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Do you get working tax credit if only one of you is working?

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charliecat · 02/02/2007 17:44

My friend is getting £80 CTC a week , £80 a week WTC and her other half is earning about £200 a week, shes not working. Is that right?
I though you only got WTC if both of you were working and you had childcare costs to meet.

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ItsMeMellowma · 02/02/2007 17:45

Yes thats about right. I get child Tax Credit and dh gets working tax credits..depends on the rent you pay, how much he earns etc etc

TheArmadillo · 02/02/2007 17:45

I'm pretty sure you can claim WTC if one of the partner's is working and the other isn't.

ItsMeMellowma · 02/02/2007 17:45

£80 a week is quite a lot though

nutcracker · 02/02/2007 17:46

You can get WTC if only one is working yeah, but £80 a week sounds alot.

Xp used to get roughly £220 a week and we got £15 a week WTC and £110 CTC.

FioFio · 02/02/2007 17:46

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charliecat · 02/02/2007 17:46

They have 2 children.

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nutcracker · 02/02/2007 17:48

The amount definatly sounds too hight then as like I said, we had 3 kids and only got £15 a week WTC on wages of £220 a week.

nutcracker · 02/02/2007 17:48

high

ItsMeMellowma · 02/02/2007 17:48

We have 2 dc...I am on Incapacity Based Income Support and they tell me I get the highest amount which is.....73.00 per week.

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charliecat · 02/02/2007 17:49

They are going to pay the rent with it. I hope they dont then get a letter asking for it back...

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charliecat · 02/02/2007 17:50

She used to be on IS and thought she was getting the higest amount, something like £75 Do they make it up as they go along?

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charliecat · 02/02/2007 17:50

Hers was just single parent IS and was 75 something ...

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gothicmama · 02/02/2007 17:51

if they've just had a baby ctc will reduce after 1st year

ItsMeMellowma · 02/02/2007 17:51

Just been and checked my form (saddo) apparently if you are in Income Support it is a set amount but that is depending on what her dh earns..perhaps he has a crappy wage..that would explain it..

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charliecat · 02/02/2007 17:51

no baby.

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ItsMeMellowma · 02/02/2007 17:51

not in it - on it

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charliecat · 02/02/2007 20:58

If any of you have 5 mins to spare, how accurate is entitleto.co.uk for you?
Its giving out figures for less than what my friends getting and more for what im actually getting.

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ScoobyDooooo · 02/02/2007 21:03

I have a friend who is single & has 2 kids she gets CTC & income support, she gets £81 CTC she used to get £89 when her baby was small, i think what your friend is getting is to high.

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charliecat · 02/02/2007 21:06

I think its too high. He earns 200 and gets 160 in tax credits a week? It doesnt make sense at all.

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charliecat · 02/02/2007 21:07

ive gave myself a headache trying to work it out from this

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nikkie · 02/02/2007 22:02

I am single with 2 kids I get just over £100 for WTC/CTC combined (no Childcare)

1980cat · 03/02/2007 12:04

It actually sounds about right to me they will probably get £75 per week for this year, if they were getting income support last it will be the full ammount which for someone working over thirty hours is about £75 per week. Her child tax credit is based on the number of children so for two children it is about £75.
WTC doesn't take in to account any money they pay for rent and childcare only comes into it if you are paying for it and is not a requirement to claim.

hannah4danny · 09/02/2007 16:03

Charliecat is talking about me!! no it's not £200 a week it's £160 or something and he's on minimum wage and works over 33 hours a week, and i only get 64 wtc and 80 somethine ctc. It might be wrong and i filled in the forms as correct as i could. I'll probably have to pay rent instead of getting housing benefit. give it to you in one hand and take it with the other lol. Anyone can claim wtc even people without children.

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