Carers and Employment and support allowance christmas paydays enquiry?

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ConfusingSue
ConfusingSue Posts: 8 Forumite
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Reading lots of posts and threads I am even more confused than before I began searching.

Can anyone explain when I will recieve our payments over christmas as I usually send someone to collect my money.

It states on the tax credits website :

It doesn't matter whether you live in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. If there's a bank holiday anywhere in the United Kingdom, you'll still get your payment earlier.

I am due to be paid on the 28th December 2011 will i get paid that dates or earlier/later?

Any advice much appreciated thank you.

Merry christmas to you all :)

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  • CrazyRed
    CrazyRed Posts: 254 Forumite
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    I've always found with Tax Credits in particular that if the payment is due on a Bank Holiday then you get the money deposited to your account on the last working day before the BH - normally mine is paid on a Monday, but if there's a BH Monday the following week, I get it on the Friday before.

    If you're due on the 28th, I'd hazard a guess that you'll get your money at that point - it's not a Bank Holiday. However, dependent on your Bank (good ol' Natwest!) you MIGHT find the money's available Friday instead.
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  • ConfusingSue
    ConfusingSue Posts: 8 Forumite
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    thank you and actually I bank with natwest :)
  • CrazyRed
    CrazyRed Posts: 254 Forumite
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    In that case, I think you'll find that it'll be available on Friday. If you've got online banking, you can check any time from 5am. Happy Christmas to you, too.
    PLEASE NOTE:

    I limit myself to responding to threads where I feel I have enough knowledge to make a useful contribution. My advice (and indeed any advice on this type of forum) should only be seen as a pointer to something you may wish to investigate further. Never act on any forum advice without confirmation from an accountable source.
  • shegirl
    shegirl Posts: 10,107 Forumite
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    Natwest can be funny! I've had my sons DLA paid in late on a friday over christmas before but also had money appear in my account after 4pm on christmas day :S:rotfl:
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