Additional CTF Payments - CTF Referral Received (Info)
Additional CTF payments criteria
How additional CTF payments are issued
The role of TCO
The role of CTFO
Additional CTF payments criteria
The Child Trust Fund (CTF) was introduced in April 2005. It entitled all children born on or after the 1st September 2002 to an initial endowment from the Government. Some 40% of these children will also be entitled to an additional CTF payment. Eligibility for this additional payment will be determined from data held on the NTC computer. This means that the child is entitled to an additional payment if
- The household has responsibility for the child on the Child Trust Fund (CTF) date
And
Or
- The household income for that year is below the CTC only income threshold
Note: Only Child Trust Fund Office (CTFO) can confirm the CTF date. For Tax Credit Office (TCO) purposes this is assumed to be the Monday following the child's date of birth, unless otherwise informed. If the child was born on a Monday, then for TCO purposes the following Monday would be considered as the CTF date.
The data required by CTFO is sent automatically by the NTC computer after the award year has been finalised. However, there are certain cases that are not sent over automatically, for example, complex cases. These cases along with any exceptions that fall out from the data transferred over to CTFO and customer queries will need to be looked at clerically to determine whether an additional CTF payment is appropriate.
You will receive a request from the CTFO to establish entitlement to an additional CTF payment for a child
You must complete the referral form CTF Request for Details for Additional Payments and return it to the CTFO.
How additional CTF payments are
issued
TCO provides CTFO with the information required on all complex cases that are entitled to receive additional CTF payments. TCO may also have to handle requests from CTFO, but only in exceptional circumstances, for example, because CTFO are unable to access a claim.
The following details must be provided to the CTFO
- Claimant's NINO
- Claimant's title, forename and surname
- Claimant's address
- The details of the child(ren) that have been born on or after 1st September 2002 (surname, forenames and date of birth)
And
- Child's additional CTF payment entitlement date (first Monday after the Child's date of birth)
TCO identifies those families who satisfy the additional payments criteria above and should pass this information on to CTFO
It is the responsibility of CTFO to issue additional CTF payments to tax credits claimants who satisfy the eligibility criteria as above, if a child is born on or after 1st September 2002.
