GOT A QUESTION ABOUT TAX CREDITS?
Find out if you are entitled
- Work out the amount you will get
- Know when to report any changes in your circumstances
If you have any questions about Tax Credits, or would like to make a claim and need a claim pack, please get in touch by using our contact form.
Telephone – 01283 527989 (tax credits queries only – general advice not available on this number
For Generalist Advice please ring the Advice line on 0844 848 7902
Open session times and dates for Tax Credit Advice at
the East Staffordshire Childrens Centre, Waterloo St, Burton upon Trent can be found here.
TAX CREDITS – WHO CAN CLAIM?
Child Tax Credit is for families with at least one child
Working Tax Credit is paid to people who work at least 16 hours a week who are:
- Aged 16 or over and responsible for at least one child
- A disabled person aged at least 16
- Aged 25 or over and usually working at least 30 hours a week
Working Tax Credit can also give you help towards the cost of childcare
Immigration Issues
Persons subject to immigration control* are not eligible for Tax Credits.
A person subject to immigration control is defined as:
a) A person who requires leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom but does not have it.
b) A person who has leave to enter or remain but subject to a condition that he does not have recourse to public funds. *As this is a complex area please seek further advice from us.*
c) A person who has leave to enter or remain which was given as a result of a maintenance undertaking. “Maintenance undertaking” is defined by section 115(10) as a written undertaking given by another person in pursuance of the immigration rules to be responsible for the claimant’s maintenance and accommodation.
d) A person who has leave to enter or remain only because he is appealing against certain immigration decisions.
A person is not subject to immigration control if he or she is:
- a UK national;
- a national of another country in the EEA or of Switzerland;
- someone who has been granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK (including those granted humanitarian protection or discretionary leave, previously exceptional leave);
- someone who has been granted asylum in the UK.
*Reg 3(1)Tax Credits(Immigration)Regs 2003 & section 115(1) Immigration & Asylum Act 1999
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