SolvedTCM1000182 | How to add an additional child to a post award claim
From HM Revenue & Customs · Tax Credits Manual
Version 1.0
Changes to previous version - new guidance
Step 1
On the ‘Function Menu’
select ‘Application’ on the toolbar
select ‘Change of Circumstances’ from the options available. You will be taken to the ‘Key Entry Data’ screen
enter the customer’s NINO
select the relevant checkbox
select ‘OK’.
If you are taken to the ‘Select Household’ screen
select the relevant claim
select ‘OK’. You will be taken to the ‘Applicant Details’ screen
go to Step 2.
If you are taken to the ‘Select Application’ screen
select the relevant claim
select ‘OK’. You will be taken to the ‘Applicant Details’ screen
go to Step 2.
If you are taken straight to the ‘Applicant Details’ screen, go to Step 2.
Step 2
On the ‘Applicant Details’ screen
Note: If the ‘Signals’ screen displays, select ‘OK’.
select ‘Ch’ on the toolbar. You will be taken to the ‘Child Details’ screen
select ‘New’. You will be taken to the ‘New Child Details’ screen
enter the child’s surname in the ‘Surname’ field
enter the child’s first names in the ‘First Names’ field
enter the child’s date of birth in the ‘Date of Birth’ field
Note: If the customer has not been responsible for the child since the child was born, you will need to enter the date the child entered the household in the ‘Responsibility Start Date’ field.
select ‘OK’. You will be taken back to the ‘Child Details’ screen
select ‘OK’. You will be taken to the ‘Amend Finish’ screen
do not complete the ‘Amend Finish’ screen at this point, just return to the guidance you were previously following.