Tax Credits

Latest additions to the Tax Credits areas of the site

Updated 16 May 2012

Humphreys v Revenue and Customs

New Supreme Court judgment that considers whether refusal of child tax credit to substantial minority carer is discriminatory under the European Convention on Human Rights.

In Tax Credits » Legislation and case law » Case law » Judgments of the higher courts

Updated 11 May 2012

Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2012

New regulations that include measures relating to tax credits fraud.

In Tax Credits » Legislation and case law » Statutory instruments » Original » Chronological

Updated 1 May 2012

Child Poverty Action Group Tax Credits E-Bulletin

New May 2012 Tax Credits e-bulletin added to the Tax Credits guidance section.

In Tax Credits » Guidance » What does the law mean? » External commentary

Updated 26 April 2012

HMRC Tax Credits Statistics

April 2012 provisional award figures now available. 

In Tax Credits » Policy » Public statistics

Updated 10 April 2012

New child tax credit related Upper Tribunal decision

In CTC/2107/2010, the Upper Tribunal considers whether couple where wife lived in Spain with children were entitled to child tax credit.

In Tax Credits » Legislation and case law » Case law » Upper Tribunal decisions » Upper Tribunal decisions (chronological)

Updated 4 April 2012

Tax credits maximum income limits for 2012/2013

New page added to tax credits guidance section that contains tax credits maximum income limits for tax year 2012/2013.

In Tax Credits » Guidance » How much can your client get? » Maximum income limits

Updated 19 March 2012

New tax credits regulations

New regulations issued in relation to miscellaneous amendments to tax credits legislation, and that provide for the new child tax credit and working tax credit rates in force from 6 April 2012.

In Tax Credits » Legislation and case law » Statutory instruments » Up-rating and amending

Updated 22 March 2012

Consolidated tax credits legislation to Spring 2012 now available on revenuebenefits

New tax credits regulations consolidated by LexisNexis now available in tax credits legislation and case law section.

In Tax Credits » Legislation and case law » Statutory instruments » Consolidated

Updated 20 March 2012

New tax credits rates

Tax credits annual and daily rates tables for 2012/2013 added to the tax credits guidance section.

In Tax Credits » Guidance » How much can your client get? » Rates and tables

Updated 30 November 2011

Understanding HMRC customers: Feedback from representatives of race, disability and gender groups

New research report published by HMRC added to the tax credits policy area of the site.

In Tax Credits » Policy » Research and reports » HMRC Research Reports

Updated 14 March 2012

Welfare Reform Bill Lords Report stage

Follow the latest debates in our ‘Tax Credits: Future changes’ section

In Tax Credits » Policy » Policy changes » Future policy » Future changes - wider welfare reform

Updated 4 November 2011

Adjudicator’s Office and Ombudsman’s reports

Four new research reports from the Adjudicator’s Office and the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman published to the tax credits policy area of the site.

In Tax Credits » Policy » Research and reports » Adjudicator’s Office and Ombudsman’s reports

Updated 18 April 2012

HMRC annual reports, performance reports and business plans

New section containing HMRC reports and business plans now available.

In Tax Credits » Policy » Research and reports » HMRC annual reports, performance reports and business plans

Updated 19 July 2011

HM Courts and Tribunal Services Annual Statistics

Details of Tribunals activity for 2010/2011 now available.

In Tax Credits » Policy » Research and reports » Other Government research and reports

Updated 16 April 2012

Tax credits leaflets

Copies of more than 60 tax credits leaflets going back to 2003/2004 are now available to download from the guidance area of the site.

In Tax Credits » Guidance » What does the law mean? » Tax Credits leaflets » Archived leaflets

Updated 16 April 2012

COP26 (April 2011)

New version of HMRC’s code of practice relating to tax credits overpayments now available. 

In Tax Credits » Guidance » What does the law mean? » Codes of practice

Updated 18 May 2012

New tax credits leaflets

A range of April 2011 versions of the HMRC’s ‘WTC’ leaflets are now available from the tax credits guidance area of the site

In Tax Credits » Guidance » What does the law mean? » Tax Credits leaflets » Current leaflets