Brenda
We had a similar request from IR quoting the Tax Management Act. You can
see from the relevant section of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (Schedule 5
paragraph 8 - see link below) that they do have the powers to request
information from authorities administering housing benefit and council
tax benefit and you will not be breaching the DPA by disclosing
information from those systems. However, you cannot use the Council Tax
data for any other purpose so the information provided must come from
the benefits system and not the CTax collection database.
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2002/20021--i.htm#sch5
Hope this helps.
Julie Gibbs
Information Officer, ICT
Crewe & Nantwich Borough Council
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Subject: [data-protection] 'Tax Credit Act 2002 (Schedule 5)'
I posted the query below fairly late in the day yesterday - has anyone
any
views on this please ?
The Inland Revenue have contacted our Council Tax Section and want to
know
if the person stated is liable at a particular address and if they are
receiving a Single Persons Discount, if so, the date of commencement.
They
are quoting the above Act. Do we disclose or not ?
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