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by s.5(1) the length of the “entitlement period” is 3 months, subject to any regulations altering that length
by s.5(1) the length of the “entitlement period” is 3 months, subject to any regulations altering that length
by s.5(3)(a) regulations may make provision for determining when “entitlement periods” are to begin or end. Regulation 4(1) of the Childcare Payments Regulations 2015 (“the 2015 Regulations”) provides that a “person’s first entitlement period begins on the day on which HMRC confirm that the person is an eligible person for the entitlement period”
by s.30(11) if a person makes a declaration of eligibility for an entitlement period and “at any time after the relevant day HMRC determine that the declaration was not valid”, that “does not affect anything done by virtue of this section as a result of the making of the declaration”.
- Heading
- Section 1
- w as HMRC v RS (No.2) (TC) [2022] UKUT 246 correctly decided in its interpretation of Article 7(6) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No.23 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order
- SC946/21/00244 (on appeal UA-2023-001612-TC ) dated 9 December 2020 that he had made a valid declaration of eligibility for tax-free childcare and so his entitlement to tax credits was correctly termi
- SC946/19/02420 (on appeal UA-2023-001611-TC ) dated 9 August 2019 that he was not able to make a new claim for tax credits for any period after 19 March 2019
- The Tribunal’s Statement of Reasons
- The Statutory Framework
- The Claimant’s Submissions
- entitlement period and therefore terminated his tax credits award immediately prior to that date following that termination, HMRC issued various decision notices and other notices, which were subject to a previous appeal. The Upper Tribunal in UA-202
- the 2018/2019 tax year. The decision notice was issued to the claimant on 11 December 2020
- Ground 2: The alleged “declaration of eligibility” was not “valid”
- he was in fact an eligible person, because tax credits were not payable in respect of the relevant period
- Issues raised by HMRC
- Ground 3: S.30 of the 2014 Act no longer applies
- UA-2023-001611-TC
- in relation to Appeal SC946/21/00244 (“Appeal 1”): on 14 March 2019, the
- in relation to Appeal SC946/19/02420 (“Appeal 2”): he was not permitted to apply for tax credits in August 2019
- Factual Background
- The TFC Scheme
- Appeal 1
- The Legal Framework
- by s.5(1) the length of the “entitlement period” is 3 months, subject to any regulations altering that length
- the day on which the declaration was made was 14 March 2019. This was the claimant’s first application
- the “relevant day” was 20 March 2019
- The declaration question
- https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20190317223446/https:/www.gov.uk/tax-free-childcare which contained the portal which the claimant would have used to make his application
- ( https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20190321044737/https:/www.gov.uk/apply-30-hours-free-childcare )
- The validity question
- in this regard, the position is similar to that in HMRC v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and GS [2023] UKUT 9 (AAC) where the Upper Tribunal considered a regulation containing a requirement
- The “other relevant childcare support” question
- HMRC’s non-ministerial position is also clear from the Explanatory Notes to the 2005 Act
- if he is right, a recipient of the childcare element of WTC would necessarily
- The ceasing to have effect argument
- comity: should the Upper Tribunal follow RS (No.2) in the interests of comity?
- The Legal Framework
- RS (No.2)
- Comity
- The “for the next tax year” argument
- Discussion
- The validity question
- The “other relevant childcare support” argument
- The ceasing to have effect argument
- Appeal 2
- Conclusions