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2006 No. 2689

TAX CREDITS

The Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

  Made 10th October 2006 
  Laid before Parliament 11th October 2006 
  Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6, 65(2) and (7) and 67 of the Tax Credits Act 2002[1], and now vested in them[2], make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and effect
     1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st November 2006.

    (2) Regulation 6 shall have effect from 6th April 2007.

Amendment of the Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) Regulations 2002
    
2. The Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) Regulations 2002[3] are amended as follows.

     3. In regulation 21(1A)[4] for "27(1)" substitute "27(2), (2A) or (3)".

     4. For regulation 21(2) substitute—

     5. In regulation 21(3)—

     6. In regulation 21(3) for "three" (in both places it appears) substitute "one".

    
7. In regulation 27[6]—


Mike Eland

Steve Lamey
Two of the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

10th October 2006



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations amend the Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2014). The principal effects of the changes are twofold. First, they specify additional changes of circumstances of which claimants must notify H. M. Revenue and Customs, as they may decrease the rate of tax credits or lead to the cessation of entitlement. Secondly, they reduce the period for notification from three months from the change in circumstances to one month.

Regulation 1 provides for citation, commencement and effect and regulation 2 for amendment of the 2002 Regulations. Regulation 3 contains a technical drafting amendment.

Regulation 4 sets out all the changes in circumstances which have to be notified to H. M. Revenue and Customs for the purposes of Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit.

Regulation 5 alters the notification requirement by providing that in most cases, time runs from the date on which the claimant became aware of the change in circumstances.

Regulation 6 reduces the notification period to one month. Regulation 6 has effect from 6th April 2007, whereas the other changes (including regulation 5) have effect from 1st November 2006.

Regulation 27 adds an additional circumstance which may (optionally) be notified in advance to H. M. Revenue and Customs, where a child is expected to become a qualifying young person for the purposes of tax credits, for example where a child near his or her sixteenth birthday intends to continue in non-advanced full time education, or training.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as it has no impact on business, charities or voluntary bodies.


Notes:

[1] 2002 c. 21.back

[2] The functions of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue were transferred to the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs by section 5 of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 12).back

[3] S.I. 2002/2014; relevantly amended by S.I. 2003/723 and 2004/1241.back

[4] Paragraph (1A) was inserted by regulation 4 of S.I. 2003/723, and paragraph (2) amended by S.I. 2004/1241.back

[5] S.I. 2002/2005.back

[6] Regulation 27 was amended by regulation 5 of S.I. 2003/723.back



ISBN 0 11 075170 1


 © Crown copyright 2006

Prepared 13 October 2006


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