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Tax Credit
I have just written my complaint to the House of Commons so that the Ombudsman can deal with my case. I called the Tax office and wrote in August 2005 to say my daughter was going to her nans for one year. They said that they would stop payment. I have called must be 11 times. They still pay me and thats okay for a while…
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How Do I Do This? Confused By Income Support Etc!
Hi Me Again! Dont know if anyone can help me? Basically, Im having to go onto Income Support in the next couple of weeks due to my disability worsening etc. I havent paid enough NI contributions for incapacity benefit (SE earinings have been under limit) and husband claims Carers Allowance for looking after me-he doesnt…
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DLA - Mobility compotent - why not try for the highest rate?
Hi. This is just a suggestion to all (parents) or others who are currently claiming less than the highest rate of the mobility component of DLA. It is very easy, having made the initial claim, over a period of time to not realise that any claimant of anything less than the maximum rate of this allowance may have a…
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WFTC apparently been overpaid for 2004/2005
I am fuming with them, I cant bare to call them as I will almost certainly loose my rag, so instead I will try and stay calm, and avoid conflict. I am on incapacity benefit of higher rate of around £100 per week My wife works part time around £100 We have two children 14 and 12. Last years award (2004/2005) according to…
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Childcare vouchers/tax credits
Hello, here's a warning for you. I recently signed up for the salary sacrifice scheme which allows you to receive £50 per week of your salary as childcare vouchers free of tax & NICS contributions. What a great idea I thought. However, the info we were given didn't mention that it could affect your working tax credit if…
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child benefit
if i move to another country, (abroad) can i still claim child benefit , for my 3 kids
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Strange Child Tax Credit Double Payment Problem - They're Paying Me Twice!
OK, This is going to sound odd. Last week, I noticed that I'd received two lots of CTC paid into my bank account one day after the other. They weren't for the same amounts (one was for £99.65, the other was for £102.09). Seeing as this had never happened before, I assumed that they were paying back money they owed me. I've…
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Council Housing.
Hi there, I currently live with my partner and have a little boy, i am due to have a baby in June and wanted to know if anyone knew the way the council allocated houses. They have only given me 10 points. That will get me nothing, Not even a one bedroomed flat in a run down area. My query is that i am not very happy where…
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Tax Credits for 18 year old student
My son was 18 in March 2005 and is still in full time education (taking his A levels next month). He intends to go to university next September. I presently get child and working tax credit and wonder when I will cease to get any money for him. On the tax credit site it says - a person aged 16, 17 or 18 who is in full time…
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What Can They Legally Take?
Hi This is quite confusing, so please bare with me! My sister has rang in a panic this morning about her Tax credits :eek: She has been over paid by about £900 for her son. Her son is disabled and receives DLA for him at middle rate. On her forms they had put down he was receiving high rate DLA and apparently they award an…
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how long have you been waiting?
I filled in and returned my annual review pack at the beginning of the month and am still waiting for the wtc to work the damn thing out. Have you returned yours yet and if so has it been worked out or are you still waiting?
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Housing Benefit and income from parents
Hi everyone I am applying for housing benefit as due to illness i can only work part time. i am on a low income and should be eligable. However last year i took out a car loan and rapidly found out that i couldn't afford it so my dad puts money into my bank account monthly to cover the amount of the loan. The money comes…
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Leaving University - Can I Get JSA?
Hey! I'm in my final year of university, got exams in a couple of weeks then I'm all finished :) I've got a job lined up but I don't start until the beginning of August. Seeing as I'm completely skint I was wondering if it would be possible for me to apply for the dole during June and July or would the fact that I've got a…
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Returning to education after illlness
Hello all, as this is my first post I hope you will forgive any mistakes. My 17 year old son has been unable to attend school since 2002 due to chronic fatigue syndrome. Up until September of last year he had home tuition, but as he could not cover enough coursework to make it viable to do his GCSE exams his tuition was…
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DLA and Epilepsy
Does anyone have any experience of claiming DLA with epliepsy? What does it entail? I've thought about claming before, but the way they phrase it doesn't seem to be very epilepsy-friendly: "Paid if you need help looking after yourself Paid if you are aged 3 or over and have severe difficulty walking, or aged 5 or over and…
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Incapacity for work questionnaire/ Additional Sheets
Thanks so much for all the help and advise, I found the Guide that Curry Queen posted really helpful. at the end of the guide you can print off forms to complete and send off as additional evidence regarding your problems true/false and then a more information in the box. I'm not sure if it I should fill these in or not, I…
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Citizens Advice views on Incapacity Benefit reforms
Citizens Advice website
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Will pregnancy affect my IB award?
I just saw the thread on getting Incapacity Benefit for illness during pregnancy, but my situation is slightly different. I have been on Incapacity Benefit for a mental health condition since 2001. I have also got a slight physical disability which may/may not have contributed to my overall qualification for IB. I was…
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DLA visit...help!!
My 15 year old son is in receipt of DLA and has been since he was 3. At Christmas I filled in all the renewal forms (40 odd pages) not entirely sure if they would consider his slowly improving situation still elligible. But, after the usual long wait, they informed me that he would get it for another two years...phew I…
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Is it time for a tax credit protest march?
I am all for tax credits - if only they were managed properly. Last year we suffered an ILR “miss-match” which left us penniless just before Christmas (during this time the other half of the miss-match was paid money under my husbands NI number although we have never found out how much and are still waiting for that issue…
