Working tax credit and free dental treatment

Daz2009

Did being eligible for working tax credit ever entitle you to free nhs dental treatment ?

susiecm3

Depends on earnings and how much you get as to wether it entitles you to help or not

Daz2009

susiecm3 wrote: »

Depends on earnings and how much you get as to wether it entitles you to help or not

Not according to the conversation I've just had with the Dental Exemption Checking Service.I was told receiving working tax credit has never made you eligible for free treatment.....hence I've just been fined for making an incorrect claim for treatment.
I reckon they've changed the rules but can't find anything to support my case hence me asking here.

newbie1980

Daz2009 wrote: »

Did being eligible for working tax credit ever entitle you to free nhs dental treatment ?

i would have thought you would have had to have the extra elements to it not the basic amount

i got it yeasrs ago but its because i had wages below a certain level

susiecm3

If your entitled to help you get a card that you have to
Show dentist, I get it at present and just been today

Daz2009

susiecm3 wrote: »

If your entitled to help you get a card that you have to
Show dentist, I get it at present and just been today

Yes,that's what I've been told today.I was never given a card....as a result of being self-employed I thought,but looks like I got it wrong

Surely the dentists...and I've been to 2 different ones....should have realised if I didn't have a card I wasn't eligible ?

brook2jack

This is the form you signed http://www.shiredental.com/FP17PR.png

It does not have a tick box for working tax credit . It also says you understand it is your responsibility to check your exemption. You must have ticked a wrong box or signed the form without checking what boxes were ticked. It also says you will be fined for wrongly claiming you are exempt when you are not.

It is your responsibility not the dentists and more and more people are not getting fines for claiming they are exempt when they are not.

If you are not sure , pay , keep the receipt and you can claim it back if you are exempt.

Daz2009

Looks like I don't have a leg to stand on.
Just a shame they didn't check before,they have collared me on a £220 bill that if I'd known I wouldn't have had.
You live and learn.
Cheers folks

sheramber

brook2jack wrote: »

This is the form you signed http://www.shiredental.com/FP17PR.png

It does not have a tick box for working tax credit . It also says you understand it is your responsibility to check your exemption. You must have ticked a wrong box or signed the form without checking what boxes were ticked. It also says you will be fined for wrongly claiming you are exempt when you are not.

It is your responsibility not the dentists and more and more people are not getting fines for claiming they are exempt when they are not

If you are not sure , pay , keep the receipt and you can claim it back if you are exempt.

A tax credit exemption certificate is mentioned near the bottom of the right hand side.

busybee100

http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/Documents/HealthCosts/HWHC_Tax_Credit_flowchart_12.2015.pdf

Does this include dentist as well as health?

brook2jack

The flow chart covers dental.

The important thing is to read and tick the right box on the form. It specifically says tax credit does not entitle you to free dental treatment.

The other things that catch people out are pension credit and guaranteed pension credit , and contributions based and income based JSA.

This is complex to understand and dental staff are not trained and do not have the time to know exactly who is entitled to free treatment and who isn't. It is the responsibility of the person signing the form to know if and how they are entitled to free treatment.