Personal Cheque Received - Direct At RMS A & PS (AG)

To deal with a personal cheque received direct at RMS Accounting and Payment Service (A&PS), consider steps 1 - 5 below. The guide is presented as follows

Initial actionStep 1
Customer Service Team actionSteps 2 - 5


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1
  • Any cheque received at RMS A&PS must be banked at the Cumbernauld office

And

  • Any correspondence received should be sent to the Customer Service Team at A&PS Cumbernauld

Note: They will assume responsibility after the payment has been processed

  • Go to step 2


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2
  • Check the correspondence to confirm it relates to tax credits

And

  • Check to see if a form TC (Cheque) 1 is attached
3If there is
  • A form TC (Cheque) 1 attached
  • The cheque has been seen by the Tax Credit Office (TCO)

Therefore

  • You need only deal with the correspondence relating to A & PS
  • Not a form TC (Cheque) 1 attached, go to step 4
4Complete form TC648 with the following information
  • Claimants name
  • Amount of the cheque
  • Account details of the cheque
  • Details of the bank or building society account that tax credits were paid into
  • Telephone number if provided
  • Claimants address
  • Your office details

And

  • Your name and contact number
5Attach all the correspondence to the form TC648 and post everything using ‘TaxPost Direct’ to the TCO at

Tax Credit Office

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Or, for Northern Ireland claimants

TCO (NI)

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