Help and advice needed please!
Customer (LP, working 16 hours) has a child who is a boarder in a local secondary school; the child is home every weekend but has special educational needs and apparently this school is the most suitable in the area. Cost is £2670 per term for boarding fees only – not tuition.
To date, the childcare costs have been allowed by HMRC for tax credit purposes (although we haven’t seen the award letter – information via CIS). We have refused to allow these costs and, when we contacted HMRC, were told that they shouldn’t be allowing them either and the TC award will be looked at again (who knows when though?)
As TC allow the CCC, should we follow them and change our decision if/when they change theirs (which will greatly reduce her TC award)? It seems odd that TC and HB/CTB can allow ‘boarding school fees’?
An early reply would be appreciated – thanks!!
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