in-work tax credit : Contents
Introduction
The in-work tax credit is paid by Inland Revenue to low-income working families with dependent children.
There are no minimum hours of work required to get this payment (from 1 July 2020).
Working families can get up to $97.50 a week for the first 3 children (total) and up to $15.00 extra per week for each additional child.
In-work tax credit is chargeable income for Temporary Additional Support.
Note the in-work tax credit was known as the in-work payment before 1 April 2007.
Care and protection concerns
If MSD believes any child has been, or is likely to be harmed (physically, emotionally or sexually), ill-treated, abused, neglected, deprived or MSD has concerns about the wellbeing of the child, the case must be referred to Oranga Tamariki.
