Tax credits and unpredictable income pattern

Wellgood

Hi. My partner does a job where we don't know what her income will be week by week. In a month they could do 1 days work or 20 days depending on what is out there. We are on "current year" tax credits assessment . Are we supposed to update tax credits dept each week/month with latest earnings or what is the best approach. This should be relatively temporary situation until my partner finds a permanent position.

Darksparkle

Tax credits is based on the tax year income rather than weekly/monthly so you’d need to work out an estimate for the year. Better to overestimate to avoid overpayments so in my opinion I’d work if the most I’d earn.

tomtom256

You also need to make sure you are working the right amount of hours to qualify as well.