Has anyone had the £500 bonus yet?

calcotti

Spoonie_Turtle said: Neither of which are anything to do with HMRC anyway so how would one of their call handlers know anything about that?! 

Indeed!  

jason_chapple

all this is so confusing i got £70 working tax credits in april/may last year and my wife got around £1300 in payments but they stopped as our daughter turned 16 and left school we got our award letter for the year 5th april 2020 - 5th april 2021 and amounts owing are nil so do we qualfy for the £500 as our claim was still in place on the 2nd of march

poppy12345

jason_chapple said:

all this is so confusing i got £70 working tax credits in april/may last year and my wife got around £1300 in payments but they stopped as our daughter turned 16 and left school we got our award letter for the year 5th april 2020 - 5th april 2021 and amounts owing are nil so do we qualfy for the £500 as our claim was still in place on the 2nd of march

No, not with those dates you won't, unless those dates are a typo from you and you meant 2021 -2022.

You may get a one-off, tax-free payment of £500 if, on 2 March 2021, you were getting either:

• Working Tax Credit
• Child Tax Credit and were eligible for Working Tax Credit but you did not get a payment because your income is too high to get Working Tax Credit payments

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-one-off-500-payment-for-working-households-receiving-tax-credits

[Deleted User]

 I can see my £500 payment due to go in tomorrow on my banking app. Says covid19 support. 
It was right, couldn't see the payment on the online tax credits portal yesterday, could only see usual payments. 

strawb_shortcake

_shel said:

 I can see my £500 payment due to go in tomorrow on my banking app. Says covid19 support. 
It was right, couldn't see the payment on the online tax credits portal yesterday, could only see usual payments. 

Lloyd's don't seem to be that smart where mine goes in, but I am due my CTC tomorrow so I shall wait with baited breath 

helenamanda

annabanana82 said:

_shel said:

 I can see my £500 payment due to go in tomorrow on my banking app. Says covid19 support. 
It was right, couldn't see the payment on the online tax credits portal yesterday, could only see usual payments. 

Lloyd's don't seem to be that smart where mine goes in, but I am due my CTC tomorrow so I shall wait with baited breath 

My bank app certainly isn’t that smart either, at least it shows it’s started being paid now so should all be received by 23rd, my worry was them backtracking as nobody had actually received it yet, this is good news though Thankyou for sharing 

helenamanda

jason_chapple said:

all this is so confusing i got £70 working tax credits in april/may last year and my wife got around £1300 in payments but they stopped as our daughter turned 16 and left school we got our award letter for the year 5th april 2020 - 5th april 2021 and amounts owing are nil so do we qualfy for the £500 as our claim was still in place on the 2nd of march

Tax credits should still continue after leaving school if they have stayed in full time education which most people do so you’d still get it, if you weren’t actually receiving worki tax on 2nd March though you won’t get the £500

poppy12345

helenamanda said:

jason_chapple said:

all this is so confusing i got £70 working tax credits in april/may last year and my wife got around £1300 in payments but they stopped as our daughter turned 16 and left school we got our award letter for the year 5th april 2020 - 5th april 2021 and amounts owing are nil so do we qualfy for the £500 as our claim was still in place on the 2nd of march

Tax credits should still continue after leaving school if they have stayed in full time education which most people do

That would only be full time non advanced education up until a persons 20th birthday.

jason_chapple

poppy12345 said:

jason_chapple said:

all this is so confusing i got £70 working tax credits in april/may last year and my wife got around £1300 in payments but they stopped as our daughter turned 16 and left school we got our award letter for the year 5th april 2020 - 5th april 2021 and amounts owing are nil so do we qualfy for the £500 as our claim was still in place on the 2nd of march

No, not with those dates you won't, unless those dates are a typo from you and you meant 2021 -2022.

You may get a one-off, tax-free payment of £500 if, on 2 March 2021, you were getting either:

• Working Tax Credit
• Child Tax Credit and were eligible for Working Tax Credit but you did not get a payment because your income is too high to get Working Tax Credit payments

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-one-off-500-payment-for-working-households-receiving-tax-credits

i did get the text and did a online chat with hmrc and they basically said the money would be paid into my bank as I am the one receiving wtc and i did have have active claim on 2nd march it was not a typo lol

jason_chapple

jason_chapple said:

poppy12345 said:

jason_chapple said:

all this is so confusing i got £70 working tax credits in april/may last year and my wife got around £1300 in payments but they stopped as our daughter turned 16 and left school we got our award letter for the year 5th april 2020 - 5th april 2021 and amounts owing are nil so do we qualfy for the £500 as our claim was still in place on the 2nd of march

No, not with those dates you won't, unless those dates are a typo from you and you meant 2021 -2022.

You may get a one-off, tax-free payment of £500 if, on 2 March 2021, you were getting either:

• Working Tax Credit
• Child Tax Credit and were eligible for Working Tax Credit but you did not get a payment because your income is too high to get Working Tax Credit payments

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-one-off-500-payment-for-working-households-receiving-tax-credits

i did get the text and did a online chat with hmrc and they basically said the money would be paid into my bank as I am the one receiving wtc and i did have have active claim on 2nd march it was not a typo lol

it was yesterday we got the amended award letter