The Tax Credits, Childcare Payments and Childcare (Extended Entitlement) (Coronavirus and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020

These Regulations amend a number of statutory instruments in relation to tax credits (social security benefits), childcare payments and the Department for Education’s early years extended entitlement scheme (all of which are administered by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs). The amendments are necessary as a consequence of coronavirus and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (established under a direction given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer under sections 71 and 76 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7)). These Regulations also make amendments to the Tax Credits (Definition and Calculation of Income) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2006) to disregard certain payments from being taken into as account as income.