Tax Credit claim questions

AngryPuffin

I have used the entitledto website which suggests I should be entitled to tax credits.

I'm guessing the actual application process will ask similar questions and wanted to check the following:
Amount paid for childcare - Is this the full amount based on my invoice or just what I pay after I've used the childcare vouchers? (eg. If the cost was £500 per month and £486 was paid using vouchers, would I put £14 or £500 a month?)
Earnings before tax and national insurance - Do I put the gross amount minus childcare vouchers and pension contribution, which are both deducted pre tax?
Pension contributions - Do I only put these in if they are paid after tax?

poppy12345

AngryPuffin wrote: »

I have used the entitledto website which suggests I should be entitled to tax credits.

You need to check what's in your area, if it's a full universal credit area and you don't have more than 2 children then it's UC you need to claim and not tax credits.
https://ucpostcode.entitledto.co.uk/ucdate

AngryPuffin

poppy12345 wrote: »

You need to check what's in your area, if it's a full universal credit area and you don't have more than 2 children then it's UC you need to claim and not tax credits.

Will the questions/answers to apply be different?

At the moment, it says I'm eligible for tax credits.

Alice_Holt

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/help-if-on-a-low-income/working-and-child-tax-credits/working-and-child-tax-credits/check-if-you-can-get-child-tax-credits/

"Universal Credit is replacing tax credits in some areas of the UK. You might need to apply for Universal Credit instead of working tax credits, depending on where you live.

Check if you should apply for Universal Credit instead of tax credits on GOV.UK."

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tax-credits-getting-your-claim-form-right-tc600-notes

"Enter the average weekly amount you pay this childcare provider
Don’t include any amount:
• paid by your employer, in money or in vouchers, towards your
childcare costs
• you get in childcare vouchers through salary sacrifice
• paid by a local authority or local education authority towards the cost of
childcare for 3 or 4 year olds
• paid by a government scheme, for example, a student childcare grant to
help you start work
If you pay childcare weekly and you pay the same amount each week, enter
that amount.
If you pay childcare weekly, but pay different amounts, you should add up
all the weekly amounts you have paid in the last 52 weeks and divide the
total by 52.
Always round your average costs up to the nearest pound."

Etc, etc

AngryPuffin

Thanks for linking to that form, it gives much more information than the website I was using. I'm just reading through it now.