Child Born 1986-2003 ?? Children's tax of up to £1058 - Anyone any info

[borisbeaver]

I went through the process expecting to received hundreds of pounds. I finally received a cheque for £80.

[jaxads]

Hi Borisbeaver --- how long did it take?? I still cannot get through to our local office - constantly engaged!!!

[sweetnsexyenglish]

Well I have just come across this also I gave my local office a call and have been advised of my tax code and that I should put in a claim with the youngest child date of birth along with p60 however if I can not find this include it in the letter I have been asked to write and will start a new thread should I receive a responce.... every lil bit counts

[madasamuppet]

Just come across this and have three kids two of which born 96 and 98 and have no idea what tax code hubby was on during 2002-03. Can you just fill in the form CTC11 and they will find out when processing or do I need the info before hand. Where do you get this form from, can I just phone up local tax office and request one from them. thanks in advance.

[jaxads]

Hi - phone up your local tax office. Mine couldn't send me a form, as they didn't have them any more, but said for me to collect one from another local tax office (which was closer to me anyway). They only had one form left!!

I didn't put in a tax code or send off a P60 - mind you, I did that on 16 April and still haven't heard anything back -- will have to give them another ring I think.

good luck x

[madasamuppet]

Does it matter that I wasn't the one working and it was my hubby, tax office won't tell me about him but will they still now about this refund claim thingy and know what forms i need to fill and send. i know the number of his local office cos had to phone them yesterday about P60 details it miles away from us.

[madasamuppet]

Well just phoned them and told they no longer have forms and any claim for this had to be in writing. Just to send a letter detailing hubby details, NI number, date of birth address etc dates of births of the kids I want to claim for and send it to them and they would do the rest. So get that sent tomorrow and see what happens. Prob find out we have already had this allowance but if we haven't then be nice to get something back for a change.

[alba12]

hi. Can someone tell me were to send this letter? thanks.

[jaxads]

You would send the letter to your local tax office. However, I finally managed to speak to someone yesterday -- who told me that I'd already had my allowance!! She confirmed my tax code on the phone there and then - she said she couldn't understand why the last person I spoke to didn't tell me the same. Saves the waiting as the tax office is about 8 weeks behind with its post!

[alba12]

thank you for your reply jaxads. I will send it tomorrow.

[pennypenny]

I got a letter from my local tax office the other day, 6 weeks after I sent my first letter asking if I qualified for the tax credit, saying they have sent it on to another tax office as they are the ones dealing with this. So I will be in for another long wait if thats how long they take to do anything

[jax63]

Hi
I have just come accross this thread. Would it be worth trying to claim for tax year 2001/2002 with the defence that they failed to advertise the fact??
It would be nice to get something back as I have a supposed overpayment of about £3000 from tax credits and a letter last august saying 2003/2004 & 2004/2005 is being reviewed. They say they wont want more money but who knows.....I still dont believe I was over paid in the first place.

[pennypenny]

Well, I have received a reply but not one I wanted to hear. They said I was to late to claim 2001 to 2002, hardly my fault when they dont tell you about it and I have only just heard about it on this site. They are quick to let you know when you owe them anything though. And they said we have already received 2002 to 2003 in our tax code, so thats that then, oh well it was worth a try.

Hi Jax63,
I thought the same as you about them not advertising that we could claim, it doesnt seem fair if we didnt know about it. I am the same as you, they are saying we have been overpayed over £3000 and am currently receiving no money from them and havent been for about a year now, with 2 kids things are quite difficult.
There was nothing wrong with the old system, I dont know why they changed it.

[jax63]

I have just checked old payslips and it turns out that I also received the allowance, however I know I am going off topic a bit here but when going through some old papers I found a letter from last August, re them reviewing my 2003-2004, 2004-2005 (TC954) I have never heard since so rang them. The person I spoke to reckoned she didn't know what that was, but through searching the net have found that they may have acted ileagally by changing it two years after end of tax year. We also haven't had any money for about two years and still owe them loads. So I think this is worth chasing up.
I have this feeling that out there somewhere is money with my name on it, and I intend to find it

[badgerpark]

hi just in reply to the wait for a refund is 4 mth i have been waiting since april and even had to send another form in recorded as they lost the first!apparently it has now been passed for further checking and no one knows how long that will take,why i dont know because they already knew what was earned and knew the tax code and aid yes you are entitled and sent the form!we have never claimed for anything before and cant believe the hassle we are having in claiming what is legally due!

[KJD]

Ooh this looks like fun!

Two children born in 1992 & 1995 so I guess I might be eligible. I do the wages where I work so I know my tax code was the same as everyone else back then.

I've found the form 11CTC on line so will complete one each for the boys and send to my local tax office, unless anyone else thinks I shouldn't.

KJD

[robert_harper_2000]

I got this from MSE and sent off for my brother who has 3 kids and took a looooong time but in the end got a cheque for around £1100!

Make sure you try it, when I phoned up no-one knew anything about it but the letter worked

[KJD]

Just had an interesting telephone call from the IR in Preston..

I sent my form to my local tax office, addressed Child Tax Credit. The chap who called me said it should have said Children's Tax Credit. My tax office had sent the form to him (Child Tax Credit) and he was forwarding it to an office in Leeds who have been set up to deal just with these claims (Childrens Tax Credits).

PS He said they are getting enquiries from people who are using companies to claim on their behalves. I told him I had found out about it on this site and he said he had heard of it and why don't more people use it to get this rebate rather than paying someone else!