Tax credits- gap in employment

bll78

Hi,

I finished work 4 days ago and start work in a new job in 7 days (total gap 11 days). I have spent hours and hours trying to get through to the tax credit place to inform them of my change in circumstances, with no luck.

However actually the only change will be I am unemployed (no benefits claimed) for 11 days. The income predictions and everything else will remain the same. Am I right in thinking there is a 4 week run on so actually there shouldn't be an issue anyway?

Thanks

bll78

Thanks blondebubbles I'll not bother phoning until I'm back in work then, there's no pint trying to get through twice!

Icequeen99

blondebubbles wrote: »

Your claim will continue as you have not been out of work for more than 4 weeks. You still however need to report the change. As far as I can remember though you can't update it in advance.

But there is a technical difference I think, so the OP should report it.

TCO will end the claim from the date of the last job, then the 4 week run-on will kick in and then technically he should re-claim on a fresh claim.

The danger would be that if he does nothing now, rings later, they put the end date of his other job in, the claim will end. My understanding is the system can't allow the end date of a job and a start date to be more than 7 days apart without triggering the end of the claim. I didn't think the four week run-on period counted in this.

Interested if you know how this works BB?

IQ

bll78

Ok so I need to ring now.

Does this mean I'm going to have 2 WTC claims at the same time though? The 4 week run on and the new claim? I don't want both I can see there being a huge mess at the end of the year

Icequeen99

blondebubbles wrote: »

They do a workaround which bridges the gap between the 2 jobs.

So in effect they are saying the 7 day requirement doesn't apply? Because the end date of the claim is the date when the job ends and the run-on is just a run-on.

That's interesting.

OP - I would advise you ring as soon as possible to be honest, sorry for confusing things, i was interested in what BB thought of the process.

IQ