In this section:
- What are tax credits?
- Tax credits - do you qualify?
- What counts as a couple for tax credits?
- Children, childcare and tax credits
- Work and tax credits
- Disabled people and tax credits
- Can you claim tax credits if you live outside the UK?
- Going abroad temporarily and claiming tax credits
- New arrivals to the UK and tax credits
- Tax credits information for the over 50s
Work and tax credits
What counts as work for tax credit claims? What counts as work when making a tax credits claim
Working out usual working hours for your tax credits claim How to work out your weekly working hours for your tax credits claim, including information for seasonal and on-call workers
Maternity, paternity and adoption leave and tax credits Find out how maternity, paternity or adoption leave can affect your tax credits, and when you're still treated as being in work
Tax credits when you can't work due to illness How taking sick leave or reducing your hours because of sickness or incapacity can affect your tax credits
Temporary gaps in work when claiming tax credits How temporary gaps in work such as going on strike, being suspended from work or gaps between jobs affect your tax credits
