Getting ready to renew your
tax credits
When you get your tax credits renewal pack, you'll need to
check the renewal forms very carefully. This will help make
sure the Tax Credit Office has the right details about your
personal circumstances. To do this, you'll find it helpful
to have the right paperwork to hand.
On this page:
What to do when you get your renewal pack
As soon as you get your renewal pack, you need to:
- check the information in the pack
- tell the Tax Credit Office if anything has changed or
if the information shown is wrong
If you have been sent an Annual Declaration form TC603D or
TC603D2 you need to provide the information asked for by 31
July - or the date shown in your pack. You can do this by:
- contacting the Tax Credit Helpline
- returning your completed form to the Tax Credit Office
Before you contact the Helpline, it will be helpful for you
to get the relevant paperwork together. Otherwise you may
have to ring back if you don't have it handy.
Contact
details for the Tax Credit Helpline and address of the Tax
Credit Office
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What to do if you don't get a renewal pack
Contact the Tax Credit Helpline if you haven't been sent
your pack by 15 July 2011.
The Tax Credit Helpline will send you the renewal form you
need. You will get 30 days to return the form. Your payments
will still carry on - even if it is after 31 July.
You can't get a renewal pack online.
Contact
details for the Tax Credit Helpline
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Paperwork about changes in your personal
circumstances
You might find it useful to have the following to hand before
you renew:
- copies of any award notices that we've sent you during
the year
- a diary or calendar showing important changes, like when
you started a new job, or when your child left school or
college
- bills or receipts showing how much you paid for childcare
during the year
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Paperwork showing your actual income
You will have to give details of your total income - including
your partner’s (if you have one) - in the last year. You may
need the following paperwork, for both yourself and any partner:
- Your P60, P45 forms or payslips showing your total wages
for the year.
- If you're self-employed, your business accounts or your
tax return.
- Notes of any pension and Gift Aid payments, which are
normally deducted from your income. (Ignore payments to
occupational pension schemes where your employer has already
deducted your payment from your wages.)
- Letters or statements from the Department for Work and
Pensions, or Department for Social Development in Northern
Ireland, stating what state pensions or state benefits you
got.
- Letters from private pension companies, showing what
pension income you got.
- Bank and building society statements, dividend certificates
and income from trusts certificates.
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More useful links
Tax credits:
changes you need to report and when
Tax
credits - what paperwork should you keep?
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