Are there any cuts to CTC only?

Icequeen99

justaquestion wrote: »

I apologise for my seemingly total inability to understand this change to CTC and my endless questions.


So at the moment does it seem that that a couple not working, with a disabled child getting the severe disability component of CTC, with an income of £16000 (ESA Contribution based, and an occupational pension, I currently pay tax on that) may not have a reduction on CTC next year?


Or maybe as everything is not totally clear, I have to wait to see.


Thanks again.

My view is that you will see a fall because I think the threshold will fall. I don't think he would have announced it as there is no particular change, it has always changed mostly up and occasionally down as it tracked the WTC threshold.

Zagfles posted this article yesterday which sums up the issue http://www.litrg.org.uk/News/2015/150708_child_tax_credit_confusion

Until an answer is confirmed by HMRC I suppose everyone may have doubts, but I can't see them doing anything else otherwise it would cause all sorts of issues if they froze it at 16105 and it doesn't really make any sense once you understand how WTC and CTC awards interact and are calculated.

IQ