Deadline for Tax Credits approaching fast

HINCKLEY and Bosworth residents have been reminded to renew their Tax Credits claim ahead of next week’s deadline.

Around 5,000 across the constituency are in receipt of Tax Credits and risk missing payments if they miss Monday’s (July 31) deadline.

Last year across the UK around 410,000 people had payments stopped or changed because they failed to inform HM Revenues and Customs about changes to their circumstances in time.

Changes which need to be notified include changes to working hours, income and childcare costs.

Changes can be notified online through Gov.UK or via the HMRC app.

Rachel McLean, HMRC’s interim director general of customer services, said:

“We’ve made some really helpful improvements this year to our online and app services to support our customers. We know life can be hectic so the start and stop feature allows customers to begin and complete their renewal on a day and time convenient for them.

“It’s fantastic that 32,000 people have used our app and 733,000 customers have already renewed their tax credits online. I urge customers in the East Midlands who have yet to renew their tax credits to do so as soon as possible, thereby avoiding their payments being stopped. The July 31 deadline is fast approaching.”