Hi all,
I'm helping my brother and his partner claim working & child tax credits for the first time and wanted to ask a few questions (it's been years since my TC claim started and I can't remember everything :S)
They're entitled to TCs from 12/05/2013 as that's when their daughter was born, however as they had to wait until the CB claim was processed etc before they could apply, they only phoned for the forms on 14/06/2013 and they arrived on Saturday. They were advised that once sent off they'll take up to 4 weeks to process.
So, my questions are
1. Backdating. Apparently this is only one month these days. As they're entitled from 12/05 and phoned for a claim pack on 14/06, when will they be backdated to if it is one month backdate and the TCO takes another 4 weeks to process, plus the 10 days between ordering the pack and posting back.
There's nothing about backdating on the form, and it doesn't ask for a date for the claim to start from? :S
2. Last years income. My brother was a student for half of the last tax year, and his earnings were roughly 6k. The form didn't give an option to enter this years earnings, which are expected to be double that. What should he do about this?
Thanks in advance :)
I'm helping my brother and his partner claim working & child tax credits for the first time and wanted to ask a few questions (it's been years since my TC claim started and I can't remember everything :S)
They're entitled to TCs from 12/05/2013 as that's when their daughter was born, however as they had to wait until the CB claim was processed etc before they could apply, they only phoned for the forms on 14/06/2013 and they arrived on Saturday. They were advised that once sent off they'll take up to 4 weeks to process.
So, my questions are
1. Backdating. Apparently this is only one month these days. As they're entitled from 12/05 and phoned for a claim pack on 14/06, when will they be backdated to if it is one month backdate and the TCO takes another 4 weeks to process, plus the 10 days between ordering the pack and posting back.
There's nothing about backdating on the form, and it doesn't ask for a date for the claim to start from? :S
2. Last years income. My brother was a student for half of the last tax year, and his earnings were roughly 6k. The form didn't give an option to enter this years earnings, which are expected to be double that. What should he do about this?
Thanks in advance :)