Benefits and allowances

If you are on low income

Working Tax Credit is a payment to top up the earnings of low paid working people.

You could get Working Tax Credit if either of the following applies:

• you’re aged from 16 to 24 and have a child or a qualifying disability
• you’re 25 or over, with or without children and you work
• work a certain number of hours a week
• get paid for the work you do (or expect to)
• have an income below a certain level