PLEASE NOTE: Take independant legal advice before taking any actions.

PLEASE NOTE: Take independent legal advice before taking any actions. Some information may not be upto date.

The Basics: Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit

Basics: Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit were introduced in April to replace Working Families' Tax Credit which many families relied upon to make ends meet.

HM Revenue & Customs: Tax Credits The HM Revenue & Customs Tax Credit pages featuring information on the tax credits available to you.

This Blog Relates to the United Kingdom Tax Credits System.

Change The Tax Credits System so it helps Lower Income Earnings

Members of Parliament

Tax Credits are a Political Issue and at this time a General Election could be due soon. Therefore greater Pressure could be put on the Government to Change The Tax Credits System to something that helps Lower Income Earnings instead of punishing them!!

Contact your own Member of Parliament let them know that you have/are having problems

Alphabetical List of Members of Parliament

Please ONLY post United Kingdom Tax Credits issues.

Please ONLY post United Kingdom Tax Credits issues.

Tax Credit Casualties Main Site : A MUST VIEW!!! Check it our :)

Tax Credit Casualties Main Site A MUST VIEW!!! Check it Out!!! What to do, When to do it, and How to do it.


Piles of Money

Piles of Money
Biggest Tax Credits Pay out Ever, and on Time!!!

£53M BONUS FOR CIVIL SERVANTS IN TAX CREDIT FIASCO

£53M BONUS FOR CIVIL SERVANTS IN TAX CREDIT FIASCO

Not bad, pity they can not pay out Tax Credits.

Click Here for more information about how they got £53,000,000.00


Brown’s ‘incompetence’ over tax credits has cost the public £2bn

TAX CREDIT SYSTEM HAS LOST £1.74 BILLION

£6bn overpaid to tax credit claimants since 2003

HMRC slammed over tax credits bungle.

HMRC slammed over tax credits bungle.

Public Accounts Committee says £1.4bn is likely to be written off


Can I get legal aid?

Can I get legal aid?

Use the CLS Direct Legal Aid Calculator to see if you are eligible for legal aid.The CLS Direct Legal Aid Calculator allows you to find out if you could get legal aid (CLS-funded help) for a civil case.

You will be asked a series of questions about your legal problem and financial situation. For reasons of data protection, none of the information entered into the calculator is saved, so it is completely confidential and anonymous.

You can print out the results at the end for your own records.

Legal Beagles. Provide legal strategies for the self litigating consumer.

Legal Beagles. Provide legal strategies for the self litigating consumer.

With our experiences, knowledge and resources we will be at the forefront of the battles against unfair practices, whether they be from the banks (where our main battle is at the moment) or any other organisation that feels they can use unfair business practices to take money from our members.

Friday 16 October 2009

Childcare Warning to Parents'.

Childcare Warning to Parents'.

Under recent changes to the law in England some providers of childcare who were approved for tax credits under the old rules must now meet new registration requirements.

Parents should now check whether their providers are still registered under the new rules. If they continue to claim tax credits on childcare costs paid to unregistered providers, they could be left with large overpayments and possibly even penalties.

Low Income Tax reform Group.

Tax Credits Disputes - A Ray of Hope

Tax credits disputes - a ray of hope (25-09-2009)

Over the last few years, unacceptable delays, poorly written responses, wrong explanations and sometimes no reply at all have been common experiences for users of the tax credit dispute process.

We have been at the forefront of calling for change. We therefore welcome HMRC’s decision to set up a new team to deal with correspondence from organisations offering free advice to claimants.

Low Incomes Tax Reform Group.

Help For Working Tax Credit Claimants in the Recession

Help for working tax credit claimants in the recession (16-09-2009)

When people lose their jobs or have their hours reduced there are tax credit rules which mean that valuable tax credit payments are not withdrawn immediately.

From August this year these rules have been amended to make them apply to more people.

Low Incomes Tax reform Group.

'Help With Tax Credit Overpayments

Help with tax credit overpayments(18-09-2009)

A new guide written for the man or woman in the street aimed at enabling them to challenge tax credit overpayments is published today.

LITRG, (Low Incomes Tax Refom Group), has written the guide to help claimants through the complexities of fighting a tax credits overpayment decision and to enable them to decide how to fight and how to find extra help.