tailieunhanh - Getting your tax credits claim form right - Use these Notes to help you

Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit help to support families with children and working people on low incomes. Child Tax Credit supports families with children and young persons aged from 16 but under 20 years old. You can claim whether or not you are in work. All families with children, with income of up to £58,000 a year (or up to £66,000 a year if there is a child under one year old), can claim the credit in the same way. Working Tax Credit supports working people (whether employed or self-employed) on low incomes by topping up earnings. Child Tax Credit and. | HM Revenue Customs Getting your tax credits claim form right Use these Notes to help you TC600 Notes - for use from 6 April 2012 You must claim as a couple if you are married or in a civil partnership. If you are legally separated or your separation is likely to be permanent you should make a single claim. For example you are in the process of getting divorced. You must also claim as a couple if you are living with someone as if you are married or in a civil partnership. You should still make a joint claim as a couple even if you are living apart temporarily. For example one of you is working away. If you do not have a partner you should make a single claim based on your individual circumstances. If you are claiming as part of a couple you need to decide at the beginning whose details will go in the YOU column and whose in the YOUR PARTNER column. It does not matter as long as you stick to the same column throughout the form. For more information about claiming as a couple go to WWW. hm k taxcredits If you are not sure what to put leave the box blank for now. Make a note of the box number and carry on. When you have done as much as you can phone US for help with the boxes you left blank. We aim to get back to you about your claim within three weeks of getting it. If you have any changes to your circumstances after you have sent your claim to US you must tell US about them. If you have not heard from US within one month of posting your claim please phone US to check that we have got your claim. Ffoniwch 0845 302 1489 i dderbyn fersiynau Cymraeg o ffurflenni a chanllawiau. Backdating your claim We can normally only backdate your tax credits for up to one month from the date we get your claim. So to avoid losing money make sure you claim straightaway. You will need to ask for backdating if you re only claiming Working Tax Credit you re not claiming for any children or you ve been getting Income Support income-based Jobseeker s Allowance income-related .