working tax credits - questions about the p600 form

[unclebumpkin]

are you supposed to just list number of paid hours you work? what about unpaid lunchbreaks? also are there and relative merits to being paid your credits weekly or monthly?

thank you

Your hours are the ones you actually work so an unpaid lunch break wouldn't be considered a working hour.

Choose the weekly or 4 weekly option based on what suits your financial circumstances the best, you get the same amount over the year.

Choose the weekly or 4 weekly option based on what suits your financial circumstances the best, you get the same amount over the year.

I'm curious as to why there is this option... is it just for people who are bad at holding on to their purse strings?

Different strokes for different folks - I debated getting my tax credits weekly as DH salary pays all household bills and is monthly so weekly tax credits would have meant that I didn't have to make money last as long, however I decided to get it 4 weekly. I "pay" myself with it each month on the same day so once a year I get a month where I receive 2 payments. It's just the same as some employers paying weekly / fortnightly / monthly :)

so there is no advantage to one option over the another?