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Tax credits
What are tax credits?
What are tax credits, who can get them and how they're paid
Help with childcare costs - do you qualify?
When you can claim extra tax credits for help with your childcare costs
How your tax credit payments are worked out
How the amount you get depends on things like the hours you work, your salary and whether you have children
How to claim tax credits
Where to get the tax credits claim form and who should make the claim
Checking your tax credits award notice
How to check your award notice and why it's important to do so
Tax credits: how and when to tell the Tax Credit Office about changes
What changes you need to let HMRC know about, how to contact them and when you need to do it
Help with the tax credits renewal pack
How to renew your tax credits by checking your annual review form and filling in your Annual Declaration form if you have one
You've been overpaid tax credits - how did this happen?
What are overpayments - how they happen and what happens next?
Repaying overpaid tax credits
You will be asked to repay, either by reducing your tax credit payments, or making a direct payment
Where to start if things go wrong with tax credits
What to do when you’re not happy with a decision
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Tax credits
Fill in the tax credits questionnaire to see if you qualify
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