Re-apply for Temporary Additional Support (TAS)

Who can re-apply

You can re-apply for Temporary Additional Support if you still meet the criteria

You must also have taken:

• all necessary steps to try and pay your expenses another way, eg
  • if your circumstances have changed, use our 'Check what you might get' tool to see if there's any other payments you could get
  • if you're working, check if you can get Working for Families payments from Inland Revenue
• reasonable steps to increase your income and reduce your costs, eg:
  • getting budgeting advice
  • stopping paid subscriptions, e.g. Netflix, Sky, Spotify
  • looking for paid work or increasing your hours of work.

How to re-apply

You'll get a letter (with a re-application form), as well as a notification in MyMSD, at least 4 weeks before you need to re-apply for Temporary Additional Support.

You need to re-apply before your Temporary Additional Support stops. If you don't, we can only start it again from the date you re-apply. This may mean you have a gap in your payments.

Re-apply in MyMSD

To re-apply in MyMSD you need to:

• log in to MyMSD
• select re-apply
• complete the online form
• upload any documents, if required
• submit the online form.

If there's been a change to your partner or child details, you'll need to talk with us. MyMSD will let you know if you need to do this.

Can't use MyMSD

If you can't use MyMSD, you can either:

• call us and say "Temporary Additional Support" and we may be able to help you re-apply over the phone, or
• complete the re-application form we sent you and drop it off to your local service centre

We'll let you know if there are any documents you need to provide. You'll need to drop these off to your local service centre

What happens next

Once your online form has been processed, we'll send you a letter to let you know the outcome.