Claimant Living And Working In The Isle Of Man Or Channel Islands (Info)
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The Isle of Man (IoM) and Channel Islands (CI) are not part of
the United Kingdom (
UK) and if someone is living and
working in either of them they are not eligible for tax credits.
The tax credits computer treats the IoM and CI as valid UK
postal addresses and does not consider them to be foreign
countries. There is currently no system validation to identify an
IoM or CI address and it is possible that a claim where the
claimant is living and working in the IoM or CI will go straight
into payment if their NINO, name and date of birth are matched
against other HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) computer systems.
From Spring 2008 a scan will be run against the tax credits
computer to identify claims with a current or previous IoM or CI
address. The cases identified will
- Have an entry created in Function NTC LISTING under the heading
‘IOM/CI Claim Report’
And
- Action will be taken, where appropriate to stop the payments for these cases
This scan can be run at regular intervals to identify any
further cases that have gone into payment throughout the 2008-2009
tax year.
It is currently proposed that from Spring 2009, system validation will be introduced to ensure that any IoM or CI cases are checked prior to going into payment.
