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• Problems with benefits and tax credits

  Problems with benefits and tax credits Challenging benefit decisions If a problem with National Insurance is affecting your benefits Benefit overpayments You think you're being accused of benefit fraud If you’ve been invited to an interview under caution for benefit fraud Disability discrimination and benefits

• Help with your tax credits claim

  Help with your tax credits claim How to claim working and child tax credits How to claim tax credits if you're self-employed Check if a change affects your tax credits Renewing your working and child tax credits

• Appealing a tax credits decision at a tribunal

  Appealing a tax credits decision at a tribunal This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales You can appeal to a tribunal if HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) didn’t change their decision when you asked for a...

• Paying council tax if you’re a student

  Your property is ‘exempt’ from council tax if it’s only occupied by full-time university or college students. Student halls of residence are automatically exempt. If your property isn’t exempt, some people, including full-time students, are ‘disregarded’. This means the council tax is calculated as if you don’t live there. This...

• Before you claim tax credits

  Before you claim tax credits Check if you can get Working Tax Credits Working tax credits - how much you can get Check if you can get child tax credits Child tax credits - how much you can get

• If your tax credits have stopped

  If your tax credits have stopped This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales Your working tax credits or child tax credits might have stopped because: you didn’t report a change in circumstances - see changes that...

• How to claim working and child tax credits

  How to claim working and child tax credits This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales Universal Credit has replaced tax credits for most people making a new claim. Make sure you check if you can still...

• Renewing your working and child tax credits

  Renewing your working and child tax credits This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales If you got tax credits last year and you're still eligible for them, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will send you a...

• Check if a change affects your tax credits

  Check if a change affects your tax credits This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales You must tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) about any change in your money, work or home life if you’re getting...

• Offering to let someone from Ukraine stay with you

  Offering to let someone from Ukraine stay with you This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales You can volunteer for someone from Ukraine to come to the UK and live with you. This is called the...