Eltjuh
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Hi, I've just rang tax credits to do my annual review.... In the past tax year they have been paying us going off an income of £12,500 but actually we've been on JSA for the most part (received about £4,700), which she said doesn't get taken into account so only my husband's income from January (which is when he started doing agency work) until the end of the tax year in April counts, which means we only had an income of £2,250
What does this mean? Does this mean we have been 'underpaid' tax credits and will be getting money from them?? (and how much, as it's quite a considerable difference in income!)
She asked for an estimate of the new tax year so they know what to go with and I told her to go with £10,000 cause he's still working for the agency and sometimes doesn't get any work at all one week and sometimes a full week's (5 days) work! So it's kinda hard to know how much he'll be earning, but I'd rather overestimate it than underestimate and getting too many tax credits, having to pay them back. When he started working again we told them he'd be working 24hrs per week on average, but I've now changed it to about 30hrs a week (which at min. wage works out around £9,800) because in the 10ish weeks he actually worked in the past tax year he worked about 35hrs a week, but he is getting a lot less work at the moment, hence the reason I made it a little lower than what he got but higher than what they WERE going to go with. (hope that makes sense)
What does this mean? Does this mean we have been 'underpaid' tax credits and will be getting money from them?? (and how much, as it's quite a considerable difference in income!)
She asked for an estimate of the new tax year so they know what to go with and I told her to go with £10,000 cause he's still working for the agency and sometimes doesn't get any work at all one week and sometimes a full week's (5 days) work! So it's kinda hard to know how much he'll be earning, but I'd rather overestimate it than underestimate and getting too many tax credits, having to pay them back. When he started working again we told them he'd be working 24hrs per week on average, but I've now changed it to about 30hrs a week (which at min. wage works out around £9,800) because in the 10ish weeks he actually worked in the past tax year he worked about 35hrs a week, but he is getting a lot less work at the moment, hence the reason I made it a little lower than what he got but higher than what they WERE going to go with. (hope that makes sense)
