Tax credits....

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[dothawkes31]

ooooo the suspense...............lol

[ummmm]

If someone is claiming tax credits and family allowance for children not in their care what can be done? The person looking after the kids has been doing so for the last 7 years and hasn't received a penny for them. If she claims tax credits (4 kids) will it automatically show that someone else is claiming?

Basically my SIL abandoned her 4 children and left them in the care of her mother. All this time she's been receiving money for them. MIL is at her wits end as they are stuggling to support 4 kids. She wouldn't want her daughter to get into trouble though (I would)

FIL is nearing 60 now....they can't afford this anymore, but would never give the kids up....the money he earns should be saved for their retirement and he doesn't know how much money is spent on the kids. My OH has to pay his Mum's CC bills.

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That's why...you know I don't like typing Dot....:-)

[MsNorway]

Hummmmm,I wonder

[dothawkes31]

The person who gets the Family allowance should be the person (or the wage earner whichever) who claims the childrens tax credit and the Working tax credit. the person who has the full time care of the children shoulod be the one getting the benefits, it's a lot of money a week you know, if they are near pension age themselves they may qualify for pension tax credit actually. They should apply for that and then add the children to their claim and see what happens, but it will cause problems for the mother who is taking money off the state she is not entitled to if she is not providing a home for her 4 kids.

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Dot...she won't even babysit for them....

They wanted a week back home on their own and she refused to look after them,,,,she came round here drunk and told me and ginger 'I don't want them'

It's sad......

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What are you wondering about noway? That was a stupid comment...as per usual..!!!

[factor-fiction]

SIL and FIL should claim it and see what happens

[themas]

If they are adamant they don't want the daughter to get into trouble they may have difficulty doing anything, because what she has been doing is almost certainly fraud.

If they claim Tax Credits they will be asked for the Child Benefit details. What they ought to do is claim the Child Benefit and Tax Credits at the same time. There will be a delay while the daughter is contacted about her entitlement to Child Benefit, but when it is resolved the benefits should be backdated. They could avoid the risk of the daughter getting into trouble if they pretend the change of care to them has only recently taken place. However, this involves getting the duaghter to co-operate. They should tell the daughter in no uncertain terms that the ARE going to do this and that if she does not co-operate ther fact that she has been milking the system for years will almost certainly come out, with adverse consequences for her. If she has an iota of commonsense, she will then co-operate.

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That's exactly what I said they should do themas, my BF is beyond caring if she gets into trouble but the mother is a softy. Thanks :-)