| Abbreviation to use | Meaning |
| A&PS | Accounting & Payments
Service |
| AA | Attendance Allowance
|
| ACC | Accounts |
| ACT | Automated Credit
Transfer |
| AD | Annual Declaration |
| ADD | Address |
| ALS | Appeal Leaflet sent |
| AMDT | Amendment |
| ANS | Applicant Not
Satisfied |
| AO | Accounts Office |
| AP(1)/(2) | Applicant 1 or 2 |
| AP(1)/(2)NS | Applicant 1 or 2 Not
Signed |
| APNTEE | Appointee |
| APP | Appeals |
| AR | Action required |
| ARRGT | Arrangement |
| AT | Action taken |
| ATCP | Additional Tax Credit
Payments |
| AV | Average |
| AWD | Award |
| B/A | Business Address |
| B/CERT | Birth Certificate |
| B/DAT | Backdating |
| BF | Brought Forward |
| BIK | Benefit in Kind |
| BNKDET | Bank Details |
| BOTHNS | Both Applicants not
signed |
| BTWB | Back To Work Bonus |
| CAA | Constant Attendance
Allowance |
| CAB | Citizens Advice
Bureau |
| CALB | Call back |
| CALC | Calculate /
Calculated |
| CBC | Child Benefit Centre |
| CBO | Child Benefit Office |
| CCC | Child Care Charges |
| CCPc | Child Care Provider
checks |
| CCSG | Contact Centre Support
Group |
| CH | Child |
| CHB | Child Benefit |
| CHB (LP) | Child Benefit Lone
Parent |
| CHNG | Change / Changed |
| CHCP | Child Care Provider |
| CHQ | Cheque |
| CLM | Claim |
| CLMT1 or 2 | Claimant 1 or 2 |
| CLMT1 or 2 NS | Claimant 1 or 2 not
signed |
| CLMNTNS | Claimant Not
Satisfied |
| COP | Computerisation of Pay As
You Earn |
| COC | Change of
Circumstances |
| CORRES | Correspondence |
| CSA | Child Support Agency |
| CSHCHQ | Cashcheque |
| CSM | Customer Services
Manager |
| CST | Customer Services
Team |
| CTB | Council Tax Benefit |
| CTC | Child Tax Credit |
| CVU | Customer Validation
Unit |
| CY | Current Year |
| CYR | Cross Year Recovery |
| DCI | Departmental Central
Index |
| DD | Direct Debit |
| DECD | Deceased |
| DEL (NI) | Department for Employment
and Learning Northern Ireland |
| DET | Details |
| DFEE | Department for Education
and Employment |
| DIR | Director |
| DISBLD | Disabled |
| DISP | Disputed |
| DISTEST | Disability Test |
| DLA | Disability Living
Allowance |
| DLO | Dead Letter Office |
| DOB | Date of Birth |
| DOD | Date of Death |
| DOM | Date of Marriage |
| DOS | Date of Separation |
| DOW | Date of Widowhood |
| DP | Disabled Premium |
| DPTC | Disabled Person’s
Tax Credit |
| DSD | Department for Social
Development |
| DUP | Duplicate |
| DWP | Department for Work and
Pensions |
| EBS | Electronic Business
Service |
| EDUC | Education |
| EDI | Electronic Data
Interchange |
| EEA | European Economic
Area |
| EG | Explanation Given |
| ELT | Employer Liaison
Team |
| EM | Electronic Mail |
| EMPD | Employed |
| EMPYR | Employer |
| EMPREF | Employers Reference |
| EMPT | Employment |
| ENF | Enforcement Proceedings
Commenced |
| ENQ | Enquiry |
| EOY | End of Year |
| ER | Explanation
Requested |
| ESA (C) | Employment and Support
Allowance (Contributions based) |
| ESA (IR) | Employment and Support
Allowance (Income-related) |
| EST | Estimated |
| EXP | Expenses |
| FAO | Financial Accounting
Office |
| FTNAE | Full Time Non-Advanced
Education |
| FTS | Fast Track scheme
(Disability) |
| HB | Housing Benefit |
| HCC | Highest Care
Component |
| HO | Home Office |
| HORN | Home Office Reference
Number |
| HPP | Higher Pensioner
Premium |
| HR | Higher rate |
| HRS | Hours |
| HSSB | Health and Social
Services Board |
| I & E | Income &
Expenditure |
| IB | Incapacity Benefit |
| IB(LT) | Incapacity Benefit Long
Term |
| IB(STHR) | Incapacity Benefit Short
Term Higher Rate |
| IB(STLR) | Incapacity Benefit Short
Term Lower Rate |
| ICA | Invalid Care
Allowance |
| IDMS | Integrated Debt
Management Systems |
| IIDB | Industrial Injuries
Disablement Benefit |
| INFCOMP | Informal complaint |
| INST | Instalment |
| INTV | Interview |
| IRCC | Inland Revenue Contact
Centre |
| IREC | Inland Revenue Enquiry
Centre |
| IS | Income Support |
| ISCS | Income Support Computer
System |
| IS INCAP | Income Support paid on
grounds of Incapacity not Disability |
| ISSD | Issued |
| IYA | In Year Adjustment |
| JSA | Jobseekers Allowance |
| JSA(C) | Jobseekers Allowance
(Contributions based) |
| JSA(IB) | Jobseekers Allowance
(Income based) |
| JSAPS | Jobseekers Allowance
Payment System |
| KA | Known As |
| KIV | Keep in View |
| LA | Local Authority |
| LR | Lower rate |
| LTAHAW | Living Together as
Husband and Wife |
| LYC | Last Year Cleared |
| MAF | Maintenance Application
Form |
| MAN/C | Manually captured |
| MC | Management check |
| MIG | Minimum Income
Guarantee |
| MNRESP | Main responsibility |
| MT | Milk Token |
| MTH | Month |
| N/A | Not Available |
| NATINS | National Insurance
Credits paid on the grounds of Incapacity |
| NAT | Nationality |
| NC | No Change |
| NFAD | No Fixed Address |
| NI | Northern Ireland |
| NIC | National Insurance
Contributions |
| NIHE | Northern Ireland housing
executive |
| NINO | National Insurance
Number |
| N/K | Not known |
| NOR | Not ordinarily
resident |
| NRP | Non Resident parent |
| NTN | No Telephone Number |
| NTP | Notice To Pay |
| N/T | No Trace |
| O/B | Order Book |
| OCCP | Other occupational
pension |
| OCPN | Occupational pension |
| O/E | Official Error |
| O/INC | Other income |
| O/P | Overpayment |
| O/SSBEN | Other Social Security
benefits |
| OSP | Occupational Sick
Pay |
| PAB | Personal Acting Body |
| PAYE | Pay As You Earn |
| PC | Pension Credit |
| PEWC | Person With Care |
| PFREQ | Pay Frequency |
| PFA | Persons From Abroad |
| P/PEN | Private Pension |
| P/T | Part-time |
| PVE | Payment Via Employer |
| PWA | Person Without
Accommodation |
| PWC | Parent With Care |
| PY | Previous year |
| PYT | Payment |
| PYTH | Payment Helpline |
| QB | Qualifying Benefit |
| RCA | Rate Collection
Agency |
| RE-CAL | Recalculated |
| RECD | Received |
| REDPD | Redress payment paid |
| REDRF | Redress payment
refused |
| REF | Reference |
| REFRD | Referred |
| REGNO | Registration number |
| REJ | Reject / rejection |
| REM | Remission |
| REMR | Reminder |
| RLS | Return Letter
Service |
| RMS | Receivables Management
Service |
| RP | Retirement Pension |
| RTC | Receivables Telephone
Centre |
| SDA | Severe Disablement
Allowance |
| SDT | Service Delivery
Team |
| S/E | Self Employed |
| SLD | School Leaving Date |
| SMP | Statutory Maternity
Pay |
| SOA | Statement Of Account |
| SSA | Social Security
Agency |
| SSP | Statutory Sick Pay |
| STU | Specialist Trace
Unit |
| TAS | The Appeals Service |
| T/BEN | Taxable benefit |
| TCO | Tax Credit Office |
| TCOU | Tax Credit Overpayment
Unit |
| TEL | Telephone |
| TELIN | Telephone call in |
| TELO | Telephone call out |
| TPI | Third party
information |
| T/REF | Tax reference |
| TTP | Time To Pay |
| U/P | Underpayment |
| UTC | Unsuccessful telephone
call |
| UTR | Unique tax payer
reference |
| VA | Veterans Agency |
| VIMU | Visually Impaired Media
Unit |
| VT | Verification and
Trace |
| WDP | War Disablement
Pension |
| WDP MOBSUP | War Disablement Pension
paid with Mobility supplement |
| WFTC | Working Families Tax
Credit |
| WKLY | Weekly |
| WK NO | Works number |
| W/L | Work list |
| WPA | War Pensions Agency |
| WRK | Work |
| WTC | Working Tax Credit |
| XD | Ex Directory |
| YRLY | Yearly |
