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Tax free childcare reconfirmation issue?

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Invisibledawn45 · 28/05/2026 09:41

Is anyone else's reconfirmation suddenly stuck? Normally mine goes through instantly but this time HMRC has sent me a message saying they're looking into it even though none of my details have changed. The phone line won't look at anyone's account unless it's been 14 working days.

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GarrettGraham · 28/05/2026 13:48

I’m not sure ours is always instant, sometimes it takes a few days. I just checked and I resubmitted our details on the 20th and haven’t heard anything yet. There was an occasion a couple of years ago where they phoned to talk to us about our income. We’d both had annual bonuses at work which made us look like we’d had a sudden income spike, plus we are both close to the £100k threshold but make pension contributions and other salary sacrifices to stay under. We explained it all and all was fine.

I wouldn’t worry yet 🙂

Nickyknackered · 28/05/2026 13:48

Normal. They certainly are cracking down on fraudulent claims so everyone can expect the occasionally manual audit of their claim.

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