tax credit review help

[dale_w]

im filling out my tax credit review form but it askes for my income for 2006-2007 and i havnt got anything from that long ago to tell me what i earned. what can i put down? can i leave it blank? i dont want them stopping my benefits!!
please help ive only got till the 31st!!

[sara3]

it's on your P60. you should get one every April to cover the previous tax year. you can't leave it blank, they need to figure to calculate your allowance.

are you sure they're not after pay details for 20087-2008??

[bobtheturkey]

2087? :)

[factor-fiction]

From that long ago? That tax year only finished just over a year ago. It's up to you to keep records of things like this for the purposesof income tax, tax credits, student support, DWP benefits etc.
If you worked at all in the 2006/07 tax year you would have a p60 for the tax year to April 2007.
You could ask your tax office for details of earnings.
But surely you must have a reasonable idea of yor earnings

[sara3]

yeah sorry, it's a special year for me ;o)

2007-2008!

[dale_w]

i dont have my p60 from that year ive moved since then and i had two different jobs then so im struggling estimating. i got two review forms one asking for 2007-2008 and another asking for 2006-2007 + 2007-2008

[dale_w]

also i would have given them those details last year so why do i have to do it again?

[themas]

You need to phone the helpline. You certainly should have given them the 06-07 figure last year. Give them the 07-08 figure and confirm that by doing so (& giving any other information needed) you are doing the renewal on the phone. Deal with that first so that the 07-08 renewal is done.

Then ask about the second review form they have sent, and tell them you gave them the 06-07 figure last year. If they say they haven't got it there is something very wrong with their records (if you didn't give it to them last year they should have stopped your tax credits last autumn). However, do the best you can before ringing them to have a good estimate of your 06-07 income just in case - but if you do have to give it make it clear it is an estimate.


Get the name of the helpline person you speak to & keep a note of it, with the date and time of the call, in case there are any queries later on.