| 1 | If you are
- A new work item, go to step 2
- A reply to an enquiry, go to step 13
- An expired
action date, go to step
17
- A Technical Advice Line Liaison Officer (TALLO), go to step
29
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| 2 | Use Function VIEW S17
DETAILS and go to the current position screen for the relevant year
claim, if the screen
- Displays ‘Claim Under Enquiry’ or
‘Inhibited’, go to step 4
- Displays with the ‘SCO’ signal, go to step 5
- Displays with the ‘Complex Case’ signal, go to step
3
- Does not display with any of the above signals, use Function
VIEW HOUSEHOLD NOTES and select the ‘Compliance’
category to check if there are any notes indicating that Compliance
have terminated or finalised the claim
- If there are any notes indicating that Compliance have
finalised the claim, go to step 4
Otherwise
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| 3 | If the ‘Complex
Case’ signal is displayed or in Function VIEW HOUSEHOLD NOTES
a message is recorded indicating the European Economic Area (EEA)
Team or the Right to Reside team are dealing with the case
- Use Function MAINTAIN WORKLIST to transfer the work item to the
relevant Complex MU, if you are dealing with a work list item. See
the MU Table for the correct MU number
- Send any correspondence to the European Economic Area (EEA)
Team
(This text has been withheld because of exemptions in the
Freedom of Information Act 2000)
- Use Function MAINTAIN HOUSEHOLD NOTES and select the
‘Renewals & Reminders’ category to record the
action you have taken
Notes:
You must follow the guidance in
How To
Correctly Complete Application And Household Notes when you
record the note
And also
Follow the guidance in
Maintain Household
Notes
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| 4 | Use Function MAINTAIN
HOUSEHOLD NOTES to obtain the details of the Claimant Compliance
Officer (CCO) dealing with the claim
Note: If the details of the CCO are not held in Household
Notes, use the
Claimant
Compliance Centre Contact List
- Contact the CCO to find out what action they are taking on the
claim. If they advise you to
- Carry on with your action, go to step 6
- Stop your action
- In Function MAINTAIN HOUSEHOLD NOTES, select the
‘Renewals & Reminders’ category to record the
action you have taken
Notes:
You must follow the guidance in
How To
Correctly Complete Application And Household Notes when you
record the note
And also
Follow the guidance in
Maintain Household
Notes
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| 5 | Use Function MAINTAIN
HOUSEHOLD NOTES to obtain the contact details of the Criminal
Investigations Officer (CIO)
Note: If details of the CIO are not held in Function VIEW
HOUSEHOLD NOTES, use the
Claimant
Compliance Centre Contact List and go to the Operations page to
obtain the CIO details
Note: Under no circumstances should you give the claimant
any details of the CIO
- Contact the CIO dealing with the claim to find out what action
they are taking. If they advise you to
- Carry on with your action, go to step 6
- Stop your action
- Send the Annual Declaration or any correspondence to the
relevant CIO
- In Function MAINTAIN HOUSEHOLD NOTES, select the
‘Renewals & Reminders’ category to record the
action you have taken
Notes:
You must follow the guidance in
How To
Correctly Complete Application And Household Notes when you
record the note
And also
Follow the guidance in
Maintain Household
Notes
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| 6 | Use function VIEW
HOUSEHOLD NOTES to check if the case is a mismatch, Hijacked NINO
or an Internal Governance Criminal Investigations (IGCI)
Corrections Team case
- If the notes show the case is an outstanding
Mismatch
Hijacked NINO
Or
IGCI Involvement
- Use Function MAINTAIN HOUSEHOLD NOTES and select the
‘Renewals & Reminders’ category to record the
action you have taken
Notes:
You must follow the guidance in
How To
Correctly Complete Application And Household Notes when you
record the note
And also
Follow the guidance in
Maintain Household
Notes
- If no message is displayed, go to step 7
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| 7 | Use Function VIEW S17
DETAILS
- Go to the Issue Details screen
- Check if the 1st Specified Date (
1SD) has passed on the
subsequent finalised award
For example: If you are finalising the 2006-2007
award, you must check if the 1SD for the 2007-2008 award has passed
- If the 1SD has passed on the subsequent finalised award, go to
step 8
- If the 1SD has not passed on the subsequent finalised award,
return to the guidance that you were previously following
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| 8 | Use Function MANAGE
FINALISATION
- Go to the Notice Details screen for the relevant award year
- Is the Issued to checkbox ticked for the claimant(s) and is
there no tick in the Not Served checkbox?
- No, go to step 10
- Yes, use Function VIEW S17 DETAILS and go to the Current
Position screen to check if the Annual Declaration has been
returned or the status of the Annual Declaration is ‘Auto
Renewal’
Note: If the Annual Declaration is shown as
‘Duplicate’ or ‘Superseded’ in the
Declarations field this is not classed as a returned Annual
Declaration.Check in Function VIEW HOUSEHOLD NOTES to see if the
Annual Declaration information has been recorded
- If the Annual Declaration has been returned or the information
has been recorded, go to step 9
- If the Annual Declaration has not been returned, go to step 16
- If the status of the Annual Declaration is ‘Auto
Renewal’
- Use Function MAINTAIN HOUSEHOLD NOTES and select the
‘Renewals & Reminders’ category to record the
following message ‘SX07 - 20XX-20XX award finalised off
system’
Notes:
You must follow the guidance in How To Correctly Complete
Application And Household Notes when you record the note
And also
Follow the guidance in Maintain Household Notes
Then
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| 9 | Use Function VIEW S17
DETAILS and go through the screens to check if you have all the
information from the Annual Declaration
- If you have all the information, go to step 19
- If you do not have all the information, use Function VIEW
HOUSEHOLD NOTES to see if the missing information has been
recorded
- If the missing information has been recorded, go to step 19
- If the missing information has not been recorded, is the Annual
Declaration signed?
- Yes, go to step 15
- No, go to step 16
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| 10 | Use Function VIEW S17
DETAILS and go to the Current Position screen
- If the Current Signals screen displays and shows that either
the ‘Applicant 1 RLS’ or ‘Applicant 2 RLS’
checkboxes are ticked
- Do not issue the Annual Declaration
- Use Function MAINTAIN HOUSEHOLD NOTES and select the
‘Renewals & Reminders’ category to record the
following message
‘
SX08 - XXXX/XXXX award finalised off system on
information held, AppX RLS so no S17 enquires made, Claim will
still show as Unfinalised on system’
Notes:
You must follow the guidance in
How To
Correctly Complete Application And Household Notes when you
record the note
And also
Follow the guidance in
Maintain Household
Notes
- If the Current Signals screen does not display or the
‘Applicant 1 RLS’ or ‘Applicant 2 RLS’
checkboxes are not ticked, go to step 11
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| 11 | Complete the manual form
TC603R with details of the claim for the relevant tax year
Note: Use Functions VIEW APPLICATION and VIEW AWARD to help
you complete the form. Enter the details using version 1 of the
relevant period, then add any
change of circumstances in
succession from later award versions
Note: The form will lead you through various
questions in order to create the annual review details for the
claimant. When the questions have finished you must click on the
form and add the name and address of the claimant on the front page
in the space provided below the ‘Please keep this for our
records’ statement
Note: The following exception may occur. If the
household ended before the year of the Annual Declaration to be
issued, the Annual Declaration will not need issuing. For example,
in Function VIEW S17 DETAILS, the 2004-2005 award is shown as
un-issued and future dated. In Function VIEW APPLICATION there is a
household end date of 12/02/04. Tax Credit Office (TCO) was not
notified of the household end date until 27/03/05. As the household
ended before the start of the 2004-2005 award, an Annual
Declaration does not need to be issued and no further action is
required
- Issue a manual Annual Declaration by printing off pages 2 and 3
of the form TC603D or pages 2, 3 and 4 of form TC603D2, as
appropriate
Note: A form TC603D2 must be sent when the year you are
finalising is the first award period and the previous year income
used for that first award is shown as estimated income. For all
other cases, form TC603D must be sent
Note: If the manual Annual Declaration you are issuing is
for less than the full tax year you will also need to complete page
1 of the form TC603D or TC603D2 as this page allows you to enter
the required dates
Note: An Annual Declaration must be issued to each
claimant if the household is ceased and the claim was made by 2
claimants. It must include details for the whole household,
including both claimants. You can use Function VIEW APPLICATION to
check whether the household is ceased and the claim was made by 2
claimants
- Enter the claimant’s details at the top and put an
‘X’ next to each part of the Annual Declaration that
needs completing. Use the date the claimant must reply by on form
TC603R to complete the ‘Provide actual figures by’ box
on page 3
- In red ink, write your building, location, floor / spur, and
group, for example, ‘St Mary’s / PRE / Ground Floor /
60-02’ at the bottom left corner of the form next to the form
number. This will ensure that the returned form will be sent to
your team
- Complete form TC648 with the
- Claimant’s name
- Claimant’s
NINO
- Action taken
And
- Whether form TC603D or TC603D2 was sent to the claimant
- Set a BF date of 14 days on top of the form TC648
Note: If the BF date expires send the claimant a reminder
Note: If you are working a NTC Listing work item, use
Function NTC LISTING to set an action date of 14 days in the
future
- Complete the Manual Renewal Checklist and put it with form
TC648
Then
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| 12 | As the Annual Declaration
has never been issued for the claim, access the AMBS Renewals
Maintainer user role
- Use Function MANAGE FINALISATION
- Go to the Notice Details screen
- Delete the 1st Specified Date and 2nd Specified Date in the
Specified Dates field at the top of the Notice Details screen. This
must be done before you enter the issue date so the new specified
dates can be populated
- Enter the date you are issuing the Annual Declaration to the
claimant in the Issue Date field in the Manual S17 Notice box
- Tick the Issued to checkbox in this field. This will
automatically set the specified dates
- Make a note of the new 1st Specified Date and 2nd Specified
Date on the form TC648. These can be found in the Specified Dates
field
Note: Do not complete the Manual Issue Date field
in the S17 Notice box in the centre of the screen. This is used by
the Manual Correspondence Team only
- File the form TC648 in the designated cabinet
- Send the Annual Declaration forms to the claimant
- Use Function MAINTAIN HOUSEHOLD NOTES and select the
‘Renewals & Reminders’ category to enter the
following
‘
SU04 – Annual Declaration for XXXX/XXXX has been
manually issued and reply required by XX/XX/20XX. 1SD XX/XX/20XX
and 2SD XX/XX/20XX. Insert your team name’
Notes:
You must follow the guidance in
How To
Correctly Complete Application And Household Notes when you
record the note
And also
Follow the guidance in
Maintain Household
Notes
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| 15 | Contact the claimant by
telephone for the missing information. Follow the guidance in
Contacting The
Claimant
- If the missing information is obtained
- Update the Manual Renewal Checklist
Note: You will only need to complete the checklist
if you have manually issued the Annual Declaration
Then
- If the missing information cannot be obtained by telephone, go
to step 16
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| 16 | Complete a form TC829 or
TC609 as appropriate
Note: If you are dealing with an Annual Declaration that has
not been returned, complete form TC609 instead of form TC829
- Enter a reply date of 14 days in the future in paragraph 4 on
the form
- Enter your telephone number in place of the helpline number
- In red ink, write your building, location, floor / spur and
group, for example, ‘St Mary’s / PRE / Ground Floor /
60-02’ at the bottom left of the form next to the form
number. This will ensure that the form is returned to your team
- Print off pages
- 2 and 3 of the form TC603D and complete the relevant claimant
details boxes at the top
Or
- 2, 3 and 4 of the form TC603D2 and complete the relevant
claimant details boxes at the top
- Put an ‘X’ against the appropriate missing sections
on the form TC603D or TC603D2
- In red ink, write your building, location, floor / spur and
group, for example, ‘St Mary’s / PRE / Ground Floor /
60-02’ at the bottom left of the form next to the form
number. This will ensure that the form is returned to your team
- Send the form TC829 or form TC609 with the pages of the form
TC603D or TC603D2 to the claimant
Note: If the household is ceased because of a household
breakdown and was made up of 2 claimants the forms must be issued
to each claimant
- Record the action you have taken on the form TC648 and set an
action date of 14 days on the spreadsheet / work list / clerical
work item as appropriate
Note: If the BF date expires send the claimant a reminder
Note: If you are working a NTC Listing work item, use
Function NTC LISTING to set an action date of 14 days in the
future
- Update the Manual Renewal Checklist
Note: You will only need to complete the checklist
if you have manually issued the Annual Declaration
- Use Function MAINTAIN HOUSEHOLD NOTES and select the
‘Renewals & Reminders’ category to record your
action and the missing information requested from the claimant
Notes:
You must follow the guidance in
How To
Correctly Complete Application And Household Notes when you
record the note
And also
Follow the guidance in
Maintain Household
Notes
- File the form TC648 and Manual Renewal Checklist in the
designated cabinet
- Take no further action
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| 17 | If the action date has
expired and you have not received a reply from the claimant, use
Function VIEW HOUSEHOLD NOTES to establish whether a reminder has
been issued
- If a reminder has not previously been issued
- Issue a reminder form TC829R
Note: If the household is ceased because of a household
breakdown and was made up of 2 claimants, then a reminder must be
issued to each claimant that has not already replied
- In red ink, write your building, location, floor / spur and
group, for example, ‘St Mary’s / PRE / Ground Floor /
60-02’ at the bottom left of the form next to the form
number. This will ensure that the form is returned to your team
- Record the action you have taken on the form TC648
- Set an action date of 14 days on the spreadsheet / work list /
clerical work item as appropriate
- Update the Manual Renewal Checklist
Note: You will only need to complete the checklist
if you have manually issued the Annual Declaration
- File the form TC648 and Manual Renewal Checklist in the
designated cabinet
- Use Function MAINTAIN HOUSEHOLD NOTES and select the
‘Renewals & Reminders’ category to record your
action
Notes:
You must follow the guidance in
How To
Correctly Complete Application And Household Notes when you
record the note
And also
Follow the guidance in
Maintain Household
Notes
- If a reminder has previously been issued, in Function VIEW
HOUSEHOLD NOTES check for the missing information. If the missing
information
- Is not recorded, go to step 13
- Is recorded, check the Manual Renewal Checklist to make sure
that all the information has been received in order to finalise the
claim off system
- If all the information has been received, go to step 19
- If all the information has not been received, go to step
18
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| 18 | Use Function MAINTAIN
HOUSEHOLD NOTES and select the ‘Renewals &
Reminders’ category to record the following message
‘
SX01 - XXXX/XXXX Award finalised off system on
information held, no impact on claim, no reply to annual
declaration/enquiry sent. Claim will still show as Unfinalised on
system’
Notes:
You must follow the guidance in
How To
Correctly Complete Application And Household Notes when you
record the note
And also
Follow the guidance in
Maintain Household
Notes
Then
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| 19 | Using the Annual
Declaration and the details in Function VIEW CLAIM SUMMARY
- Select the year and claim you are trying to finalise
- Compare all the details
And
- Establish if the details are the same
- If the information held on the claim is the same as the
information on the Annual Declaration, go to step 205
- If the information held on the claim is different to the
information on the Annual Declaration, go to step 21
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| 20 | Use Function MAINTAIN
HOUSEHOLD NOTES and select the ‘Renewals &
Reminders’ category to record the following message
‘
SX02 - 20XX/20XX award finalised off system with
Annual Declaration details provided (record income information
provided), information provided is same as information on the
claim, no impact on entitlement for 20XX/20XX. Claim will still
show as Unfinalised on system’
Notes:
You must follow the guidance in
How To
Correctly Complete Application And Household Notes Notes when
you record the note
And also
Follow the guidance in
Maintain Household
Notes
Then
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| 21 | Use the SEES Tax Credits
Entitlement Calculator to identify if the new details provided on
the Annual Declaration would cause an increase or decrease in the
award. To do this
- Enter the new information in the SEES calculator to calculate
an adjusted award
Note: You must make sure that you enter all the correct
circumstances for the claimant(s)
- Print a copy and retain it with the casepapers
Note: If you are dealing with a work list item, there is no
need to print a copy of the SEES calculation
- Use Function VIEW AWARD and go to the Award Summary screen for
the latest award version to compare the entitlement on the computer
with the adjusted entitlement on the SEES calculation
Then
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| 22 | From this comparison,
identify if entitlement has increased or decreased, or whether
there is no impact to entitlement
- If the entitlement has increased, go to step 25
- If the entitlement has decreased, go to step 24
- If there is no impact to entitlement, go to step 23
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| 23 | Use Function MAINTAIN
HOUSEHOLD NOTES and select the ‘Renewals &
Reminders’ category to record the following message
‘
SX03 - 20XX/20XX award finalised off system. Annual
Declaration details provided (record income information provided),
SEES calculation done and new annual declaration details provided
has no impact on entitlement. Claim will still show as Unfinalised
on system’
Notes:
You must follow the guidance in
How To
Correctly Complete Application And Household Notes when you
record the note
And also
Follow the guidance in
Maintain Household
Notes
Then
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| 24 | Make a note of the
overpayment figure
- Record the Remission on the ‘Unfinalised Awards where a
subsequent year is finalised Remittance template’ spreadsheet
- Use Function MAINTAIN HOUSEHOLD NOTES and select the
‘Renewals & Reminders’ category to record the
following message
‘
SX04 - 20XX/20XX claim finalised off system with
Annual Declaration details provided (record income information
provided), SEES calculation done and new annual declaration details
created an overpayment of (record amount) that is remitted. IPG
informed of overpayment. Claim will still show as Unfinalised on
system’
Notes:
You must follow the guidance in
How To
Correctly Complete Application And Household Notes when you
record the note
And also
Follow the guidance in
Maintain Household
Notes
Then
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| 25 | Use the SEES calculation
figure from step 16 to calculate the underpayment entitlement
- Use Function VIEW AWARD
- Go to the Award Summary screen for the latest award version
- Subtract the original award entitlement shown from the new
calculated award entitlement. The figure will be the underpayment
due to the claimant
- Go to step 26
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| 26 | Complete form TC648 with
the following details
- Name
- NINO
- Status
- Year of the claim
- Manual Award Notice issued to claimant
- The following message
‘Please issue a one off manual payment of WTC
£XXX.XX, CTC £XXX.XX. For the period XX.XX.PY-X to
XX.XX.PY-X. This payment has been calculated off system do not
post’
And
- Ensure you explain the claim has been finalised off system and
nothing should be done to the award on system
Then
- Send the form TC648 to the Manual Payments Team
(This text has been withheld because of exemptions in the
Freedom of Information Act 2000)(This text has been withheld because of exemptions in the
Freedom of Information Act 2000)
- Use Function MAINTAIN HOUSEHOLD NOTES and select the
‘Renewals & Reminders’ category to record the
following
‘
SX05 - 20XX/20XX claim finalised off system with
Annual Declaration details provided (record income information
provided), SEES calculation done and new annual declaration details
created an underpayment. TC648 completed and sent to Manual
payments Team to issue manual giro, not posted on system. Claim
will still show as Unfinalised on system’
Notes:
You must follow the guidance in
How To
Correctly Complete Application And Household Notes when you
record the note
And also
Follow the guidance in
Maintain Household
Notes
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