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.

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

  • Benefit payments - payment dates, bank holidays, if you do not have a bank account, Post Office card accounts.

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

  • 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.

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