Foreign Bank Account Request (Info)

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Claimants may require Working Tax Credit ( WTC) and Child Tax Credit ( CTC) payments to be made into a foreign bank account.

Foreign accounts held in countries which are Transcontinental Automated Payment Service (TAPS) / TAPS Information Database System (TIDS) compliant will allow payment to made into them. Although, if a claimant needs to open an account, then it is preferable you advise them to open an account based in the UK.

If a claimant is resident abroad and they have not provided bank account details then you must contact the claimant for the information. If the claimant gives you details of a foreign account and they do not have a UK account, you must pass the claim to

Bank Liaison Team

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If a claimant contacts you with any foreign bank account queries, you must contact the Bank Liaison Team. To refer any foreign bank account queries, complete form TC687 and send it to the team by fax (This text has been withheld because of exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000)