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tax credit/wtc help
i look after our two children,so i don't have a wage.my husbands clears £205 per week.we have £27.70 family allowance.that is our total income.we do get wtc and ctc,but can anyone tell me what these amounts should be,because in the last 3 years wtc started at £79 then reduced to £39 and now its £7 per week.child tax credit…
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help-wtc/bank payment/confused!!
me and partner get £102ish a week wtc/ctc this is based on what he got for tax year 03-04 (£8,5000) he got a £4000 one off bonus from work last year (november) ive just sent back the tex credits renewal thing and told them about the bonus (we werent living together at the time) and so i deducted the bonus from his total…
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Childrens Savings And Jsa
Can anybody tell me if my childrens' savings would count towards the £3000 savings limit on income based JSA? We have no other savings but we have saved all our childrens' christening, birthday and christmas money since they were born and added together they will take us over the limit. I am not allowed to use this money…
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Child tax credit income details
Has any one got a direct link to child tax credit income details? My income is £22500 per year and would like to calulate in real terms how much I would be earning in overtime payments on the basis the more I earn the less tax credits I receive up to the £25000 limit.
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Free School Uniform
Did anyone hear anything on the news this morning about help with school uniform for low income families? I was in the 'twilight' zone between sleep and waking and the clock radio had just come on. I don't get income support but to get CTC and a little bit of WTC. My son is going to secondary school in September and he…
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36 years old,Pensioned off from work.....help and advice please
I'm 36 years old and work for Tesco's, in a distribution warehouse. I have been off sick from work for nearly 7 months. In this time I have been recieving SSP and family tax credit. I went in to work this morning for a meeting with the personnel dept. On the advice of my doctor's report and the company nurse's report, it…
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Sickness benefit nightmare!
Can anyone help me, I really am in a whole world of poo. I've just been told by my psychiatrist that she feels i'm fit to go back to work, but she is so very wrong. Problem is that i just can't get her to listen, which means i'm going to be up a creek without a paddle. It seems to me that they were never trying to get me…
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Working Tax Credit?
Can someone help me work out whether I should be entitled to WTC? I already get CTC but don't seem to be able to get WTC. What is the minimum criteria you have to meet? I work from home on a self-employment basis for approx 10-16 hours a week. It varies. OH is in full time employment. We have one toddler - hence the CTC.
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Tax Credits - advice re earnings
I'm sure this info can be supplied by someone at the IR, but I'd prefer to be aware of the 'rules' before phoning. My wife gave up work to look after our daughter last September. Her p/t earnings up to that point were approx £3600. Having informed IR about the changes our award was increased accordingly. We very recently…
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childs trust fund
where is the best place to put the £250 cheque? any advice appreciated thanks
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Tax credit overpayment - again
For the second year running I've been told I have to repay working tax and child tax credits. Last year I received a total of 7 statements because of errors of some sort. I just gave up and accepted what I'd been given. This year my working tax element has been reduced to nil. They told me it was because I'd been overpaid…
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Dwa
Hi My mum took ill about 2 years ago and since then as been unable to work, she's worked since leaving school prior to that and thought that she would be able to cope without working now, as shes in her late 50's, unfortunatley since her operation she's been getting more and more depressed and thinks its because her life…
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jsa and pension
I recently started claiming jsa. i understood that i could earn a little money each week without losing benefit-£5 i think! I have a tiny bit of pension each month about £5 46pw and my jsa is reduced accordingly.Why cant i keep £5 pounds of it--I worked for it??so whats the difference? any answers please? :eek:
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Tax Credits when living with parents?
If someone is single, no children, still living with their parents, working full time but on a very low wage, are they entitled to working tax credits? The explanatory notes etc seem to refer only to the circumstances of "partners" to be taken into account, i.e. spouses or co-habitees? If only this persons own earnings are…
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Pension Credit
Can my mother claim pension credit whilst she is living with my two other brothers? One is working f/t other is disabled. Thanks. She is in receipt of only her state pension about 3k savings. thanks. she is over 60 and is a widow
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DLA What happened when you applied?
Filled in my Claim for DLA and got a letter back from them two weeks later. It said we may write to your doctor or write to someone else who knows about my disability. We may arrange for doctor to examine me We may arrange for someone from the local DHSS to come out to see me? I wanted to know about other people on here?…
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can jsa claim back over payment from 8 years ago?
i have been on jsa for 18 months now and am also homeless (sleeping on freinds sofas etc). I was offered a house so applied to the benefits agency for a social fund loan to cover the advance rent and was refused due to an outstanding debt of |£290. when i queeried this was told that the debt was from the jsa for an…
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Council say me paying parents back is income?
OK my Parents live in Swindon and local council say that the £15 I send them every week to repay a debt is an income & hence reduces their rent by an amount. This seems unfair - the debt was £1500 approx and was consolidated with some other debts of theirs and is still being repaid. I only found out this recently by…
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How Much Tax Overpayment to pay?
I have (thanks to this board!) appealed for the overpayment of WFTC but sadly today I have been told I was not sucessful and HAVE to pay back £5000 overpaid to my exH when we were married. I gave it my best shot but not really surprised at the result...now I am a money expert so KNOW whats going on, instead of him doing it…
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Would I be entitled to anything else?
Hi peeps, Being a stay at home mum is something I would love to be. Financially, I am the main breadwinner though which makes this just a pipe dream. However my husband hopes to get into the police force but, failing to get in first time, has to wait till November to reapply (intake most probably March). This could change…
