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Re: tiny salary but lump sum for a house deposit means SLC want half son's salary's worth this year
Are you and your son certain the £70k amount was trust income? If so it would have been accompanied with a trust tax deduction certificate R185 showing tax deducted at possibly 45%, 20% or 8.75% dep…1 -
Re: Estates petition
I'm a member of Change.org and have had hundreds of petitions sent to me for my support. If you really want to get anywhere with your petition (and to be honest I don't think it is viable),…1 -
Re: Auto or manual - learning to drive.
Allow me to rephrase - I don't mean that just because you've had an auto license for years you can jump into a manual car and retake the test. Obviously you would need training and lessons…1 -
Re: Living Large, on a Small Income, by the Sea.
Hope all is going well with your house guests dia. Warmer temperatures forecast here for a few days but the trade off is more rain.1 -
Re: Balance Transfer CC and Mortgage
Credit card debt is credit card debt regardless if it's 0%. What do you mean 'cleared within the relative time frame' - cleared by the end of the 0% offer or by the time you want a mor…1 -
Re: Ripple Energy wind farm?
side hustle relates to business income. so should not be relevant. Ripple investors were not allowed to go over the 120% of personal consumption limit. Income below the limit is treated as bank inter…1 -
Re: Balance Transfer CC and Mortgage
These are credit card balances, and will show as credit card balances on a credit report. That will reduce the amount you can borrow for a mortgage. A lender will expect it to be declared as such.1 -
Re: Awful weather - typical Brits talk
Ah, sorry, 'limp mode' is something of a male-orientated term, deriving from the behaviour of vehicles when the engine management light illuminates indicating a fault. The car often goes in…1 -
Re: Living Large, on a Small Income, by the Sea.
Hot water bottles instead of heated throws definitely a good mse idea. Hope it's all going well, I think you're so brave for having people stay, I hope you know how impressive you are. Make…1 -
Re: January 2026 Grocery Challenge
I didn’t think of adding salt, @PipneyJane. Perhaps when they are cooked? Do you remember the twist of blue paper with salt in the packet before “ready salted” crisps? I make a bit of plain popcorn i…1
