§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families have applied for the children's tax credit; and how many of these applications have(a) been successful and (b) failed. [42518]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe Inland Revenue have invited claims for the children's tax credit from PAYE taxpayers. They have received about 3.7 million forms to date and it is estimated that 3.3 million taxpayers have CTC in their tax codes. The latest survey data suggest that around 969W 3.7 million families might be expected to claim through PAYE and that an additional 900,000 taxpayers will be expected to claim the CTC later, via self-assessment.
§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families are in receipt of the children's tax credit, broken down into(a) those who receive the full credit, (b) those who receive a partial credit because they have a comparatively small tax liability and (c) those who receive a partial credit because they earn too much to receive the full credit. [46472]
§ Dawn PrimaroloIt is estimated that about 3.3 million taxpayers have the children's tax credit (CTC) in their 2001–02 tax codes. On(c) about 0.1 million have a reduced value in the code adjustment because it is estimated that they are on the CTC taper. On (b), it is not known for how many families the CTC eliminates the tax deducted from their earnings; this depends on their total earnings in the year.
§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people are expected to apply retrospectively for the children's tax credit for 2001–02 because they are self-employed. [46473]
§ Dawn PrimaroloIt is estimated that there are about 0.8 million families with income from self-employment who will benefit from the children's tax credit.