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Who can get National Insurance credits and how to apply or when to pay voluntary National Insurance contributions.
You may be able to get National Insurance credits if you’re not paying…
This guide shows if you might be eligible for National Insurance credits,…
Guidance and forms for claiming or renewing tax credits. Including childcare costs, payment dates, leaving or coming to the UK, overpayments and reporting changes.
How to start a tax credits claim, when to claim, joint claims, backdate a claim
Tax credits have been replaced by Universal Credit. You can only make a…
Apply as soon as you know you’re eligible so you get all the money you’re…
You can apply for tax credits as a single person, or as a couple (known as…
When you make a claim, your tax credits are usually backdated…
Usually, what you’re entitled to is based on your income for the last tax…
Put the number of hours you work in a normal week on your claim form. Add…
Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.
How to claim R&D expenditure credit (RDEC) for Corporation Tax relief on your company's R&D, if you’re a large company or small and medium-sized enterprise.
How tax credits affect your benefits including Child Benefit and Housing Benefit
This tax information and impact note is about the reform of the film, TV and video games tax reliefs to expenditure credits.
Tax credits if you live abroad, go travelling, are a cross-border worker or subject to immigration control
How spouses and civil partners of armed forces personnel posted overseas can fill gaps in their National Insurance record.
Use form CA9176 to apply for Class 3 National Insurance credits from 6 April 2011, if you've provided care for a child aged under 12.
Find out if you qualify for Corporation Tax Audio-Visual Expenditure Credits and what you can claim.
Find out if you qualify for Video Games Expenditure Credits for Corporation Tax and what you can claim.
Tax credit overpayments - repaying tax credits, repayment methods, what to do if you cannot repay
This measure is about the reform of the film, TV and video games tax reliefs to expenditure credits.
Find out what income you need to include in your tax credits claim or renewal.
End your tax credits award when you start to claim Universal Credit - how to end tax credits, personal details, income and self-employed income
Checks into your tax credits - information you need to send, what happens to your claim, deadline for responding to the Tax Credit Office
International co-operation for export credit financing, how UK Export Finance works with the OECD, the EU, the Paris Club and the Berne Union.
Use the online form if HMRC has paid you too much tax credits and you think you should not have to pay it back.
British film, TV and video game producers will benefit from new, more generous tax credits that start today (1 January 2024).
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