Late Capture Of Claims From Same Sex Couples Received Before 05/12/05 (Info)

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From 5th December 2005 the Civil Partnership Act comes into effect, allowing two people of the same sex to register a civil partnership

From that date same sex couples who are living together as partners must make joint claims for tax credits, irrespective of whether they have registered a civil partnership or not.

Changes have been made to the computer so that claims from same sex couples received on or after 5th December 2005 will no longer be rejected.

However, if a claim from a same sex couple is received before 5th December 2005 but there is a delay in capturing the claim until on or after 5th December 2005, the action you take when capturing the claim will be different. You will not be able to capture the whole claim and must store it so that an entry will be created on the 'Incomplete Applications' Work List, for follow up action by the Tax Credit Office.

Claims from same sex couples received on or after 5th December 2005 will be captured as normal