maternity pay and tax credits

tentickles666

hi ive just called the tax credit helpline to update them from my p60 and i told him most of my earnings last tax year were actually from maternity pay but he didnt want to know the exact figure?!! i thought that smp didnt count towards your earnings?

can anyone help me!

thanks!

flea72

they deduct £100 per week you were on mat leave, so i think that leaves about £8 a week of your mat pay, that has to be allowed for when declaring income.

hth Flea

tentickles666

so do you think i should call back then!?

Gaz83

Call back to clarify, but it seems likely he / she's automatically deducted £100 per week for every week you were on maternity pay.

tentickles666

but how do they know how long i was on maternity pay for without asking?

i didnt tell him how many weeks or how much £ i was paid!