CPAG Tax Credits E-Bulletin April 2009
Dear Colleague
Welcome to the April 2009 edition of CPAG's tax credits e-bulletin keeping you up-to-date with tax credits news and developments.
Contents
CPAG news and events
- Tax credits training
- Updated factsheets
Tax credits news
- Budget 2009
- New Revenue leaflets
CPAG news and events
Tax credits training in London.
We are running the following courses in May, June and November 2009.
Details are in our 2009-2010 training programme. Contact us to request a printed version.
Book a place or for further details contact the training department on 020 7812 5228 / 5217.
In-house training
Most of CPAG's existing courses can be provided 'in house' at your premises to meet the training needs of your group or organisation.
Providing a course 'in house' can be more cost effective - saving on time, travel and accommodation costs. We provide the expert tutor(s) and all the training materials. Please email training@cpag.org.uk or contact us on 020 7812 5228 / 5217 for more information.
Updated factsheets
The following in our series of factsheets providing information for advisers on a wide range of tax credits topics has been updated to include rates and changes from April 2009:
View other factsheets in this series
Tax credits news
Budget 2009
Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced the following tax credits changes in the Budget 2009:
• The working tax credit (WTC) four-week run-on will be extended from 31 July 2009 to cover people who would lose their entitlement to WTC because of a move to part-time working. Currently, the four-week run-on only covers people who stop working altogether or reduce their hours to less than 16 a week. The proposed change will extend the four-week run-on to people who reduce their hours to less than 30 but are still working at least 16 hours a week. This will assist people who lose their entitlement to WTC if working less than 30 hours a week, i.e. those over 25 who do not have children, are not disabled and do not fall into the 50 plus category.
• The WTC regulations will be amended from 31 July 2009 to make clear that the four-week run-on also covers the childcare element, including for couples when only one partner stops working. Currently, entitlement to the childcare element depends on a lone parent or both members of a couple being engaged in qualifying remunerative work (or one is and the other one is incapacitated, in hospital or in prison). This change will clarify that this includes a four-week run-on.
• Working people without children will be targeted by the Revenue to raise take-up of WTC among this group. The Revenue will continue to expand its work with employers and Jobcentre Plus to help those going in and out of work. It will also begin marketing and launch a pilot using data from PAYE records to identify and contact potentially eligible people.
• The child element of child tax credit (CTC) will increase by an additional £20 a year above indexation from April 2010.
New Revenue leaflets
The Revenue has completely revised and redesigned the TC600 Notes that are enclosed in the tax credits claim pack. The new leaflet, Getting your tax credits claim form right, takes the claimant through each page of the claim form with explanatory notes for most of the questions.
Click here to view the new TC600 Notes
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