Tax Credits: Future policy
In this section you will find information about future tax credits policy changes and wider welfare reform. You can navigate this section using the links on the left.
This section is split into two parts:
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Future changes - tax credits. Here you will find Information about changes to the system in 2013-14 and later years. You can find details of past changes (including those introduced from April 2011 and April 2012) in the current policy section.
- Future changes – welfare reform. In October 2010, the Government announced that both working tax credit and child tax credit would be replaced by Universal Credit which is due to start in October 2013. This section provides information about the Welfare Reform Bill (now the Welfare Reform Act 2012), which introduces Universal Credit.
Updated 12 April 2012