Working Tax Credits for over 25's

eemz

I was wondering if I would be eligible for Working tax credits.... Im 27 and earn £20,000 a year, however I have no children and am not disables. I have a low after bill wage left to survive on????

Can nyone tell me?

mussgo

I am single, no children and earn just over 13000 and I dont get tax credits.

but do check on the entitledto site

rachnbri

On £20000pa no chance I'm afraid

mitchaa

eemz wrote: »

I was wondering if I would be eligible for Working tax credits.... Im 27 and earn £20,000 a year, however I have no children and am not disables. I have a low after bill wage left to survive on????

Can nyone tell me?

Are you having a laugh? £20k income is not a low wage:rolleyes:

Is this a fishing attempt:D

OrkneyStar

eemz wrote: »

I was wondering if I would be eligible for Working tax credits.... Im 27 and earn £20,000 a year, however I have no children and am not disables. I have a low after bill wage left to survive on????

Can nyone tell me?

In short, no.
Even with a joint income of less than that and a baby we were not entitled to WTC last year.

Firefly

The best solution would be to look at other areas of this fantastic site and work out ways to cut down your bills. 20k certainly isn't a low wage but I do understand how bills can rack up easily.

If you cant up your income with benefits, or up your wage, then you'll have to decrease your outgoings. That bit is easy with some MSE help!

shelley_uk

Yes you can. As long as you are working over 30 hours pw. you will be entitled to approx £48 pw WTC on your first years claim

OrkneyStar

shelley_uk wrote: »

Yes you can. As long as you are working over 30 hours pw. you will be entitled to approx £48 pw WTC on your first years claim

Where did you get this figure from ?
www.entitledto.co.uk would suggest £0 WTC for an income of £20K. I can only think that if someone was over 50 and returning to work, then they would get a 'bonus' for returning to work. This stops eventually though. Otherwise I cannot see how you work these numbers out. Potentially anyone who works enough hours and is old enough is entitled to WTC but there are tapers and once you earn much more than the minimum wage you don't get any (unless disabled, children, disabled child, over 50 etc).
hth

Firefly

shelley_uk wrote: »

Yes you can. As long as you are working over 30 hours pw. you will be entitled to approx £48 pw WTC on your first years claim

I would dispute that as I have a child, with a disability, I work 42hrs pw and earn less than 20k. I do not get any WTC.

mitchaa

shelley_uk wrote: »

Yes you can. As long as you are working over 30 hours pw. you will be entitled to approx £48 pw WTC on your first years claim

I dont think so.

Dont give out duff info please.

There is a threshold set at around £14500 IIRC.

£20k not a hells chance

[Deleted User]

mitchaa wrote: »

I dont think so.

Dont give out duff info please.

There is a threshold set at around £14500 IIRC.

£20k not a hells chance

Single person, no disability, no children, age 25+, working 30+ hrs p/w = £12,853 threshold for WTC.

Single person, SEVERELY DISABLED, no children, age 25+, working 30+ hrs p/w = £21,635 threshold for WTC.

The only way of claiming any sort of WTC would be if the OP was severely disabled. Even with the 50+ element of WTC which is only paid for 12 months the OP would not qualify as the threshold is £17,571.

As already advised, use other areas of the site to try to reduce your outgoings.