child 16 in fte tax credits.....

tgs123

hi have spoken to tax credits this am 3 times, I said that my child was going to college from school,
have been told can take upto 16th sept to get this payment underway.... is this right? surely that's to long and until then I get no working tax nothing....
how am supposed to live?
has anyone else waited so long ?
thank you

Dunroamin

tgs123 wrote: »

hi have spoken to tax credits this am 3 times, I said that my child was going to college from school,
have been told can take upto 16th sept to get this payment underway.... is this right? surely that's to long and until then I get no working tax nothing....
how am supposed to live?
has anyone else waited so long ?
thank you

You're not supposed to live on CTC.

tgs123

Dunroamin wrote: »

You're not supposed to live on CTC.

EXCUSE ME!!!!!
read the post again it states im not even receiving my working tax right now meaning I work!!!!!!
its just pretty damn rude by asking a question to get a answer like that...new to here don't think ill be back!!

Dunroamin

tgs123 wrote: »

EXCUSE ME!!!!!
read the post again it states im not even receiving my working tax right now meaning I work!!!!!!
its just pretty damn rude by asking a question to get a answer like that...new to here don't think ill be back!!

Sorry you took it the wrong way, even if my statement was true.

davehughes182

Yes that is correct to answer your question. Its classed as a change to your curcumstances andcan take 2 weeks to process.

justmel

Did you tell them prior to August 31st that your child is going to college or was it only today that you were able to inform them?

Reason I ask is that because if it was before they drop the child from the claim on the 31st then the system adds them again on the 1st September.

You do generally get a gap in payment though,there is a recorded message on their line at the moment about missing payments this week which says they will ressume by the next payment.

If you only told them today though that system would not apply so yes it could be the 16th but may be sooner.

It happened when my son went to college,we missed a week whilst they recalculated it and has just happened again with the twins going into FTE.

It is hard,we had a lot of upfront fees to pay to the college for kits and a locker,we don't qualify for help with transport as we are over the threshold in our area by just a little and the college increased the upfront fees by £25 with 3 days notice so it has been difficult and this time we knew what was coming and did our best to prepare,the first time we had no idea so it was a shock.

All you can do is try to rebudget in some way,i am not the best at these things but over on the old style board where I sometimes have a look they seem to make meals out of almost nothing so go over to that board and have a look through for some ideas,i hope it gets sorted for you soon.

FRESTER

The system often updates in a few days.
It might be worth calling Saturday before closing to see if your new payments are on the system.
They always say it will take longer to stop you calling.