Tax credits are payments from the government intended to support you, depending on your situation. There are two forms of tax credit – Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit. Working Tax Credit is based on how many hours you work and how much you earn. Child Tax Credit is subject to how many children you are responsible for.
Child tax credit differs from child benefit. Child benefit is a universal benefit paid to anyone with one or more children and child tax credit is means tested.
Am I entitled to tax credit?
You may be eligible for Child Tax Credit if you are responsible for a child up to the age of 16, or any children aged from 16-19 if they are in education or on an approved training course.
The amount of Working Tax Credit you
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If you want to claim Child Tax Credit you are able to backdate your claim by a month.
If you want to file for Working Tax Credit you must already be employed or be starting paid work. Voluntary work or work that consists of ‘expenses only’ does not make you eligible. You may also be able to backdate your claim by a month.
In both cases, or if you want to file for both Child and Working Tax Credit, you should first fill in a claim form – this is available only from the Tax Credit Helpline on 0843 506 9864.
What information will I need to provide?
You will need to provide your national insurance number and your income for the last tax year (from April 6th to April 5th). Both of these pieces of information can be found on your P60 certificate or your final payslip for the tax year.
You will also need to include information about any other forms of income or benefits you are receiving as well as any childcare payments if
Employment Act 2002: The Employment Act 2002 amends the Employment Rights Act 1996 to let parents the right to demand flexible working days. The Employment Act 2002 also advances the privileges of employed parents to take leave to care for their children.
Mainly this act creates the post of Children's Commissioner for England, and it places a duty on local authorities to appoint a director of children’s and
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This is an international agreement that protects the rights of children and provides a child-centred framework for the development of services to children. The UK Government ratified the UNCRC in 1991 and, by doing so, recognises children’s rights to expression and receiving information. 16.In addition to individual practitioners shaping support around the needs of individual children, local agencies need to have a clear understanding of the collective needs of children locally when commissioning effective services. As part of that process, the Director of Public Health should ensure that the needs of vulnerable children are a key part of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment that is developed by the health and wellbeing board. Children have said that they need • Vigilance: to have adults notice when things are troubling them • Understanding and action: to understand what is happening; to be heard and understood; and to have that understanding acted upon • Stability: to be able to develop an on-going stable relationship of trust with those helping them • Respect: to be treated with the expectation that they are competent rather than not • Information and engagement: to be informed about and involved in procedures, decisions, concerns and plans • Explanation: to be informed of the outcome of assessments and decisions and reasons when their views have not met with a positive response • Support: to be provided with
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a program that was set in place, in 1975, to improve “the economic status of low-income persons […] granting nearly $40 billion to low-income households” (Borjas, 59). As is clear from the name of the program, The EITC is a program that provides tax credits to those who qualify, the EITC could even produce a negative tax liability for some households, in particular the type I will discuss, which would provide substantial income increases for these households. In order to qualify for the EITC, the recipients must be active members of the labor force, in that they must have labor income, and for the group that I will be focusing on, single mothers, total household income must be below $33,241 for single parents with one child and $37,783 for single parents with two or more children. According to Economist Hillary Hoynes, in a presentation given to the Chicago Federal Reserve Board in 2007, the maximum available credit for a single parent with 1 child was $2,853, with the maximum available credit for single parents with two or more children being $4,716. (Hoynes, 2007) The EITC has provided assistance to countless American families while still providing them with an incentive to remain in the labor force, unlike many other welfare programs. I will focus on a certain subset of people receiving the Earned Income Tax Credit: single-mothers.
There are a number of legislations which address the needs of young people leaving care with provisions that are in place to help them through life transitions. The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 focuses on older young people and those who are leaving care. Providing the necessary legislative support to improve the care system in England. Ensuring that stability and continuity in every aspect of a child's care. This act proposed to reform the statutory framework for the care system involving children and young people as much as possible regarding decision making, giving them a voice so that they are heard. Resulting in the improvement of care standards.
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Universally, people regard children as the future of the world. As such, people tend to feel highly protective of them, and do everything in their power to ensure the safety of their young. The idea of an entire country turning a blind eye to children’s misery is appalling, but, in his Washington Post article “The Blood-Stained Indian Child Welfare Act,” George Will contends that most people are overlooking a great source of grief for many children and families. For this reason, Will unearths the atrocities surrounding the Indian Child Welfare Act.
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