HOw many hours do you have to work to get working family tax credit??/

[ppie]

I work 16 hrs a week p/t @£7k a year. bh does 35hrs week £25k a year. we dont need childcare as i do nights. I get family allowance and child benefit. Do you only get wftc if you use childcare, or only if lowere wages. I just want to know if its worth my while working???

[HappyMummyOfOne]

On a £25k you wont qualify for WTC regardless of hours.

If you have no childcare costs anyway, it must be worth you working as you're bringing home another wage.

[Sidge]

You might get child tax credit but you won't get working family tax credit - that's for lower earners than you.

This will tell you more.

[lucyellensmum]

When i phoned the tax credit helpline, i was told we were entitled to £112 a week, DP only earnt 7K in the last tax year. I was under the understanding that if you work over 16 hours a week and earn less than 58K you were entitled to something,according to how much you earn. I'm worried now

[HappyMummyOfOne]

Lucyellensmum, after a set wage you only get basic tac credits of £42 a month - somewhere between £18k and £58k its the same £42 entitlement. May have gone up a little from the £18k but not much.

[lucyellensmum]

maybe i need to phone them, i had hung my hopes in the £112 a week, i was being niave wasn't i?

[HappyMummyOfOne]

Depends on your joint earnings this tax year as they get renewed in April. Are they more than 7k this time? If so, yes your tax credits may drop.

[lucyellensmum]

i just rung the tax credit office and they have no record of my claim Checked on eligibility and it was as i thought. Dont have a clue what he earnt this year, probably less