when does this happen? has anyone else had their pack through the post yet?

no i havent yet, think it should be sometime soon though xx

They send them after the 5th apparently. X

ohhhh can anyone tell me if there is usually a break in payments or anything???

Yeh should be soon, god im so scared we will owe them money lol!

your payments continue as normal until you resend your renewal pack, they then recalculate any changes and inform you by letter. It is better if you inform them sooner rather than later to avoid them overpaying you otherwise this years payments get reduced so they get any over payment back if that makes sense

its after the new tax year so after 5th april hun x

ugh! well, they know they have underpaid us this year so hopefully we should be ok - can't afford a gap in payments!! last time anything changed they sent money/changed payments and we got a letter 'explaining' it 3 weeks later. no use cos the money was gone

i had same last year hun they informed me by letter on the day payment was supposed to go in that my payments were being suspended for 5 months because of overpayment in previous year to say i was annoyed is an understatement!
Not waiting for renewal pack this year gonna phone them as soon as i receive this months wage slip and inform them of our gross pay for this year straight away and hopefully avoid any nasty surprises

eeek im worried now, our income this year will be even lower than last year (last year was about 7000 between us) - maybe i will give them a ring! we really cant afford to miss anything.

you should be fine hun if your income is less, iv done some overtime since i went back to work and thats the other reason im being over cautious

hmmm do they send the forms out automatically then to coincide with the end of the tax year? (sorry im being really clueless i have never claimed them til last summer)

should be out just after april and you will have until the 31st july to renew your claim x

yeah they get sent out automatically but it can take a little while, start sending them at end of tax year i think(5th April) last year i got mine early may, your not clueless its just new i was the exact same last year

so when does our money change as i got a one off payment int he year which reduced my weekely money and need it to go back to normal lol

a few of my friends got 1 of them 1 off payments emma but i didnt, kinda glad i didnt because it messes up the rest of your payments, dunno why some got them and others didnt?

yea it took my weekly payments down by 60 quid which i need lol
..when i foned them up and asked why and how much it will bugger me up and direct debits ..her answer was oh well dont spend the money u got paid..easier said than doen whan u need things!!

how helpful of her hope your payments go back to normal soon x

those with LO under one... I am petfified how much they are going to cut my TC. will it be from the 6th next week? Iv had nothing in th epost though to say so... anyone else? I need to know how much going to be cut by, as it makes a huge difference to me to how much I have this week to spend on food if that makes sense?
ARGH hate living like this

well whats happened with mine is i got an extra payment then i had a letter saying mine had been lowered by about 40 a week and then from the 12th its increased by 50 so more than it was before.

in regards new babies/under 1's i rang up the other day to enquire due to chloe being born soon, and been told baby rate is being cut so it drops to between 30-40 a week from 65 ish if its just normal circumstances so around half.

not sure if james will be altered again or not, as he's on a disabled rate.