Hi, I'm looking for some help relating to income tax when not married with 3 kids.
I work full time and earn 30K, My partner doesn't work and just looks after our 3 children at home. I can't use her tax credits because we're not married and she can't claim anything because she's cohabiting with me. I've looked at it and know I'd be much better off on the dole but have been working for 17 years in a factory and don't intend stopping anytime soon. I don't know much about my entitlements, I do still pay a chunk of tax and I suppose my real question is, are there any ways of offsetting the amount of tax I pay, are there any credits I can claim for my dependents and partner which I'm not aware of? Are there any other tax credits which I may claim that are not obvious to someone who doesn't really know much about the tax system. Any help here would be much appreciated
I work full time and earn 30K, My partner doesn't work and just looks after our 3 children at home. I can't use her tax credits because we're not married and she can't claim anything because she's cohabiting with me. I've looked at it and know I'd be much better off on the dole but have been working for 17 years in a factory and don't intend stopping anytime soon. I don't know much about my entitlements, I do still pay a chunk of tax and I suppose my real question is, are there any ways of offsetting the amount of tax I pay, are there any credits I can claim for my dependents and partner which I'm not aware of? Are there any other tax credits which I may claim that are not obvious to someone who doesn't really know much about the tax system. Any help here would be much appreciated