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Tax credits advice and information

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	Articles / Further reading

Organisations and websites

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs

Postal correspondence (including appeals)

Tax Credit Office, Preston PR1 0SB

Telephone helpline:

0845 603 2000

0845 607 6078 (text phone)

Welfare rights workers priority helpline: 0845 300 3946

Local enquiry centres: 0845 302 1481

Antrim

12-14 Castle Street, Antrim BT41 4JE

Ballymena

Kilpatrick House, 38-54 High Street Ballymena BT43 6DR

Banbridge

Bridgwater House, 25 Castlewellan Rd, Banbridge T32 4AX

Belfast

Beaufort House, 31 Wellington Place,Belfast BT1 6BH

Coleraine

Fern House, 1A Adelaide Avenue, Coleraine BT52 1AJ

Craigavon

Marlborough House, Central Way, Craigavon BT64 1AH

Enniskillen

Abbey House, Head Street, Enniskillen BT74 7JL

Lisburn

Moira House, 121 Hillsborough Road, Lisburn BT28 1LA

Derry

Foyle House, Duncreggan Road, Londonderry BT48 0AA

Newry

Downshire House, 22 Merchants Quay, Newry BT35 6HS

Website:

www.hmrc.gov.uk

Citizens Advice

For a list of local citizen’s advice bureaux:

Citizens Advice Regional Office

11 Upper Crescent

Belfast BT7 1NT

Tel. 028 90 231120

Fax. 028 90 236522

Citizens Advice NI website:

www.citizensadvice.co.uk

CAB website on welfare rights and legislation:

www.adviceguide.org

adviceⁿⁱ

For a list of local independent advice centres:

Advice NI

Rushfield Avenue

Belfast BT7 3FP

Tel: 028 9064 5919

Fax: 028 9049 2313

adviceⁿⁱ website:

www.adviceni.net

Adjudicator

Adjudicator’s office

Haymarket House

28 Haymarket

London SW1Y 4SP

Telephone: 020 7930 2292

Website

www.adjudicatorsoffice.gov.uk

The Ombudsman

Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration

Millbank Tower

Millbank

London SW1 4QP

Telephone: 0845 015 4033

E-mail: opca-enqu@ombudsman.org.uk

Website

www.ombudsman.org.uk

Articles / Further reading

	Law Centre (NI) Benefits and tax credits rates 2006-2007
	Law Centre (NI) Encyclopedia of Rights - tax credits section
	adviceⁿⁱ e-consultation on tax credits overpayments
	adviceⁿⁱ list of tax credits information sources

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