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To deal with cancelling and re-issuing a tax credits payment, consider steps 1 to 13.

Step 1

Before you continue with this guidance, follow the guidance in TCM0042260

then, if you can continue with this process, and you want to

• cancel a BACS payment, User Requested Payment or manual payment posted in CY or PY, go to Step 2.
• re-issue a BACS payment, go to Step 4.
• request, authorise or reject a User Requested Payment, go to Step 9.
• cancel a direct system payment, User Requested Payment or manual payment posted in PY-1 , go to Step 12.
• re-issue a manual payment for all years, go to Step 13.

Step 2

From the AMBS Function Menu

• select Function PAYMENTS
• select Function RECORD APPLICANT FAILED PAYMENT
• enter the NINO of the customer to whom the payment was issued in the Key Entry Data screen
  • If the payment was made in the Previous Year, select [Previous]
  • If the payment was made in Current Year, select [OK]. You鈥檒l be taken to the Record Applicant Failed Payment screen where the 15 most recent payments are shown
    Note: If you鈥檙e taken to the Select Award screen, select the relevant award and then select [OK]. You鈥檒l then be taken to the Record Applicant Failed Payment screen.
    then
  • go to Step 3.

Step 3

On the Record Applicant Failed Payment screen

• select the payment to be cancelled
  Note: If the entry in the Payment Method column is 鈥楪iro鈥�, select [Details] and check the serial number in the 鈥楪iro Serial Number鈥� field to identify the correct payment, particularly if more than one payment was issued on the same date.
• select [Details]. You鈥檒l be taken to the Cancel Applicant Payment screen
• select the appropriate reason from the Cancel Reason box
  Note: Make sure that you select a reason that is appropriate to the entry in the Payment Method column. There is only one reason to select if the payment method is BACS and six to select if the payment method is giro.
• select [OK]. You鈥檒l be taken back to the Record Applicant Failed Payment screen
  • If there are more payments to be cancelled, repeat the actions above for each payment to be cancelled
  • If there aren鈥檛 any more payments to be cancelled, and it鈥檚
    • appropriate to re-issue the cancelled BACS payment, go to Step 4.
      Note: Direct system cashcheque payments were withdrawn on 31 March 2017. If no account details are present and new details cannot be obtained consider re-issue as a manual payment.
    • appropriate to re-issue the User Requested Payments, go to Step 9.
    • appropriate to re-issue the manual payment, go to Step 13.
    • not appropriate to re-issue the cancelled payments, select [OK]. An entry will be created on the Applicant Failed Payments work list. Take no further action.
      Note: If you cancel the wrong payment by mistake, follow the guidance in TCM0212300 then return to this guidance.

Step 4

Check the year the payment relates to.

• If the payment relates to CY or PY, go to Step 5.
• If the payment relates to PY-1, go to Step 6.
• If the payment relates to PY-2 or earlier, go to Step 7.

Step 5

If the payment relates to CY or PY

• select Function RECORD FAILED PAYMENT
• enter the NINO of the customer to whom the payment was made in the Key Entry Data screen
  • If the payment relates to PY, select [Previous]
  • If the payment relates to CY, select [OK]. This will take you to the Record Applicant Failed Payment screen where the 15 most recent payments are shown
    • select the cancelled payment
      Note: If more than one payment has an entry in the Payment Status column of 鈥楥ancelled鈥�, re-issuing any one payment will re-issue all the cancelled payments.
    • select [Re-issue]. The message 鈥楬ave you cancelled all the appropriate payments prior to re-issue?鈥� will display - If all the payments that need to be cancelled have been cancelled prior to re-issue, select [Yes]. This will prompt re-profiling of the payments - If all the payments that need to be cancelled haven鈥檛 been cancelled prior to re-issue, select [No]. This will take you back to the Record Applicant Failed Payment screen
      then - return to the previous guidance you were previously following.

Step 6

If the payment relates to PY-1 and PY-2

• use Function AMEND APPLICATION choosing the Correction option
• go to the Income screen
• note down the PY-1 income figure of the customer to whom the failed payment was made to
• amend the income details by one penny - for example, if the income figure is 拢1000.00, enter 拢1000.01 in the 2006-2007 Income field
• select another income field on the same screen
  Note: If an (S) for System Estimated Income is present in the field next to the Income field, this will be changed to (E) for Estimated Income.
• return to the income details and change the income back to the original amount - for example, if the income figure is 拢1000.01, enter 拢1000.00
• select 鈥楬ousehold鈥� on the toolbar menu
• select 鈥楧etails鈥�, the Household Details screen will display
• select the Manual Correspondence - 鈥榊es鈥� checkbox
  Note: If a Manual Correspondence signal is already set, you don鈥檛 need to set one.
• select [OK]. This will take you to the Amend Finish screen
• select 鈥楶aper鈥� from the Source drop down menu
• select [OK]
  • If the message 鈥楽18 Refinalisation Rules - Potential inappropriate refinalisation for CCYY-CCYY. If you have the authority to re-finalise under S19, S20 or S21 of the Tax Credit Act 2002 or due to an appeal decision. Press OK to process the change or Cancel鈥� displays
    • the changes you are making will re-finalise the claim, follow the guidance in TCM0042260 before making any changes
      then, if you can make the change
    • select [OK] on the message
    • go to Step 8.
  • If the message 鈥楽18 Refinalisation Rules - Actual Income for CCYY-CCYY is required. This change will not be accepted鈥� displays
    • you won鈥檛 be able to make the change because the PY actual income is required, follow the guidance in TCM0042260 before making any changes
      then, if you can make the change - select [OK] on the message - go to Step 8.
  • If the message 鈥楽18 Refinalisation Rules - You do not have the authority to re-finalise CCYY-CCYY. This change will not be accepted. Please refer to the appropriate team鈥� displays
    • the changes you are making will re-finalise the claim
    • select [Cancel]. You鈥檒l be taken to the Amend Application Details screen
    • select [Cancel]
    • when the message 鈥楢ll changes to the application will be lost for this session, do you wish to proceed?鈥� displays, select [Yes]
    • pass the case to a Level 2 User or your manager. For more information, use 鈥楲evel 1 and Level 2 users鈥� on TCM0320260
    • take no further action.
  • If none of the messages display, go to Step 8.

Step 7

If the payment relates to PY-3 or earlier

• use Function AMEND APPLICATION, choosing the Correction option to set a manual correspondence marker
• select 鈥楬ousehold鈥� on the toolbar menu
• select 鈥楧etails鈥�, the Household Details screen will display
• select the Manual Correspondence - 鈥榊es鈥� checkbox
  Note: If there鈥檚 a Manual Correspondence signal already set, you don鈥檛 need to set one.
• select [OK]. This will take you to the Amend Finish screen
• select 鈥楶aper鈥� from the Source drop down menu
• select [OK]
  • If the message 鈥楽18 Refinalisation Rules - Potential inappropriate refinalisation for CCYY-CCYY. If you have the authority to re-finalise under S19, S20 or S21 of the Tax Credit Act 2002 or due to an appeal decision. Press OK to process the change or Cancel鈥� displays
    • the changes you are making will re-finalise the claim, follow the guidance in TCM0042260 before making any changes
      then, if you can make the change - select [OK] on the message - go to Step 8.
  • If the message 鈥楽18 Refinalisation Rules - Actual Income for CCYY-CCYY is required. This change will not be accepted鈥� displays
    • you won鈥檛 be able to make the change because the PY actual income is required, follow the guidance in TCM0042260 before making any changes
      then, if you can make the change - select [OK] on the message - go to Step 8.
  • If the message 鈥楽18 Refinalisation Rules - You do not have the authority to re-finalise CCYY-CCYY. This change will not be accepted. Please refer to the appropriate team鈥� displays
    • the changes you are making will re-finalise the claim
    • select [Cancel]. You鈥檒l be taken to the Amend Application Details screen
    • select [Cancel]
    • when the message 鈥楢ll changes to the application will be lost for this session, do you wish to proceed?鈥� displays, select [Yes]
    • pass the case to a Level 2 User or your manager. For more information, use 鈥楲evel 1 and Level 2 users鈥� on TCM0320260
    • take no further action.
  • If none of the messages display, go to Step 8.

Step 8

Use MAINTAIN HOUSEHOLD NOTES and select the 鈥楶ayments鈥� category to record the appropriate note

鈥楶A11 - Message for Manual Corre Team - Please send any award notices issued between (insert - todays date and 3 working days later) to storage then remove the Man Corre marker. (Gp?/TM?/initials)鈥�

鈥楶A12 - Message for Manual Corre Team - Please send any award notices issued between (insert - todays date and 3 working days later) to storage - please do not remove the Man Corre marker. (Gp?/TM?/initials)鈥�

Note: You must follow the guidance in TCM0152060 when you record the note and also follow the guidance in TCM0152160.

then

• return to the previous guidance you were previously following.

Step 9

Note: URP鈥檚 can only be paid by Bacs from April 2017

Use Function USER REQUESTED PAYMENT

• On the Function Menu
  • select 鈥楶ayments鈥�
  • select 鈥楿ser Requested Payment鈥�
  • enter the customer鈥檚 NINO in the Key Entry Data screen
  • select the All checkbox
  • select [OK]
    Note: Payment requests for different tax years need to be requested separately.
    then
    • If you鈥檙e taken to the Select Award screen - select the relevant award - select [OK]. You鈥檒l then be taken to the User Requested Payment screen
    • If you鈥檙e taken to the Select Individual or Select Household screens, use the information you hold to establish which individual or household to select. Once established - select the applicable individual or household - select [OK]. You鈥檒l then be taken to the Select Award screen - select [OK]. You鈥檒l then be taken to the User Requested Payment screen - If the User Requested Payment - Signals screen displays, select [Cancel] on the User Requested Payment signal box
      then
    • go to Step 10.

Step 10

From the details with the returned or missing payment referral or rejected payment you received

• select the User Requested Payment screen
• go to the User Requested Payment box
• select the cancelled or rejected payment
• select [Details]. You鈥檒l be taken to the User Requested Payment Detail screen
• make a note of the
  • payment amounts
  • tax credits types
  • payment recipient
  • reason for payment
  • rejection reason for rejected requests
    then
  • select [Cancel]. You鈥檒l be taken back to the User Requested Payment screen
  • go to Step 11.

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Step 11

On the User Requested Payment screen

• select [Request Payt]. You鈥檒l be taken to the User Requested Payment Detail screen
  Note: If [Request Payt] is disabled, refer case to TALLO for advice.
• enter the CTC and/or WTC amounts you鈥檝e calculated in the relevant CTC and/or WTC amount fields, deducting the amount of any replacement payments already made.
• select the payment reason from the Reason For Payment drop down menu
  Note: If the default payee for either tax credit isn鈥檛 displayed, select the appropriate payee from the Payment Recipient drop down menu.
• select [OK]. You鈥檒l be taken back to the User Requested Payment screen
  Note: Where CTC and WTC are paid to different payees, you must request separate user requested payments for each credit (unless there鈥檚 a genuine reason to pay both credits to the same payee). If an appointee is present on the claim, payments will automatically be issued to the appointee, no matter which payee is selected.
  Note: If you want to make changes to a user requested payment you鈥檒l have to cancel out of the screen and re-request the payment. Any other requests you have made will also need to be re-requested.
  then
• If you need to request further payments, go back to Step 9.
• If any other circumstances apply
  • select [OK]
    then
  • return to guidance you were previously following.

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Step 12

To cancel the payment, enter the following details on the locally stored 鈥楥ancellation of manual payments鈥� shared spreadsheet

• customer 1, name and NINO
• customer 2, name and NINO
• serial/reference number
• value of the payment
• year payment posted in
  then
• save the spreadsheet before exiting
• email the spreadsheet (This content has been withheld because of exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000)
• send the spreadsheet by taxpost (This content has been withheld because of exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000) including a photocopy of TC241 or returned payment, following Data Security process
• set a clerical BF date on the claim to allow RF Worthing to action the case and to reply
  then, once payment has been cancelled by RF Worthing
  • to re-issue a direct system payment, go back to Step 4.
  • to re-issue a manual payment, go to Step 13.

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Step 13

Use Function View Household Account

• enter the NINO of the customer to whom the payment was issued in the Key Entry Data screen
• select the relevant award period where the issued payment is posted
• select [Postings]
• check the payment serial number
• payment amount
  then
• complete Manual Payment Referral form, ensure that the address details are fully completed
• email the Manual Payment Referral form to your manager for the replacement payment to be authorised
  then
• return to the guidance you were previously following.