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Hi. New here.
Have a difficult situation. My ex moved to a city with our 3 kids unknown to me. I didnt act on it and after a few years ended up moving to the city she and my kids moved to to be with them.
I was able to get via courts equal share of kids. One week with me then next week with the other parent.
HMRC gave me child benefit for two of our kids and my ex got one based on the fact we have exact share but the eldest has fractionaly longer with me.
So I have two chb and my ex one.
The I claimed for tax credit and HMRC declined me and gave all 3 to my ex. They said it's different criteria compared to child benefit. (Even though same situation exact share of two of kids and slightly more for one of them to me).
I would have expected them to seperrate the tax credits like.child benefit.
What they said is they don't do that they give all to one parent and non to the other.
I would have thought me getting two child benefits would have meant I would be the parent considered the resident parent.
It appears that they went by what address is registered with the school over that of who gets the child benefit.
This is strange seen as the other parent registered the kids on the school without me even knowing and the school is not going to change that address easily.
Anyone know if HMRC may have made a mistake here or any experience?
Hi there
That doesn’t sound right to me... but I’m no expert!
I’ve had a search for more info about the claim criteria for tax credit, but couldn’t find anything relevant. I did come across a section on how to challenge the decision, so I thought I’d link that
The only other thing I can suggest is to go and chat to your MP and change your eldest child’s address with the school, something that you would be wit your rights to do as he lives more of the time with you.
Best of luck
Might be worth contacting the Citizens Advice Bureau to see if they can help, otherwise see if you can get a consultation with a tax expert - could be worth the fee in the long term.
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