Child Tax and Working Tax Credit

You are entitled to claim the Child Tax Credit and the Working Tax Credit; this is broken down as follows:

Child Tax Credit

• Family Element
• Family Element – baby addition
• Child Element
• Disabled Child Element
• Enhanced Disabled Child Element

Working Tax Credit

• Top up to wages of low income
• Childcare element – this may be worth up to 70% of your eligible childcare fees.

To find out more and to apply please contact the Inland Revenue helpline on 0845 300 3900 or access: www.hmrc.gov.uk

How are tax credits paid?
Child Tax Credit is paid direct into a bank or building society account.  Working Tax Credit is also paid direct to self-employed claimants. 

If you are employed, your employer will normally pay any Working Tax Credit (apart from the ‘childcare element’) with your pay.  From April 2006 payment through employers has been replaced with payments into a bank or building society account.