Job Centre Plus - Working Age Benefits
Information on Working Tax Benefits
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working tax credits, working tax benefits, )
What's the situation with Working Age Benefits?
Working age benefits replace Childrens Tax Credits, Working Families Tax
Credits, The New Deals 50+, Disabled Persons Tax Credit and the monies paid in
income support for minors.
Working Tax Credit in a nutshell...
- This is paid to top up the earnings of people on a low income, irrespective of whether there are any children in the household.
- It replaces Working Families Tax Credit and Disabled Persons Tax Credit, but now also offers support to people who do not have children.
- People with children have to be 16 or over and working at least 16 hours a week to qualify.
- Those without children have to be at least 25 and working 30 hours or more a week.
- People with a disability may be able to claim at 16 whether they have children or not as long as they work for at least 16 hours a week.
- Those aged 50 or over need to be working 16 or more hours a week and would have to have received a qualifying benefit for 6 months prior to returning to work.
- Extra allowances will be given for any child with a disability
- Extra allowances can be given to cover up to 70% of eligible child care costs
- It will be paid trough a wage packet. However, the child care element will be paid to the main carer in the same way as the Child Tax Credit.
- When an award is made it will be for the whole tax year.
- Awards may be adjusted during the year to take account of changes in circumstances.
Child Tax Credits in a nutshell...
This replaces the Children’s Tax Credit and the child element in Income Support and Income Based Job Seekers Allowance. It is paid to people who are responsible for a child under 16 or a young person under 19 who is in full time education (up to A level /NVQ level 3) or registered with the Connexions or Careers Service
- It is paid whether you work or not.
- It is paid to the main carer of the child/young person.
- An allowance will be given for each child/young person.
- Families with any children under one will get an extra allowance.
- Extra allowances will also be given for children who get Disability Living Allowance or are register (or were registered within the last 28 weeks) as blind.
How To Claim...
There are numerous ways you can claim working tax credits or child tax credits.
Do it Online: Click Here to Make a Claim online
Call: 0800 0 55 66 88
