Is that drop because of you returning to work, or was some of the decrease from the drop that happens when the baby turns 1?
It is a big drop
I think the tax credits system is silly the way its calculated, we get the minimum which is £10 a week child tax credits, and only got that when my wages went down by half when i went part time.
SO I thought now with me going to college and doing a cleaning job which is loads less money (about £4k less) that we would get more but we wouldn't - it was the same
I just tested online with the figures, and if we earnt another £2k less we would get loads, like £300 a month or something, which included some childcare back.
I reckon they need to make the bands less wide, and have more rates available - because how can it be right that 2 families earning £6k different would get the same amount of credits?!