For those looking out for the payment, there are specific things to make note of.

Firstly, there should be a specific identifier when the first payment from HMRC arrives in customers’ bank accounts.

This payment reference should be ‘CL’, then followed by the customer’s National Insurance number, and then followed by ’0001AX’.

The Government website explains: “For joint claimants, where one claimant receives Working Tax Credit and the other claimant receives Child Tax Credit, payments will be made into the same bank account as the Child Tax Credit.”

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