Tax credits claimants have until 31st July to renew their tax credits claim or risk their payments being stopped.
If you haven’t completed you renewal already, don’t delay, renew now.
As the deadline approaches, claimants are being urged not to leave their renewal until the last minute and risk their payments being stopped.
You can manage tax credits online.
Once tax credits claimants have completed their renewal, they can use their online account to check its progress and find out when they will hear back from HMRC.
This year, about 28,000 customers have used the official HMRC app on their smartphone to renew. The app allows claimants to:
- report any tax credits changes and complete their renewal
- check their tax credits payments schedule
- find out how much they have earned for the year
Myrtle Lloyd, HMRC’s Director General for Customer Services, said:
Tax credits payments can provide our customers with vital financial support. There is just one week left to renew your claim – don’t delay and do it online by searching ‘tax credits’ on GOV.UK.
Claimants do not need to report any temporary falls in their working hours as a result of coronavirus. Unless their hours have permanently changed, they will continue to be treated as if they are working their normal hours for up to eight weeks after the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme closes.
Any self-employed individuals who have claimed a Self-Employment Income Support Scheme grant will need to declare the grant payments. Search ‘working out your income for tax credit/self-employment’ on GOV.UK.
But if there is a change in a customer’s circumstances that could affect their tax credits, they must report the changes to HMRC. These include changes to:
- living arrangements
- childcare
- working hours, or
- income (increase or decrease)
PAYadvice.UK 26/7/2021
