Dataset: Family Resources Survey (Household)

Field: Earnings from Tax Credits received by the Household

Description

Earnings from Tax Credits received by the Household, where:

• A household consists of one person living alone or a group of people (not necessarily related) living at the same address, who share cooking facilities and share a living room or sitting room or dining area. A household will consist of one or more benefit units.
• There are two types of Tax Credits, Working Tax Credits and Child Tax Credits, which are paid by HM Revenue & Customs.

Classification

Applicable to: all individuals in a household.

• No
• Yes

Number of categories: 2

Quality Statement

Tax Credits are being phased out, as they are replaced by Universal Credit.

Further information can be found in the FRS Background Note and Methodology here.

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