SolvedTCM1000363 | How to check if a postcode is in the correct format
From HM Revenue & Customs · Tax Credits Manual
Background
We need to check whether the customer’s and / or their partner’s (if different) postcode provided is in the correct format.
This is to ensure that the postcode can be checked to determine whether the customer and / or their partner live in a closed postcode area.
Step 1
On the ‘Function Menu’
select ‘Application’
select ‘Capture Current’ from the options available. You will be taken to the ‘Key Entry Data’ screen
enter the customer’s NINO
select OK. You will be taken to the ‘Applicant 1’ details screen
select ‘SM’ from the toolbar. You will be taken to the ‘Summary Information’ screen.
go to Step 2
Step 2
On the ‘Summary information’ Screen, check if there are any entries in the ‘Repair Summary’ window with the reason ‘POSTCODE’
If there are no failures in the ‘Repair Summary’ window with the reason ‘POSTCODE’, go to Step 3
If there is a failure, or failures, in the ‘Repair Summary’ window with the reason ‘POSTCODE’
make a note of the details and the applicant(s) the failure(s) relates to
go to Step 3
Step 3
If you were directed here from other guidance
return to the guidance you were previously following
take no further action
If you were not directed here from other guidance
take no further action
Note: The ‘Repair Summary’ window will only appear on pre-award cases