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working tax credit
i'm on jsa and i'm chasing a p/t job for about20hrs /wk.will i qualify for working tax credit on these hours?or do i have to do more hours? anyone know?
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How Long??
Hi, Had my IB "Meeting" with a finance person and then an advisor at my local Jobcenter on Monday, told them we where struggling as only received £133 last month and have mortgage etc to pay but they where unable to advise when I might receive benefits, can anyone please advise from their experience how long it takes for…
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DLA renewal pack (long post)
OH got a DLA renewal pack through the post on Monday morning. His DLA runs out on 31/10/05. At the moment he gets HRC & HRM. We had a hell of a job getting it in the first place, 2 years of fighting whilst been repeatedly told he wasn't eligible for any award at all. Then after 2 years of fighting we went to see our MP who…
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DLA appeal advice please
Hi I appleied for dla in march and after them dragging everything on for a while they turned me down about two weeks ago. I took some advice and out in an appeal. I was told thet when I put in a request for an appeal I would get a form sent which i would fill in and get an appeal date. HOWEVER I got a reply from the DLA…
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holiday s whilst on jobseekers allowance?
my son is on jobseekers allowance and we would like to take him on holiday with us for a week...however we fly out on the day he is due to sign on...because he cant sign on does he lose his benefit for that week because he is unavailable for work,please help :confused:
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claiming back benefits? from 5 years ago?
im not sure where i stand with this and also not sure if the information i have is right but im going to go back 5 years ago here when me and my partner and new born son got our first home together, now when we signed for the house we also put in a claim for housing benefit as my partner worked but was on minimum wage…
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removal of fridgefreezer for disabled
does anyone know of any firms which dispose of old fridge freezers for them on dla - the council is charging £15 to remove and believe me when i say i am totally skint - i am using all money on renovating my garden so my disabled hubby can use it in the winter - making paths round it and that - i could do without this…
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Disabled Working Tax Credits
I am disabled, but am planning to get back to work (yay) and have been trawling through the info on DWTCs I may be entitled to. Can anyone tell me if there is an earning threshhold on disabled WTC ? I will be earning over 15,000, but don't know how much. This is not as much as I would be earning if I was fully able bodied.…
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slow service for jsa award
I contacted j c on 3/6 to claim jsa having been made redundant.The first appt they could give me was 21/6th.When i arrived they kept me waiting over 20 mins.Then ,i later discovered,they didn't copy all my documents.Next was a letter from M Keynes asking for evidence which they should have had!SO--i sent all relevant…
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Tax Credits Error
I got my annual review letter last week saying last years claim was correct, and showing payments for this year. I got a letter from tax credits today, saying I have to pay back the last years Working Tax Credit as I wasn't entitled to it :confused: On phoning them up, the lady has records of all my pay from PAYE and my…
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Benefits (DLA, etc) and saving - new Government scheme?
I've just been over to East London to pick up some post for a relative, and it includes a new savings scheme, which appears to be run by the government, for people claiming benefits - including DLA and JSA. It seems to be an initial trial in a small area, and the general idea seems to be that the Government will "top up"…
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IS Vs WTC and IB
Hi, Im just moving onto IB as I no longer get SSP have been advised that this will be £55 a week, first question is this figure right???, Im a married man 34 years old with a 1 year old daughter and a 2 year old son and have a mortgage on our home? The next question is my wife works a few evenings a week totalling 16…
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Council Tax
Not quite sure which forum this goes in, but I'll start here. My partner lives in a flat (he is a home owner and has a mortgage on it) in Wales where he is entitled to 25% discount on his council tax. The intention is that he moves down to live with me in a few weeks time (I am the mortgage payer and I will lose my 25%…
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Tax credits are dealt with by the Tax office
I just want to check something as I need to do a follow up for something. Tax credits are dealt with the by the Tax office and are nothing to do with the benefit agency. As they are not seen as a benefit. So my question is would the benefit agency have the information that you where claiming any of the Tax credits e.g CTC…
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tax credits ...if you live partly abroad?
what is the situation if you live partly abroad with regard to child tax credits and working tax credits.I imagine the childcare element if the child is no longer in UK childcare this will change the situation but what about the rest. we are looking at spending time in france.
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Over 50 and Tax Credit/19 year old
Hope someone can help me. I am 50, 51 next feb. I have a 18 year old son, 19 in March. I understand that my entitlement to child benefit for him stops in September. I also understand that at 19, tax credits stop completely. He will be studying until July 2006. I am self employed and have been for a couple of years. Do you…
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If we have to return to the UK
At present my husband and i live in Spain...we have been there a couple of years and have a house there. He has a lot of health problems....heart, diabetes, but the overiding problem at the moment is a mega relapse of rheumatoid arthritis.We had almost forgotten he suffered with this as it as caused no real problems since…
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School Uniform Grants
I've just received £137.00 with a School uniform grant for 3 lots of school uniforms. As i have two in secondary school and one in junior school, can anyone suggest a way to use the money and stretch it out so that all the money goes on uniforms and i don't have to put much to it myself ;) The junior uniform still fits my…
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Social Tariff - Save money on your water bills
Under the "Social Tariff" there are guidelines set down by the government to ensure those on the social tariff pay no more than the average domestic bill. But read carefully there's a quite involved set of criteria:- If you are on a water meter AND on a means-tested benefit (income support, income-based job seekers…
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what would YOU do?
Hi again all! I am asking for your advice and views yet again! First of all, i have been told by Tax credit people that we have been overpayed by 5K! Even though we kept them upyo dat at all times and rang them several times telling them we thought we were getting too much! But they inssited it was right! Anyway, we now…
