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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Tax Credits Up-rating Regulations 2011 and come into force on 6th April 2011.
(2) These Regulations have effect in relation to awards of tax credits for the year beginning on 6th April 2011.
2.—(1) Regulation 7 of the Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002(1) (determination of the maximum rate) is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) The family element of child tax credit is £545.”.
(3) In paragraph (4)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (a) for “£5,015” substitute “£5,355”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (b) for “£6,110” substitute “£6,485”;
(c)in sub-paragraph (c) for “£2,300” substitute “£2,555”;
(d)in sub-paragraph (d) for “£5,015” substitute “£5,355”;
(e)in sub-paragraph (e) for £6,110” substitute “£6,485”;
(f)in sub-paragraph (f) for £2,300” substitute “£2,555”.
3.—(1) The Working Tax Credit (Entitlement and Maximum Rate) Regulations 2002(2) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 20(2) (the childcare percentage) for “80 per cent” substitute “70 per cent”.
(3) For the Table in Schedule 2 (maximum rates of the elements of a working tax credit) substitute the Table set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
4.—(1) The Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determinations of Rates) Regulations 2002(3) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3(3) (manner in which amounts to be determined for the purposes of section 7(1)(a) of the Act) for “£16,190” substitute “£15,860”.
(3) In regulation 5 (amounts prescribed for section 7(3)(a) and (b) of the Act) for “£25,000” substitute “£10,000”.
(4) In regulation 7(3) (determination of rate of working tax credit), in Step 10, for “80%” substitute “70%”.
(5) In regulation 8(3) (determination of child tax credit)—
(a)in Step 4, for “£16,190” substitute “£15,860”;
(b)in Step 5, for “39%” substitute “41%”;
(c)in Step 8—
(i)for “6.67%” substitute “41%”;
(ii)for “£50,000” substitute “£40,000”;
(d)in Step 9, (finding X for the purposes of Step 8), for “£50,000” substitute “£40,000”.
Michael Fabricant
Angela Watkinson
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
30th March 2011
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