenue about my child tax credits and they changed it over the phone and said they would notify the Child Benefit team for me also and sent the necessary form over the internet while we were on the phone, hope it all went OK.