Child Poverty Action Group

This factsheet gives an overivew of how overpayments of tax credits can happen, what you can do to challenge them, and how to stop them from happening in the first place.

This factsheet explains the basic qualifying conditions for tax credits and how the system works.

This factsheet looks at when parents in work can get help with childcare costs through working tax credit.

This factsheet contains information about tax credits for lone parents.

This factsheet outlines the main restrictions and potential eligibility for benefits/tax credits for students from a member state of the European Economic Area (EEA).

Tax credits are financial support for people who are working or who have children. There are no rules barring students from access to tax credits: as long as they fulfil the eligibility criteria, then they can claim in the same way as anyone else. This factsheet explains how students can claim tax credits.

This factsheet sets out the main changes of circumstances that must be reported to HMRC, and how they affect a tax credits award.

This factsheet sets out the formal procedures for making a complaint about your tax credits. Note that in many cases you should instead lodge an appeal or request judicial review, which are covered in other factsheets.