Tax credits

Services

  • Universal Credit is replacing 6 other benefits with a single monthly payment if you're out of work or on a low income - eligibility, how to prepare.

  • Update your details, find out how much you’ll get paid and tell HMRC about a change in your circumstances

  • How to start a tax credits claim, when to claim, joint claims, backdate a claim

  • Check what help you might be able to get with childcare schemes like tax credits, Tax-Free Childcare, childcare vouchers and free childcare or education for 2 to 4-year-olds

  • Working Tax Credit - how much money you get, hours you need to work, eligibility, claim, tax credits when you stop work or go on leave

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