Tax credits reduction help please

calcotti

Tax credits are generally based on previous year earnings. I would therefore expect this:
Your 18/19 tax credits are based on your 17/18 earnings.
Your 19/20 tax credits are based on your18/19 earnings.
As your 18/19 earnings are higher than your 17/18 earnings your 19/20 tax credits will be lower than your 18/19 tax credits. However this would not explain a change of £150/week.
Has anything else changed?

Asho1988

Thanks. I thought they would be lower slightly due to the roughly £700 increase of earnings in 18/19 but I wasn't sure if that would be covered by the disregard.

I spent an hour on the phone today to a really nice advisor who did some investigating and he couldn't work out why they have tapered my award by so much. He thinks it could be a change of circumstances issue but nothing has changed in my circumstances for years. I had a baby 2 years ago which I informed them of straight away and they knew about my smp due to the deductions I had to make from my income. He has passed it to the back office and I am awaiting a response within 7 days.

So new question... If there has been an error on tc part and I've done everything by the book can I fight this? I dont know how I'm going to pay for my childrens nursery and school club fees from here on.

calcotti

If they identify an error they’ll correct it.

Asho1988

Fingers crossed. Hopefully I will hear from them soon. Thank you