Child Tax Credit Advice

eljapo4

Hi I'm in the process of filling in the Tax Credits form and I have a question regarding the Work Details and Income Details section. Atm I work 37 hours and have my P60 to get the figures for the 2015-2016 tax year.
But I'm looking to reduce my working hours to 25 and I have a rough idea of the salary I'd be getting for the remainder of the 2016-17 tax year.
How do I let Tax Credits know that my situation will change so they can make a decision based on my reduced hours?
Do I fill this first form out, send it back and they send me another form out where I will included this information about my reduced working hours?
Complete newbie to tax credits so any advice is welcome.

Darksparkle

Just call and do it over the phone. Or online.

You can give the 2015/16 actual income and 2016/17 expected income.

You can only change the hours when it actually happens.

eljapo4

Only option I am getting to do online, is to request a claim form.

Darksparkle

If you try googling "tax credit renewal"

eljapo4

But this is not a renewal it will be a first time claim. Hence the reason why I am asking what the process is to determine the current tax year, all this is new to me.

Darksparkle

My apologies, this is renewal time so when you said form I just assumed you meant the renewal form and not an application form.

For working hours you put your current hours.

For income you put 2015/16.

The answer is pretty much the same. Once you've been told the claim has processed (you'll get an award letter), you can either call them or update the changes online. They don't have a form for reporting a change.

You can also do it by post but I wouldn't recommend it

eljapo4

I've filled the form in with all the necessary details but think I'll save the postal time and ring them up to get it onto their system quicker - if I can get through

Darksparkle

eljapo4 wrote: »

I've filled the form in with all the necessary details but think I'll save the postal time and ring them up to get it onto their system quicker - if I can get through

If you haven't claimed yet then they can't put anything into the system. You need to claim first.