Help With Child/working Tax Credits

[tgm1974]

Hi

Just wanted some advice on Child/Working Tax Credits ; I am due to put in my figures for the years advice on payments, do I put in mine and my husbands salary from 2013-2014 or do you guess-stimate it for 2014-2015, this confuses me.

Also I had a few months on Job Seekers Allowance so do I add that in as well? I know certain benefits are not calculated!

Many thanks

[EDDIE51]

It is the previous years figures that you need, 2013 to April 6th 2014.
JSA is included. It is things like DLA ( Disabled living allowance) that are not included.

[themas]

Just to amplify Eddie's answer - JSA is included as income if it is Contribution Based (which I would guess yours probably is, as your husband has been working) but not if it is the means tested version.

If it is Contribution Based you should have had a P45 or something similar from DWP JC+ after you came off JSA & it will be the figure on that which will be the income to declare. It goes in a separate section of the form from your earnings figures.

When you have submitted the annual return you will get a final award notice for the 13-14 year.

Your payments for the 14-15 year will be based on your joint incomes for the 13-14 year but if you have reason to think your 14-15 incomes will jointly be significantly different from 13-14 you can contact the Tax Credit Office, give them your estimates for 14-15 & ask them to pay you based on those figures.

Make sure you check thoroughly all award notices & notify any errors on them - & make sure they are then corrected.