Tax Credit Decision

FBaby

I'm wondering whether the issue is that you tried to open a claim before your child had actually moved rather than on the day he did. You can't open a claim in anticipation of being entitled to claim. Whether you were actually able to claim when your child was still in Portugal in another issue.

Maybe you could close that date and reopen one, except that there might be an issue with not being able to claim all the way back from September?

joaorosa80

ab1982 wrote: »

Try the MP, just write a polite letter to them and they will get one of their staff to send it on to someone at the Benefits and it may just bump you up the list a bit... Its the MP job to help you.

Thank you for the help.
I'll give one more week and if I do not have nothing new, I am going try the MP.

joaorosa80

FBaby wrote: »

I'm wondering whether the issue is that you tried to open a claim before your child had actually moved rather than on the day he did. You can't open a claim in anticipation of being entitled to claim. Whether you were actually able to claim when your child was still in Portugal in another issue.

Maybe you could close that date and reopen one, except that there might be an issue with not being able to claim all the way back from September?

Hi FBaby,
I think that nothing was stoping me to claim for tax credit even when you don't have a child.
My ideia was, I will request the tax credit (working tax) and since the date that my son arrived, I'll say that we is in here and I am starting to have cost with chid care.

If knew that will result on such a confusion, the solution will be lying of the existence of my child in Portugal and when he arrived in September, I'll say, miracle I am a father of a boy with 3 :beer:

Poppie68

joaorosa80 wrote: »

Hi FBaby,
I think that nothing was stoping me to claim for tax credit even when you don't have a child.
My ideia was, I will request the tax credit (working tax) and since the date that my son arrived, I'll say that we is in here and I am starting to have cost with chid care.

If knew that will result on such a confusion, the solution will be lying of the existence of my child in Portugal and when he arrived in September, I'll say, miracle I am a father of a boy with 3 :beer:

Well something was/is stopping you from claiming.... Maybe it's your previous years income, did your wife work in Portugal previous to coming here? If she did then your child would of been financially dependent on her and not you so ctc wouldn't of been payable then.

Do you both work for a UK company
How many hours do you work?t
What is your gross pay?
What hours does your wife work?
What is her gross pay?




Don't stop paying the nursery fees, it is not their fault that you cannot afford to pay without the need of tax credits, you may also find yourselves in the position of looking for a new nursery.

FBaby

I think that nothing was stoping me to claim for tax credit even when you don't have a child.

If you claimed working tax credits, including childcare costs, when your child wasn't yet in childcare, then yes, there would have been an issue.

You should have applied for working tax credits on the basis of your low income, assuming you met the criteria, and then do a change of circumstances when your child started childcare, that is on the day he started, not before in expectation of him starting in a few days/weeks.

joaorosa80

Poppie68 wrote: »

Well something was/is stopping you from claiming.... Maybe it's your previous years income, did your wife work in Portugal previous to coming here? If she didn't then your child would of been financially dependent on her and not you so ctc wouldn't of been payable then.

Do you both work for a UK company
How many hours do you work?
What is your gross pay?
What hours does your wife work?
What is her gross pay?

Don't stop paying the nursery fees, it is not fault that you cannot afford to pay without the need of tax credits, plus you may find yourselves in the position of looking for a new nursery.

Hi Poppie68,
According with the revenue what stop for claiming is because I am not living in here.
We always worked in here or Portugal and I know that my last year income doesn't stop to claim tax credit.

Both of us are working for a UK company without any scam.
I am working 37.5 hours and she between 25 and 35. Our income unfortunately isn't high enough to leave without a help for the nursery.

You know what make me mad, is that my wife is making a big effort to work during the weekend and now will be on the Christmas days to do not stay depending of benefits, given the best example to everyone and in return you got that feeling that the best thing is staying at home.

No, I'll not stop paying the nursery, the happiness of my son above all else.

Poppie68

joaorosa80 wrote: »

Hi Poppie68,
According with the revenue what stop for claiming is because I am not living in here.
We always worked in here or Portugal and I know that my last year income doesn't stop to claim tax credit.

Both of us are working for a UK company without any scam.
I am working 37.5 hours and she between 25 and 35. Our income unfortunately isn't high enough to leave without a help for the nursery.

You know what make me mad, is that my wife is making a big effort to work during the weekend and now will be on the Christmas days to do not stay depending of benefits, given the best example to everyone and in return you got that feeling that the best thing is staying at home.

No, I'll not stop paying the nursery, the happiness of my son above all else.

A lot of people are in the same position as you and your wife. There are many working and taking home a relatively small sum because of high child care costs, but it doesn't last forever due to every child ending up in full-time education.

joaorosa80

FBaby wrote: »

If you claimed working tax credits, including childcare costs, when your child wasn't yet in childcare, then yes, there would have been an issue.

You should have applied for working tax credits on the basis of your low income, assuming you met the criteria, and then do a change of circumstances when your child started childcare, that is on the day he started, not before in expectation of him starting in a few days/weeks.

Hi FBaby,
But that's what I did.
I don't have a copy of the form that I sent, but for sure, that I placed on the place where my child was, the address of my mother in law and on the childcare "0".

joaorosa80

Hi,
just to inform the issue was solved.
All of this, because the Revenue request some information to the Portuguese government and they were waiting for that.

Thank you for all the help.

P.S. I think that was the CAB who make the essential call.