Benefits & tax credits

Archives for December 2004

PLEASE TAKE A LOOK???
I AM ABOUT TO SEND OFF AN APPEAL AGAINST A TAX NOTICE FOR £9800 OF OVERPAID TAX CREDIT. I HAVE PUT A LETTER TOGETHER AND WOULD LIKE SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE IN WORKING TAX CREDITS TO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK BEFORE I SEND IT OFF.....THANKS!!!!!!!!!
Is WTC entitlement affected by partner's income?
My partner is shortly to become self-employed and is wondering if it would be worth his while to apply for WTC. We have no children, are not married and I receive an incapacity pension. Does any income I receive have to be declared and is it likely to affect whether or not he is entitled to WTC? Any help appreciated.
Help for my unemployed brother
Hi, my brother has been unemployed for 6 weeks... :( He has worked since 18. He did catering at college which, we knew would be poor pay/environment... Anyway, he worked for one company for 5 years, they treated him badly, but he got to be supervisor . They never gave him a perm contract so he would work 5 hours some…
Net access deals for the disabled?
I was wondering if there are any broadband deals for people with disabilities?. My mum has MD & consequently spends alot of time in bed, I have bought her a laptop with net access being paid by me, its costing me a fortune!!!!!, any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Giving up IS
Hi For the past few years i have been claiming IS as a single parent. My fiance and i would like to live together after christmas, would any one know what im roughly entitled to? I have been told by others because my fiance isn't the father of the children and im not working i will receive some money for them apart from…
what is a "gift" classed as?
Hello Im trying to claim council tax benefir and they want 2 months bank statements. My dad gives me £100 per week (lucky me i know!) will they take this into consideration for benefirs ie tax credits and council tax? sorry if this is classed as another post although a different question
Please stick to one thread!
Hi, If possible and you are asking multi questions please stick to one thread as it makes it difficult to know what you have already been told on another thread and also for people reading for the first time who will perhaps repeat stuff that's already been said. Thanks :)
i dont know what Im gonna do
Helklo, I put in my change of circumstances (now a single mum) on 9th november) and Im still waiting to be told how much i'll get an when from tac credits and wtc and they just keep saying its in a queue and will be backdated. they stopped my joint claim and Ive head nothing christmas has been cancelled now so my poor…
Overpayment £2200 tax credits
Hi I recieved a letter to say I had been over paid WTC and CTC to the total of over £2200. I am in the process of applying for IS and my husband has left me, I rang them and they did an income/expenditure over the phone and said they would pass it to head office as a hardship case, but they also took details of my car !!!…
tax credits/part time work/irregular income
I have found something I may be able to do working from home, so i can fit in work around the kids' needs. However i doubt i would have a regular income. Any advice, do i steer well clear or just go for it? I just imagine it being a nightmare for calculating tax credits.
Im applying for Income Support and.....
Hi Can anyone help me again :-[ Im going onto IS in a few weeks due to my disabilty etc and understand I can earn £20 a week. Is this correct and also if i sell a few things on ebay etc, just second hand goods is this amount included in the £20 or is it similar to selling at a bootsale or free paper? I havant a clue ???…
Grants??
Hi I have heard of a grant available from the goverment for children in need, this grant can be up to 300 pounds which is meant to benefit your child, ie, winter clothes, shoes Shoes ect. I have phoned childrens infomation services about this but they have not heard anything about it. Would anybody know anything, would…
£8900 overpayment!!!
i was receiving tax credit as a single parent until 28 june 2003 when i re-married. on return of honey moon all officials who needed notifying were sent a letter telling of change of circumstance and a copy of marriage certificate. i had hurt my back around the same time, went on sick leave, in and out of hospital.…
Abandoned - how do you class it?
How does DWP class 'abandoned'? my wife left me and the kids about 7 months ago and does not want to come back. she simply walked out and phoned to say she is not coming back. to her there is more to life than looking after kids. she rings via her mobile phone and as per court order sees the kids once in a while. does dwp…
Overpayment in Tax Credit
Basically received two letters back in April advising I've been overpaid in my tax credit claim, I don't have a problem with this, but first letter said it was £318 and second said it was £275. I contacted them and was told it was the latter and they would be in touch in due course to collect payment. Thay have now sent me…
How do I apply for Income Support??
Hello Im having to stop self employment due to severe illness, i already get high rate DLA etc due to lupus, RA, agrophobia and severe mental health problems. what is the procedure in claiming IS, do i inform the tax credits and how soon will the IS come through after claiming etc? any advice would be great please?…
benifits overpayment from 12 years ago
Hi, I've read somewhere on here that if you have a debt with a company and you have made no payments and had no contact with the company for six years that the company can not claim the money back. So if an over payment had been made to me in benefits 12 years ago can they now request it back. This is the first…
Stuck in limbo land with no income -unwell student
Basically I'm a suspended student on medical grounds. If I were to go back to full time study I'd find it very difficult indeed, and that's the problem. the problem is because I'm a suspnded student, by law, that makes me a 'full time student'. As I'm suspended I have no loan, no income from student sources. Unfortuantely…
Help needed please!
Hi I have just put in a claim for income support as my husband has left me and our daughter and I have no income or savings I have been told that the child element is now replaced by child tax credits? The child element was about £40 a week whereas the child tax credit I am entitled to is only about £13 a week – I have…
This years benefits rises.
For those concerned about managing on current disability benefit levels here's A full list of all the increases announced today6th Dec and the new rates for 2005

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