Help new tax credits claim!!!

ange51_4

Hi wondering if anyone could help me I have recently started work 16 hours a week and I have had to make a whole new claim with tax credits they told me it would take up to 3 weeks to from when they received the form to recieve payment it has nearly been 3 weeks so I called them today to find out what was going on and they informed me that it had been passed on the specialist team to do extra checks has anyone had this before what does it mean and how long till I recieve a payment help getting stressed as not had any tax credits for 6 weeks now any information I this would be great as very confused about this....

georgiasdragons

Most new claims are being properly checked for fraud and to check you receive the right amount of money from the start.
These checks range depending on what part of tax credits your entitiled to.

Some check payroll real time salary
some check living address credit checks against the property to make sure no one is financially linked.
Checks against children or childcare providers etc.

Dont worry if they need further evidence they will ask by letter.
I think extra checks mean it will take slightly longer to approve.

ange51_4

That is great many thanks for the reply do u know roughly how long this could take... I am a single parent with 2 children and working 16 hours a week with childcare so really not sure what tax credits i will be getting....

compoff

First question would be why did you have to make a new claim? With 3 children, did you not have a claim on system?
If it is being checked, you should have had some correspondence by now. They may issue a letter to you for some info, keep an eye out for it

ange51_4

Hopefully if that's the case I will receive the letter soon if they need more information.. It's a new claim as I am now a single parent and the last claim i had was a joint claim so had to close it down and start a whole new claim. Thank you for replying

Icequeen99

compoff wrote: »

First question would be why did you have to make a new claim? With 3 children, did you not have a claim on system?
If it is being checked, you should have had some correspondence by now. They may issue a letter to you for some info, keep an eye out for it

What compoff said. This is really important and could be what is causing the delay.

If you were already claiming CTC, then you don't have to fill in a form you just ring up with your hours and childcare and it is added to the system.

You would only need to make a new claim if you were claiming CTC jointly with a partner and are now single?

IQ