Working Tax Credit 4 Week Run On: Post Finalisation Of Payment (Info)

Claimants whose working hours drop to less than 16 a week, or who stop work completely, will get Working Tax Credit ( WTC) for four weeks from the date this happens. This is known as the ‘four week run on’.

When a four week run-on payment has been made, you must check the amount calculated by making a new calculation using the previous year ( PY) income. You will complete this check once the award version has changed to ‘Final Act’. This means that the award has been finalised using actual income.

To complete your check you must

• Compare the original calculated run-on payment against the new calculation
   
• Issue any underpayment, if applicable

And

• Record your findings

1. If the claimant was entitled to the Childcare element of WTC, this will be included in the four week run-on payment
   
2. Where a claimant ceases to be entitled to WTC because they are on remand or have been sentenced to prison they will not receive the four week run-on payment
   
3. Claimants cannot receive the four week run-on if their working hours dropped to less that 16 a week, or they stopped work, before 6 April 2007