Dare I ask..............Tax Credits?

[MrsWho]

Do anyone know how/when they are paying atm?
Mine came last Friday (usually Mon) and then with bank hols Fri/Mon no idea what is happening.

hello mine come every four weeks on a monday, next lot is due on april 16th.

Mine come on Thursdays, so not always the same.

if your payment is due monday, it will be in this thursday.

or that's what the poster in the Post Office says

mine were in early last week too, guess they must have been more efficient than usual

MIne are every Monday so hopefully on Thurs then!

mine are every thursday

If you due on friday or monday you will get them on thursday as the money has to be available to on the day it is due.

So when would Tuesday's arrive - is there any logical pattern or should we just be pleased if they arrive at all lol

The day they are avaliable is nothing to do with Tax Credits, they put them to the bank about 4 days before it is your bank that can make them avaliable to you early.
So as far as tax credits are concerned if they are due on the Monday they will be there by the Monday.

I got mine in today and they are due monday I've just checked.

I'm about to apply. If I'm eligible, can they be backdated does anyone know?

You can get three months backdated to get any more you have to have had a good reason for not applying sooner.

Payments due on bank holidays are always paid the day before so this Mondays payments are due on Friday.

Thank you! Is simply not knowing you were eligible a good reason do you think?

Not when the adverts all say you can claim even if you earn up to 55 thousand pounds...

You could try, but I don't think so.

I'd not even seen it advertised! Thanks for the help, I'll stick in an application and wait and see

Well it went in today but was £20 less than last week