HMRC has told recipients of Tax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian's Allowance that they may receive their payments on a different day to usual, due to the bank holiday Easter weekend. It comes amid confusion as to whether claimants due to be paid on Easter Monday will receive the new, uprated amount, or the old rate.
The four-day Easter weekend runs from Good Friday on April 6 to Easter Monday on April 10. The bank holiday Monday happens to fall on the same day that benefits would have been due to rise – as they generally go up on the first week after the start of the new financial year.
Most benefits are paid by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), but Child Benefits, Guardian's Allowance, Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credits are paid by the Government tax office HMRC. Most benefits from both departments – as well as the state pension – are rising by 10.1% in April.
