HMRC Release:Time to Renew your Tax Credits.
- 8 July 2008 06:493817HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS
Time is running out to renew your tax credits
If you haven't renewed your tax credits claim, you only have until 31 July to do so - otherwise, your payments will stop.
Renewing is simple - check the information in your renewals pack, and if your circumstances have changed, such as your working hours or pay, you'll need to let HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) know.
If you need to update your details, the quickest and easiest way is to call the tax credits helpline on 0845 300 3900 - just make sure you've got all the information you need to hand, like your payslips, end of year P60 form, and details of your childcare arrangements. The helpline is available from 8.00am to 8.00pm, seven days a week.
Sarah Walker, HMRC Director of Benefits and Credits, said:
"If you're receiving tax credits, don't leave renewing until the last minute. Get it sorted out now, so we can make sure you're getting the right money."email: dover7@msn.com - 8 July 2008 08:033822Many people dont claim these because of the complexity. Dealing in finance matters as I do even my heart drops when that pack comes through the door.
Crazy system and many self-employed will not have the information to hand in time for the deadline and estimating net profit is often not a straightforward process even for someone like me (more so me because of the complexities of by businesses and income streams). I expect to be well above the level for CTC this year anyway so it may not matter. My pack has been sitting in my in tray for ages and I have simply avoided looking at it... - 8 July 2008 08:253824I've been meaning to do it over the last few days but will try to do it today. One good thing has come out of it though; my procrastinating has made me clean the oven, sort the house from top to bottom, tidy out drawers and clean the windows.
I personally think that they make it a chore so that people don't claim. The whole thing is a sham and exposes a serious level of incompetence. I had some problems a few years ago (which are still not fully resolved) and nobody is answerable to anything, you can't talk to anybody with an understanding of the system or anyone the can rectify problems (created by them). I passed this onto Mr Prosser who didn't do anything other than prolong the problem.
What gets me is that I am giving this information to HM Revenue and Customs, who already know exactly how much I earn! This is wasteful bureaucracy and annoys me a lot! - 21 July 2008 19:124223HMRC RELEASE ******
Just one week left to renew your tax credits
There's just one week left to renew your tax credits claim before the 31 July deadline - otherwise, your payments will stop.
Renewing is simple - check the information in your renewals pack, and if your circumstances have changed, such as your working hours or pay, you'll need to tell HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
If you need to update your details, the quickest and easiest way is to call the tax credits helpline on 0845 300 3900 - just make sure you've got all the information you need to hand, like your payslips, end of year P60 form, and details of your childcare arrangements. The helpline is available from 8.00am to 8.00pm, seven days a week.
Sarah Walker, HMRC Director of Benefits and Credits, said:
"If you're receiving tax credits, don't leave renewing until the last minute. Get it sorted out now, so we can make sure you're getting the right money."email: dover7@msn.com - 21 July 2008 20:324227I do mine over the phone, it's very easy and the people you talk to are very helpful. They must have a truely thankless task, working for the HMRC is bad enough, having to deal with tax credits and all the cock ups must make their moral very low. Just remember it's not necessarily the people answering the phone who are messing up.It's not the man in my life, its the life in my man!!
- 22 July 2008 06:584240The system is crazy. I did it over the phone and gave them the upper end of my estimates for profit last year so it will wipe out my CTC. I would rather they owe me money than I owe them......