tax credits help

[kay12]

hi to all need some advice dont know if im worrying unnecessarily but i renewed my tax credits over the phone on the 24th april will i still get the same payments until it goes through also our income was less than estimated any idea think they going to reduced our payments said i have to phone not before the 24th of may if we dont recieve award notices

[sir_gilmour]

kay12 welcome to The Consumer Action Group community.

 

You haven't received any replies to your problem yet so you might be better off posting your story again directly in the sub-forum which deals with your kind of situation. You will get lots of support there.

 

Also, spend some time looking round the forum. Once you understand the layout, you will be able to get best use from this Consumer Community. It is a big forumm and may take some time. But it will be worth doing.

Good luck.

[kay12]

HELLO i am panicking over tax credits as i do ever time i renew on the 27 th april i renewed my tax credits over the phone they wanted to know my partners work earnings from april 2011 till november 2011 as my partner lost his job is earnings of course were lower than we estimated as he only worked 8 months instead of 12 and we are now on jsa income based so we dont have to inform them of that income ,the lady was nice on the phone and she said dont phone no earlier that the 24th of may if you dont recieve a award notice IM worried we live on this money dont know if we will owe money or get more back or how long it usaul takes please give me some advice

[honeybee13]

Hello there.

 

I'll move your thread to the HMRC subforum, which is where the other tax credit queries are.

 

My best, HB

[kay12]

can any one help me at all:?:

[ErikaPNP]

Sorry but we can have no way of knowing if you are going to have an overpayment or underpayment based on the information you have given. There could be an overpayment of working tax credit if he received it and did not declare that he was no longer working and was receiving JSA. There could be an underpayment of child tax credit if his earnings were over estimated. Not knowing the earnings, the time periods or the elements of the award does not give us anything to advise on.

 

Unfortunately we cannot advise on timescales either - some people will get a new award notice relatively quickly and others will wait longer.

[kay12]

his earnings estimate for that year april 2011 till april 2012 was 4032 and his actuall earnings from april till november when he finished work were 3032 and we phoned up as soon as he left work the same day

[kay12]

how do i remove posts i will just wait i may be panicking for no reason

[ErikaPNP]

You can't remove posts. We (Site Team) can remove them but will only do so where compelling legal reasons exist or if there has been a breach of the forum rules.

 

Given your additional info, I can see no reason why you would have a recoverable overpayment. Even if they did not amend your award when they should have done, if you have provided the correct information of changes on the same day that they change occured, any overpayment arising from them not changing the award in a timely manner is not recovered.

[kay12]

ok thankyou very much ErikaPNP

[ErikaPNP]

Anytime