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Tax credits & benefits for people in work or looking for work
This thread is for people who are in work or looking for work, and looking for help about the benefits that they may be able to get. It doesn’t matter if you’re working for an employer or are self-employed, you may still be able to get benefits or tax credits and boost your income. Our advisers from Birmingham CAB Services…
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PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING: Money Saving Expert / CAB pilot service
7 DEC 2012 UPDATE: The CAB Board will close for an end-of-pilot review on 19th Dec. Please let us know what you think of the board by completing the quick survey linked from this thread. Welcome to the Citizens Advice Bureau discussion board which aims to help people get started on selected topics. Post your queries in the…
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Job Seekers Allowance
My wife use to be on incapacity benefit until it was removed. use to work before leaving due to tumor. (not life threatening ) She is fully up to date with national insurance contributions. Would she be able to claim job seekers allowance? She has tried to find work but as yet no joy. I work 40 hrs +. I think that after…
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Pension credit - entitled to council tax refund?
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Working 15 hours ...will our JSA change?
My husband lost his job and we both had to claim job seekers allowance (couple claim Income-based JSA.)..we have no children ..he has now been offered a job but its only 15 hours a week ..what will happen to our claim ? would they stop our allowance or just his? Would we be able to apply for income support instead ?
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Due back from maternity leave in Jan, need help as don't understand my entitlement
Hi, I am employed by a local authority working 37 hours per week. I plan to go back to work part time, but I have no idea whether I will be better off doing 3 days or 2. I earn £29,192 pa currently, and ideally want to go back to work for as little of my week as possible. (Just being honest!) I am wondering what, if any,…
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Income Tax and Tax Credits - Please Help
From June 2011 until October 2012 I unfortunately found myself in the position of being unemployed and claiming JSA. I got my first pay last month with my new job and didnt have any PAYE Deduction (did have one for NI however). I believe this was due to my tax code of 810L meaning I have to earn over £8100 in tax year…
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tax credits
Hello CAB rep I want to enquire about our status for child and working tax credits Brief intro My wife is french national working 16 hours a week on nat min wage started in oct 2012. I am working in shell garage 19 hours a week and occassionly 1 or max 2 shifts of 8 hours a week including 19 hours started this month am non…
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Advice needed for suicidal son please.
Hi, I have a son of 26yrs who has recently attempted to take his life, he is under the gp but has really got himself into a right old mess. I have discovered he has many money worries but he will not go into great depth. He lost his job back in July 2012, was fortunate enough to find full time employment thru a temping…
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Child Tax Credits and Employment and Support Allowance
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Can I claim?
Hi, I am currently only working 11 hours a week on minimum wage after losing my previous job and I am really struggling to make ends meet. I was wondering if anyone knows if I could claim anything? The only problem is is that my partner works full time and is earning 23K but she is on a debt management scheme and has no…
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can i claim child tax credits for my grandchildren
My daughter and her 2 children are living with me temporarily. My daughter has been trying to claim tax credits but cannot as they are saying her national insurance number isnt activated. We have been waiting for 3 weeks and when ever we call them they say she has to wait another 2 weeks. She is getting desperate now as…
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Claiming benefits after 2 years of non payment of ni
Hello , I wonder if anyone can help me with my question please. I have been self employed for the last ten years or so , paying my taxes and ni contributions. I ceased trading in 2009 , due to the economic climate taking its toll, since ceasing self employment however, I have had a couple of employed positions that did not…
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Problems claiming pension credit ?
Is anyone out having problems claiming Pension Credit? For example: having no response, taking too long between application and actual payment, etc etc? Terry.
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How long should it take for HMRC to sort Tax Credit
Hi, I wonder if someone can advise me. I have applied for Tax Credits and sent me acknowledgement that they are working on it. Its been nearly 2 months. How long does it normally take for them to decide ? many thanks
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Overpayment Appeal
Hi there! Please bear with me as i'm new to forums and such like! I have been claiming Working tax credits and the disability component of that (I have severe Psoriatic Arthritis and am eligible for the DLA) I have made some mistakes with my Working tax credits claim and as such it has led to an overpayment of £1,006 which…
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Partner's ESA ended
Hi, I've had a look at existing threads and can't find anything that accurately reflects our situation. However, my partner - who suffers from mental health problems - and I are at our wits' end and hope to be able to get some advice here. She has been in receipt of ESA and housing benefit. After a period of unemployment,…
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Tax credit compliance letter - scared
Hi I'm beside myself with worry at the moment. I received a letter on friday saying my single claim for last year was being investigated as they had something to say my husband was living there. Here is the story: My husband and I decided to separate in 2007. We was affected by the floods that year and was living in a…
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Overpayment of working tax credits advise.
Hi, I'm wondering if someone can give me a bit of advise? My partner was a mechanic for over 6 years sadly had to come out of that job due to an unfair boss, it took my partner nearly a year to find new enployment as they are just not enough jobs about. Anyway he retrained and got a job working at a warehouse on FLT's, we…
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On benefits but want to become self employed
Sorry in advance, this is a bit of a long email, but it’s a totally honest, warts and all cry for some clear advice. I am asking for some advice regarding my daughter Claire So here is the situation: Claire is a single Mum aged 30 Her daughter is 4 and just started school this September near Exeter Claire receives housing…
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2nd pt job and tax credits
Hi, hope someone may be able to advise me here as google articles are putting me off! I currently work part time (16hrs) and am a single parent so am in reciept of tax credits and some HB. I also do voluntary work every week and the trust i do this for has received some funding to be able to employ me and i would very much…
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Ssp
I have been working for an agency for 7 months and the work involves heavy lifting. I have a problem with my hip so cannot lift safely and as a result i have injured my back. The doctor gave me a sick not due to finding osteoarthritis in my hip. The job center say that i cannot claim SSP because i work for an agency and i…