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Tax credits: detailed information

Guidance and forms for claiming or renewing tax credits. Including childcare costs, payment dates, leaving or coming to the UK, overpayments and reporting changes.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs, Department for Education, Department for Work and Pensions, HM Treasury and Ministry of Defence
• Published: 5 February 2024

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Introduction

• Child Tax Credit
• Working Tax Credit

Claiming and renewing

• How to update your tax credit claim
• How to renew tax credits
• Claiming and dealing with tax credits for someone else
• How tax credits and other benefits affect each other
• Working out your income for tax credit claims and renewals
  • 6 April 2024
  • Guidance
• Tax credits checks
• Correct a mistake on your tax credits claim form

Payments

• Tax credits: your payment dates

Childcare

• Tax credits: work out your childcare costs

Report changes

• Report changes that affect your tax credits
• Child Tax Credit when your child reaches 16
• Tax credits if you have a baby
• Tax credits if you leave or move to the UK

Overpayments

• Tax credits overpayments

Appeals and complaints

• Tax credits: appeals and complaints

Forms, manuals and reference material

• Tax credits forms, notes, worksheets and checklists
  • 9 October 2014
  • Collection
• Tax credits leaflets and manuals
  • 7 May 2014
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Help and support

• HMRC videos for tax credits
  • 19 September 2024
  • Guidance

Published 5 February 2024