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Working families on tax credits are being asked to check their details so they do not miss out on this vital government support.
Tax credits and Child Benefit customers who receive their payments into a Post Office card account have just 2 weeks left to switch their accounts.
HMRC will stop making payments to Post Office card accounts after 5 April 2022. About 7,500 customers still need to switch so they don’t miss out on vital payments.
HMRC is giving customers, who are yet to switch their Post Office accounts, a one-off extension until 5 April 2022.
Customers have until 30 November 2021 to update HMRC with their new bank account details or risk having their tax credits or Child Benefit payments suspended.
HMRC urges tax credits and Child Benefits customers with a Post Office card account to update HMRC with their new bank account details by 30 November 2021.
HMRC is urging Working Tax Credit customers to check if they need to update their working hours if these have reduced as a result of coronavirus.
Tax credits customers have until 31 July to renew their tax credits claim or risk their payments being stopped.
Tax credits customers have until 31 July to renew their claims - the quickest way to renew is via GOV.UK.
Tax credits customers will start to receive their annual renewal packs this week and are reminded to check that their details are correct.
Customers whose circumstances have changed in the last year or who have received a letter to reconfirm their income details must contact HMRC before 31 July.
HM Revenue and Customs is asking tax credits customers to tell them about any changes in circumstances or income by 31 July.
The Secretary of State for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has made an oral statement to Parliament about the DWP's response to coronavirus (COVID-19).
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
People who can't work their normal hours because of coronavirus (COVID-19) will still receive their usual tax credits payments.
The government has announced that Working Tax Credits payments will be increased from 6 April 2020 - find out what's happening and who this affects.
New statistics reveal more than 132,000 Help to Save account holders are eligible for bonuses totalling £14 million.
HMRC is urging customers to renew their tax credits as there are just 7 days to go before the 31 July 2019 deadline.
HM Revenue and Customs is reminding customers that they must renew their tax credits by 31 July — or their payments will stop.
Latest statistics show 140,000 Housing Benefit households and 9,900 Universal Credit households are no longer subject to the benefit cap
With a week to go before the renewal deadline, a million customers still need to complete their tax credits renewal, HMRC has announced.
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