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Tax credits, moving from single claim to joint claim
plum2002
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A (hopefully quick question) my admin assistant has been claiming TC's for about 2 years, her household consists of herself and her 4 boys, she met someone new about a year ago and they have made the decision to now live together. He earns about £45k a year, she earns £23k and obviously they will now be above the threshold, when she rang HMRC to find out about stopping her claim she was told it wasn't that simple. They now require full information about him and it will become a joint claim even though no monies will be payable. He has never claimed any kind of benefit and doesn't see why he should hand over any information, he doesn't want to be part of the system as he hasn't been in the past.
So, stalemate - is it really true that she can't just stop the single claim, she has to make a joint claim and provide all supporting documents even though they will not receive any TC's? The adviser said, once you are in the system you do not get out, you will have to provide this information and fill out the form every year. Surely that cannot be correct? Does anyone have experience of this situation?
So, stalemate - is it really true that she can't just stop the single claim, she has to make a joint claim and provide all supporting documents even though they will not receive any TC's? The adviser said, once you are in the system you do not get out, you will have to provide this information and fill out the form every year. Surely that cannot be correct? Does anyone have experience of this situation?
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“Don’t have children if you can’t afford them” is the “Let them eat cake” of the 21st century. It doesn’t matter how children got here, they need and deserve to be fed.
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That's complete rubbish. They are two separate claims. She rings up and reports she has moved in with someone and they end the single claim.
Whether or not she decides to claim with her new partner on a joint claim is up to her.
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Thank you, it seems it's just a case of ringing back and getting another adviser.Love many, trust few, learn to paddle your own canoe.
“Don’t have children if you can’t afford them” is the “Let them eat cake” of the 21st century. It doesn’t matter how children got here, they need and deserve to be fed.0 -
Claiming is not obligatory.
As far as I am aware, she can just phone up and say "I no longer wish to claim tax credits anymore"
She will then have to fill in a final tax credits award for the year based on her income earnt for that financial year.
The she will either be due a refunds, will have to repay an overpayment or neither.0
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