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Question about ctc cuts - disability element

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extension · 22/06/2010 11:34

I have 3 dc and one receives dla, I receive an additional amount in my ctc because of this. Has anything been said about this being cut? Cant find anything about it.

Also, what is the threashold for ctc cuts, have read £25k, £30k, £40k, does anyone know? and if it is as low as £25k would it be cut completely or would you still receive something albeit a smaller amount.

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roundthebend4 · 23/06/2010 10:57

Lol don't ds3 is still in his pjs ,were of to Reading later for kids down south tomorrow but could not be bothered dressing him earlier then again he's quite happy

extension · 23/06/2010 11:18

Just been reading on another thread that the £40k threshold is going to reduce in a couple of years to nothing for income over £25k or £30k with one child.

I cant get my head round it. If I have 3 children (one of which gets the disability element), would we still qualify then in a few years as our income is just very slightly over £30k. Or would the whole of our ctc just stop.

Hope someone can answer this.

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glittery · 23/06/2010 11:28

its only the £545 family element thats affected, you should still get the £2300 child element (going up by £150 for low incomes) the £2715 disabled child element and if your child is severely disabled the extra £1095 on top of that
here are the current (pre budget) HMRC rates for tax credits

glittery · 23/06/2010 11:42

ahh ok apparently there is to be no CTC at all for over £40k so i am talking rubbish....pretty sure that george osbourne only said the family element yesterday tho?!?

HERE it says that the amount by which TC reduces depending on your income will be increased from 6.67% to 41% and the income disregard will drop from £25,000 to £10,000 then £5,000 but doesnt give a timescale for this.
i think you should still get something but no idea how you work out what and when?

jellybeans · 23/06/2010 15:42

I think you will still get them albeit at reduced rate at some point (due to taper rates although this may be ofset by a rise in the child element). All these media reports are based on when a family with ONE child would loose their TC. With 3 kids you could get them over 30K as long as you get MORE than the family element. It's basically the Lib Dems manifesto. If it was NO TC at all don't you think the media would have had a field day wheeling out families who would loose thousands a year in one swoop?

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