When do they send out the Tax Credits annual review packs?

[curlygal]

My tax credits were greatly reduced last month as I informed them of an increase in my nursery costs, so I am quite anxious to get the rest of my March payment which they held back (should be around £300)

I got my P60 last week but still no renewal pack- can I just phone them with my P60 figure or do I need to wait for the pack?

My finances are pretty tight at the moment as Ex is unable to pay maintaince at the moment, the current excuse is the credit crunch yes seriously, he gave me a little current affairs lesson thus explaing why he wasn;t able to help support DS in March or April (obviously the credit crunch doesn;t affect his abilty to pay for booze and fags, kjust child support what a guy)

[poppy1975]

hello..i have just found this site and it excellant.. i would like some advice on the tax credits also.. thank you. my estimated income for last year was 7000 but due to being payed off i only earned 4500.00 ..does this mean i owe them money now...!!! bit worried.

[CRAZY1]

Hi there, could anyone help please. I phone tax credits to tell them mine and my husbands earnings and childcare costs. I recieved my award notice on the 12th may.On the 13th may i recieved a letter from the tax credits review team, asking me to contact them with all my details so they can check my claim...well i have already renewed? has this happenend to anyone else? and if so what are they checking for do they contact employers ect and childcare provider i am at a total loss.thanks

[curlygal]

in your last letter of award it should tell you your provisional payments for 2009/10 which I presume that is the first payment of? Have a look at your letter.

[XXModernMomXX]

I got my 4 weekly payment on Monday the 20th April but the payment was reduced by about £30. Was anyone else payments different this month and if so do you know why?

[curlygal]

Well mine finally arrived and I immediately phoned to give them my income.

Took ages to get through and when I had given them my detials I asked if they could tell me whther I was owed money from 2008/09 (which I assume I must be) they can't tell me over the phone - I have to wait for the award letter.

When I asked how long that would take I was told there was no set time....

Oh well let's wait and see then

[chattysoul]

I chased up mine the other day they said they are in the process of sending them out and they take 7-10 working days to arrive. They can confirm whether it is posted but not actually WHEN! Which is ridiculous.

However the good news is we have unti 31.7.09 to confirm any particulars either in writing or by 'phone and the payments would not stop until after then.

So luckily plenty of time to see to it, ensure no missed payments etc.

HTH.

[snigger]

You can't do the renewal till you've received the annual declaration pack as it has two purposes -

1. Give your actual income for the previous year

1. Check your statement of circumstances for accuracy so that there's less likelihood of you being under/overpaid, eg updates you've forgotten to make, errors, late notification of changes etc.

Provisional awards are the payments made from the start of the tax year to the date you do your renewal, and are based on any estimated income figures for 2008/2009 that you provided to HMRC before 5th April 09, the income figures used will be in your award notice.

[pinklace]

i got mine today and all you have to do is phone up to renew so is easier than sending forms back but make sure you have figures

[sarahken]

Hi Bowbelles and LizzyIzzyLou, I overestimated my income slightly and phoned them to let them know the exact figures from our p60's on 7th April and they said that they couldnt take them over the phone and had to wait for my annual renewal pack. I looked at last years award, which said that you should phone them asap after the tax year has ended to let them know exact figures to stop overpayment in the new tax year. So I phoned again thinking the person I had spoken to was wrong, but I just got the same story of having to wait. Frustrating as I'm being underpaid and just started maternity leave so really need the money.

[curlygal]

June?

Oh dear, I was hoping to get it soon so I would get the rest of my payment for 2008/09 which should be at least £400 which I could really use now.

Sorry to hear your Ex uses the old credit crunch excuse too Hayley. Mine has gone one better now - he handed his notice in at work so has no job from the end of the month. Then says "there aren;t many jobs around" er yes that's right. So no zero chance of getting any money from him He really does behave like a teenager!

[Bowbelles]

I would expect so Lizzy - Hopefully someone who knows will post soon.

[LizzyIzzyLou]

Good question Bowbells as I underestimated my annual earnings by £5000. Will I get any more money because of this?

[Bowbelles]

I also told them my salary was £2000 more than it actually is (couldn't find a recent pay slip at the time). Should I phone them back and get them to amend it or wait for my pack to arrive?

[hayley79]

havent got mine yet either normally get it earlier than this, curlygal my ex is the same tells my son credit crunch but still got enough for fags and drink strange that

[snigger]

Hassling won't help - the packs are issued in organised swathes so the whole UK doesn't phone in one week,and nothing can be done to issue them any faster - IS & JSA claimants packs tend to go out first, but the packs are issued steadily from about now till mid June.

[lou031205]

We are waiting too. Ours is a bit of a mess, tbh. I always overestimate income for the year to avoid overpayment, so I know that they owe us money, but this year they held back about £400 to avoid overpayment! So in effect, they have done the same as me, only they have done that based on a figure that is already about £2000 more than in reality.

Added to that DD1 was awarded DLA from the end of December, but we were only given the award notice in April, so they have had to give us a backpayment for that, but that again is based on an income £2000 higher than reality.

Then this year's award is having to be updated already, because we have just had DD3.

So I could really do with the renewal pack!

[FAQinglovely]

oh yea - just been trying to work out why I was only getting £40 a week per child - but that's because I was working in the previous tax year and as it's worked out on last years earnings it was slightly lower (I only worked part-time - and only for part of the previous tax year.

Remembering back to when I got my award last year the projected figures for this year do indeed work out at a little bit more.

[pavlovthepregnantcat]

I have not got mine either.

I have a provisional award of an extra £500 for last year, since DH lost his job in Jan. I am guessing it is withheld until we send in our P60 figures to confirm what we earned last year was correct before they release it. Like you, really could do with it if we are entitled to it, being down a wage and all.

[Bowbelles]

Stewie - no childcare fees as dc as youngest dc is 11.
FAQ - thanks for that sounds as though it could be right then.
I think the £600/4 wks starts in September. Up until then it was different amounts - not sure why.
Thanks for posting both of you.

[FAQinglovely]

Got mine this morning.

Bow - I've got 3 children and am on IS have been getting £487 CTC a month (well every 4 weeks) so doesn't sound too high especially as you're working and will get WTC as well

[Bowbelles]

Does anyone know if this sounds correct?
I've just split from XP - we were claiming Tax Credits jointly and got approx £550/YEAR. We have 3 dc - 1 dc gets DLA.
I have now put in a claim as a single parent and have been informed on the phone that I will be receiving approx £600/MONTH? I work part-time.
This seems a huge amount to me and I'm scared about over being overpaid.
Does anyone else receieve a similar amount?

[PurpleOne]

I got mine yesterday, so it's on it's way.

[Jaquelinehyde]

I just got mine this morning.