Children's tax Credit Allownance refunds

[littlerach]

Has anyone else heard of this?
I received this form a friend:

You can request a pack either by phone on 01702 307695 or via their website: www.claimsinformationservice.co.uk

You are eligible to claim £529 allowance if:

• You have a child born between 6th April 1986 and 5th April 2003
• You or your partner also worked & paid tax during 2002/2003 financial year (April 6th 2002 - April 5th 2003)
• You or your partner also earned between £8,000 and £34,500 in the financial year 2002/2003
• The child also lived with you for all or part of this financial year

You are eligible to claim £1049 allowance if:
-You can answer yes to the above questions & your child was also born between April 6th 2002 - April 5th 2003.

NOTHING TO LOSE!!!

If your claim is successful then 20% of the amount goes to the CIS. All of the above is explained in the pack.

When you return your back in the stamped addressed envelope you will need to include a separate letter giving permission for the CIS to contact the Inland Revenue on your behalf.

PLEASE TELL AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE - CLAIMS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 31 JANUARY 2009.

Whaddya reckon????

Come to think of it now, I do remember the year before tax credits were "born" we did get a different tax rate for that year, so think we have had it already.

It was for 2001-02 (which is out of date now) and for 2002-03. The extra for a new baby was just for 2002-03. It was called Children's Tax Credit.

It doesn't make any difference if you have since separated but if you were together at the time he may have already claimed it. You'd have to give his details (full name and DOB if you don't have his NINO).

Thanks will ring tommorrow

This is a message from Claims Information Service regarding comments. CIS DO NOT charge any client ANY FEE unless a claim is repaid to the client via our services. CIS are an extremely professional Company ,who adhere to strict professional codes & who help thousands of clients reclaim what is owed to them from Government & Financial Institutions.ONLY if a claim is succesful do we take our fee. Comments made about a minimum fee of £99 payable to CIS even if claim is not successful are false & will be legally accountable in the future if made again.Terms of business can be obtained from us if required.

was anyone successful?

Interesting... worth a 5 min phone call!!! Thanks all

did you all ring the tax credits helpline?

or the local tax office?

not tax credits line- your own tax office.

I reiterate there is no benefit to going through any intermediary no matter how professional. If you are entitled you can get it yourself and keep 100% of it.

same question again - what about if you have since seperated from the childrens father and he was the higher earner?

CIS don't charge anyhting at all if you aren't successful.

My friend has done all of hers and will get her money soon.

WE still haven't done it

It's on the list for this week.

But littlerach, CIS are only doing what you could do yourself, and then taking 20% of YOUR money for doing it. Really, would you pay anyone £105.80 or even £211.60 for one phone call and one form? In fact, they probably already have a stack of the forms, so you would be paying them up to £200 to fill in one form!

Nuts, if you ask me.

If you have since separated from the childrens father just mention that and give his full name and DOB. If he hasn't already claimed it then you can.

Did it ... just phoned the local tax office, wrote them a letter, and a cheque for £1148 arrived about 10 days ago -

It's really simple to do!

when would you not be elegible to get this money? how would you know you already received it?

surely you'd just get it automatically?

Don't go through an agency - ring up the Tax Credits helpline about it- they should be able to tell you who to contact exactly. I have a friend who has succesfully received a refund.

but why isn't everyone getting a refund> I'm missing something here

mmmm I have 3 children born between those dates, I remember claiming WFTC before CTC and WTC came in. Do I just phone the tax office then, and quote my DH's NI?

chelsygirl I honestly thought I hadn't had this money but when I phoned the local office to query it they said I had. Then I remembered the large cheque which came when my marriage broke up. I'd just put my house on the market but the Twin Towers were bombed the next day and nothing happened for months! I'd also just gone on Income Support. At the time I didn't really understand it and thought it was just a PAYE refund as I'd left midway through the year.

It was a lifesaver. Never had I been so grateful to HMRC

It's still worth checking though (NOT going through the company) as lots of people from my old online antenatal group got it.

chelsygirl it was something you actively had to claim. It was pre CTC so the tax office didn't know whether you had children. You may well have had it at the time. The higher earner of the couple had to claim it, so in practice it tended to be the dads mainly.

was this after they took married man allowence off? I have phoned the tax office, and been down there and they didn't know what I meant, they have given me a number for the tax office that hold Dh's tax stuff for his employer at the time and we have to phone them to find out if we had it or not

Think this thread on MSE should help. It is a bit long but tells you all you need to know. forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=291626&page=14&highlight=parents+taxman Hope this helps, (I have already had it apparently, so no cheque for me).

we have had it apparently

Well the bloke said 'I think you have had it'... might write in anyway. If I can find Dh's P60 for that year I will be able to work out if we had it or not