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Tax Credits

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Many people with children and/or a disability set to receive the universal credit benefit won't be hit as hard as expected after Chancellor Philip Hammond today announced a scale back of previously announced cuts.
23 November 2016
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If you had your tax credits wrongly stopped by HM Revenue & Customs contractor Concentrix, you may be able to claim compensation on top of backdated payments, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal – and some have already been sent up to £100.
18 November 2016
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HM Revenue & Customs has announced that it's ended its tax credits fraud contract with the controversial Concentrix with immediate effect. It follows massive criticism of the contractor's performance and claims hundreds have had their tax credits wrongly stopped.
11 November 2016
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HM Revenue & Customs contractor Concentrix has told MPs that up to 95% of tax credit claimants who have so far appealed against their payments being cut have had the decision successfully overturned.
14 October 2016
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Tax credit claimants who say their benefits were wrongly stopped by HM Revenue & Customs contractor Concentrix will tell their stories to MPs at a parliamentary evidence session tomorrow (Thursday 13 October).
12 October 2016
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If your entire tax credit claim was wrongly stopped by the contractor Concentrix you'll receive a lump sum repayment, HM Revenue & Customs said today – but if only part of your claim was removed or reduced, you'll have to wait to get the money back in instalments.
26 September 2016
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If you've had your tax credit payments wrongly stopped by the troubled contractor Concentrix, it's possible to appeal and get backdated payments. Here's what to try, plus stories from those who've had credits stopped, including a single mum whose appeal is still ongoing despite her calling 67 times in one day.
20 September 2016
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Around 2,000 appeals against tax credit cuts will be examined by tax officials in the wake of HM Revenue & Customs' decision to axe a controversial contractor hired to cut fraud, it emerged today.
14 September 2016
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A controversial contractor hired by HM Revenue & Customs to cut tax credit fraud won't have its contract extended beyond May 2017 after massive criticism of its performance and claims hundreds have had their tax credits wrongly stopped.
13 September 2016
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Parents whose children are heading off to college for A-levels, further education or approved training courses must tell HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) or risk losing out on child tax credits and child benefit.
30 August 2016

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