Decision Makers Guide - DMG45083
How to work out the reduction - applicant not getting tax
credits
The amount of the reduction is
1) the tax credits that the applicant's get in the relevant
week if they are not treated as having capital because of
deprivation and
2) the difference between
a) the maximum amount
of
b) the amount of that
benefit applicant's are getting for
- a period of 7 consecutive days starting on a
Saturday and ending on a Sunday and
- the period includes the last day of the relevant
week.