Specified Dates (Info)

The 1st Specified Date (1SD) and 2nd Specified Date (2SD) are displayed automatically.

The 1SD is the date by which the claimant is asked to return the signed notice. If the claimant does not provide the information by this date the previous year’s (PY)’s case will be finalised and the current year’s (CY’s) payments terminated.

If the claimant provides an estimate of their earnings, they are given until 31st January (2SD) to provide their actual income figure. When the issue date of a manual S17 notice for a clerical case or manual correspondence is recorded, the computer will calculate and if appropriate change the specified dates.

You can change the 1SD and 2SD if necessary. For example, for hardship cases and where a late reply is promised. If an estimate of earnings has been provided for the CY and the claimant asks for further time to provide the actual earnings, you can extend the 2SD.

If the 1SD is extended to within 30days of 2SD, the 2SD will be automatically extended.

The 2SD can be extended independently, if the 1SD has passed.

The 1SD cannot be extended once the specified tax credit year award has been finalised.

The 2SD cannot be extended once the specified tax credit year award has been finalised using actual income.