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28 weeks treated as in remunerative work
What is the situation with people who receive full pay (inclusive of SSP) then make a claim for IB when SSP stops? My reading of CPAG page 49 is th
suewelsh15-Jun-07 04:53 PM
by Rob_Price
1579
End date for CTC payments
Hi, i have been trying to clarify the last date for payment of CTC for a child who is sitting A levels right now. I have checked CPAG book and i'm not
ljl15-Jun-07 03:46 PM
by BrianSmith
3630
Declaring a changes of circumstance
Help! I have a client at the moment who has been receiving WTC and CTC based on her earnings. She changed employer, but worked the same number of h
benadvice11-Jun-07 10:38 AM
by chrisduran
2787
CTC & diploma's...?
Can I pick your brains...? Saw a client yesterday who has a 17 year old son. She receives child benefit for him. He is at college studying for a d
plumduff09-Jun-07 04:05 PM
by fkaGerry2
2567
A8 national withdrawn claim
An A8 who was working in the UK made a claim for WTC & CTC having been awarded CB already. Her kids and hubby are back in Poland but they have already
Damian08-Jun-07 11:15 AM0526
independent review of overpayment decisions
latest from HMRC's 2007 Departmental report, published yesterday .... 'Following discussions around the feasibility of introducing an i
shawn06-Jun-07 09:47 AM
by bmenadm
91013
new version of cop26 ....
a new 'april 2007' version of COP26 - What happens if we have paid too much tax credit? - is available @ http://www.hmrc. gov.uk/leaflets/cop2 6.pdf
shawn04-Jun-07 09:46 AM
by JohnA
111230
overpayments into wrong bank acc
Client received award notice last April (on a Friday)and noticed that income and bank acc details were wrong. Called IR on the Monday and corrected th
GillcTaylor31-May-07 08:31 PM
by ariadne2
2561
WTC disability element: seperating couples.
My client claimed WTC 3 years ago jointly with a partner and received the disability element because he had been in receipt of a qualifying benefit in
anned30-May-07 01:08 PM
by anned
2574
Separated couples under same roof
I need clarification on what is meant by the wording of TCA2002 s3 para 5b ie 'separated in circumstances in which the separation is likely to be perm
Peter Newton28-May-07 12:52 PM
by Steve Johnson
42624
shared care and CTC
Can I check we have understood this correctly? If a child is in the care of the LA for 5 days a week, and foster carers are receiving payments from
jo gallagher23-May-07 11:33 AM0449
Manual payments and milk tokens
One of my colleagues has a query regarding a client who she saw today. The client is receiving fortnightly manual payments of Child Tax Credit fo
Andy Hamilton22-May-07 09:05 PM
by JohnA
2565
tax credit declarations
The declaration form asks "If you were receiving any of the following for the whole of the award period shown on page 1 put an X in the appropriate bo
Damian22-May-07 07:48 AM
by Damian
2576
Hijacked claims
I have a client whose claim has been 'hijacked'. Does anyone know exactly what this means and how it is possible. To me is suggests that the TCO c
Tony Bowman19-May-07 09:02 PM
by anouska
71126
Tax Credits not issuing forms as think no entitlement
just phoned claim line this morning to get claim form sent out for Polish couple who don't speak English advised they need to go through entitlement
LA18-May-07 09:03 PM
by JohnA
6628
no response from the TCO
We currently have a client who came in to see us about TC overpayments and we requested more info from the Tax Credits office but surprise surprise...
nianne_li_818-May-07 03:44 PM
by ariadne2
10675
"Processing queue"??
I have a couple of clients at the moment who have (several months ago, in both cases), ended their entitlement to WTC, and have informed the Tax Credi
neil-law17-May-07 03:17 PM
by JohnA
111043
seperated couples and overpayments
I have been approached about a case where a woman has been left with a substantial tax credit overpayment (several thousands) after her partner left h
chrisduran15-May-07 12:50 PM
by Steve Johnson
151215
WTC 30 hours
I have a client who is contracted to work a maximum of 35 hours weekly, but often works less than 30 due to lack of demand. However, her average week
rholland12-May-07 12:21 PM
by JohnA
2524
Ages of couple able to claim WTC
I have a couple who both work. One partner is aged 31 and works 20 hours a week; the other partner is aged 20 and works 37 hours a week. can they clai
efloyd11-May-07 04:35 PM
by efloyd
2495
APPEAL TACTICS?
Client, separated from unmarried partner, two children. Believing that his ex was not claiming CTC for child one, he claimed and was awarded CTC from
BrianSmith10-May-07 12:28 PM
by bmenadm
2611
method of recovery following break in claim
I have a case where a couple seperated and then got back together a few months later. This obviously involved their original tax credit claim as a co
Derek S10-May-07 12:25 PM
by bmenadm
1535
WFTC and CTC Enquiry
Hi, I have an enquiry you may be able to help me out with. A client has been working for 30 hours a week and recieving both Working and Child Ta
Quinonostante08-May-07 09:14 PM
by Derek
2638
Overpayment due to severe disablity premium
Hi my client has been overpaid WTC as she was incorrectly awarded the severe disability element in her award for 2004-05. This error was not picked u
ramsfan03-May-07 12:02 PM
by stalbansbens
4820
tac credit OP used as income by HB
This is a similar query to the tax credit and IS post by Jro. I have a client who went off sick, no SSP entitlement (according to employer) and contin
rachelr01-May-07 09:28 AM
by rachelr
3646
CTC - Child in Poland
Client lives here and gets cb and ctc for 3 children 2 of which here and one is in Poland at school was getting cb/ctc no problem for all children unt
LA30-Apr-07 05:04 PM
by Damian
1552
Refusal to accept late AD
I'm dealing with a case at the moment where claimants have sent in annual declaration information before the final deadline of 31/1/2007. At the momen
suewelsh30-Apr-07 08:37 AM0485
Liaison meetings?
Do any Welfare Rights Teams out there attend liaison meetings with HM Revenue & Customs about Tax Credits? It'd be useful to get some sort of dial
Steve29-Apr-07 09:34 AM
by chubble30
4686
Trying to influence HMRC policy - help needed
I have been running a Tax Credit project with funding from the HMRC. 22 other projects have been running and we are about to report back to HMRC. I
chubble3028-Apr-07 03:47 PM0469
Tax credits and income support
Sorry if this is on the wrong page I've never posted before I have a client who worked self employed to Feb 06. Claimed income support (couple) as
Jro27-Apr-07 10:32 AM
by Victoria Todd
1593