Part 1

Tax credits

General

Period of awards
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1
Where a tax credit is claimed for a tax year by making a claim before the tax year begins, any award of the tax credit on the claim is for the whole of the tax year.
2
An award on any other claim for a tax credit is for the period beginning with the date on which the claim is made and ending at the end of the tax year in which that date falls.
3
Subsections (1) and (2) are subject to any decision by the Board under section 16 to terminate an award.
S. 5 wholly in force at 6.4.2003; s. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 61; s. 5(1) in force and s. 5(3) in force for certain purposes at 1.1.2003 and s. 5(2) in force and s. 5(3) otherwise in force at 6.4.2003 by S.I. 2002/1727, art. 2
Pt. 1 modified (6.4.2003) by The Tax Credits (Immigration) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/653), regs. 1, 4 (as amended (6.4.2003 immediately after the coming into force of S.I. 2003/738) by S.I. 2003/742, regs. 1(1), 56 (with reg. 1(2))
Pt. 1 modified (6.4.2003 immediately after the coming into force of S.I. 2003/738) by The Tax Credits (Polygamous Marriages) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/742), regs. 1(1), 3-21 (as amended (6.4.2017) by S.I. 2017/387, regs. 1, 7)
S. 5(2) excluded (17.3.2005) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/773), art. 6