End your tax credits
Overview
Universal Credit will replace tax credits, Housing Benefit and some other benefits. You cannot claim Universal Credit and these other benefits at the same time.
Your tax credits award will end if:
- you or your partner make a claim for Universal Credit (even if the claim is not approved)
- you move in with a partner who has made a claim for Universal Credit
After your tax credits stop, you cannot claim tax credits again.
Once you바카라 사이트™ve applied for Universal Credit, you바카라 사이트™ll get a letter from HMRC (called your 바카라 사이트˜award review바카라 사이트™) to end your tax credit award. This is different to your normal tax credits renewal letter.
³Û´Ç³Ü바카라 사이트™l±ô need to check and confirm your personal details and income. How you work out your income will depend if you바카라 사이트™re:
Tax credit overpayments
Your award review letter may tell you that you need to pay back any tax credits overpayments when you end your tax credits.
You can also get a letter at a later date telling you that you need to repay an overpayment if:
- you had to make an 바카라 사이트˜award declaration바카라 사이트™, for example if you바카라 사이트™re self-employed
- you had to report any changes from your award review
³Û´Ç³Ü바카라 사이트™l±ô be told when repayments start to come out of your Universal Credit.