Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016

12Freeze of certain tax credit amounts for four tax yearsU.K.

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(1)For each of the tax years ending with 5 April 2017, 5 April 2018, 5 April 2019 and 5 April 2020, each of the relevant amounts is to remain the same as it was in the tax year ending with 5 April 2016.

(2)A review under section 41 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (review of whether certain tax credit amounts have retained their value) in the tax years ending with 5 April 2016, 5 April 2017, 5 April 2018 and 5 April 2019 need not cover any of the relevant amounts.

(3)In this section—

  • the relevant amounts” means the amounts described in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1;

  • tax year” means a period beginning with 6 April in one year and ending with 5 April in the next.