Is your child tax credit (working)affected if you apply to the CSA for maintainence? from an absent father?

Question

My partner works fulltime andi want to know wether it would be in my childrens interest if i applied to the CSA for child maintainence from their father? would it affect our tax credit entitlement?

Answer 1

No. Tax Credits totally disregards maintenance payments made by the non resident payment i.e. it is not counted as income.

Any other means tested benefit like Income Support, Housing benefit or council tax benefit will count it as money, but Tax Credits does not

Scrol down until you see the Tax Credit bit and read this http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndB...

- The answer about the financial benefit to you is wrong as you are working and getting WTC, therefore it is disregared for you. If you were on a state welfare benefit like IS, you wouldn't see much benefit.

-The answer about all money coming into the house is ill informed nonsense

Answer 2

all monies coming into your house will affect what tax credit you get.

check out the gov site for all info. good luck