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  2. Tax credit overpayment - Wikipedia

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    Since the implementation of the Tax Credit Act 2002 (TCA 2002) HMRC consider overpaid tax credit in the same light as unpaid income tax, and can use the full extent of their powers to pursue recovery (aka repayment) Records for each completed year (all awards up to date and closed) show that one third of all tax credit claims have been overpaid.

  3. Working for Families - Wikipedia

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    Stage Two of Working for Families implementation applied from 1 April 2006. The changes included: The in-work tax credit replaced the Child Tax Credit: it pays up to $60 per week for families with three children, and up to an extra $15 per week for each other child. The minimum family tax credit threshold increased from $15,080 to $17,680.

  4. UK Emissions Trading Scheme - Wikipedia

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    The UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) is the carbon emission trading scheme of the United Kingdom. [1] It is cap and trade and came into operation on 1 January 2021 following the UK's departure from the European Union. [2] The cap is reduced in line with the UK's 2050 net zero commitment.

  5. Wage subsidy - Wikipedia

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    A wage subsidy is a payment in the opposite direction of income tax. It can be presented as a modification to the operation of income tax below its threshold. In a conventional system the tax payable on an income y may be shown by the solid red line in the diagram, where θ is the threshold. Under a wage subsidy the employee's contribution to ...

  6. Child benefits in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    By November 1984, rates had risen to a maximum £23/week for one child, and an additional maximum of £2/week for each subsequent child, based on a maximum income threshold of £90/week, plus £10/week for each additional child. In addition, the numbers of families in receipt of the benefit, which showed no increase in the number of recipients ...

  7. Pension Credit - Wikipedia

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    Pension Credit. Pension Credit is the principal element of the UK welfare system for people of pension age. It is intended to supplement the UK State Pension, or to replace it (for example, if the claimant did not meet the conditions to claim a State Pension). It was introduced in the UK in 2003 by Gordon Brown, then Chancellor of the Exchequer.