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Benefits & tax credits

Archives for June 2006

Income Support or Incapacity Benefit
I have asked the DSS on several occasions and they keep waffling about the answer so any help clarifying this answer would be greatly appreciated, I live on my own and I am on Income Support due to disability, am I any better off financially on Incapacity Benefit?
Tax Credits problem.......
We have been overpaid tax credit for the year 04/05. The problem started when we returned the information for our annual declaration on the last day it was due. For whatever reason that we've never found out the tax credit office claim they never received the information on time so they used the information they had…
Pensioner Parents Worry
Hi, Im not sure if Im in the right place but here we go, this is my first ever thread. Can anyone give me some advice, I am really worried about my parents, my Dad is 74 and had to give up work about 5 years ago due to a heart attack, he had his own business but it all went wrong as a lot of other companied went bankrupt…
In a Mess - Need Some Advice Please!
My husband, who has been self-employed for 16 years, has had to put his company into liquidation this week & I don't know what we do next with regards to claiming benefits. He has had no income for the past 2 months & we've contacted our mortgage provider to be told that they don't do mortgage payment holidays but will…
Becoming a student
I am currently doing a few courses at my local adult ed centre which are due to end next week but I would like to do more maybe at the local college. We get WTC & CTC but I would like to know if I would qualify for help in travel expenses to and from college if I am a part time student?
Tax credit calculation help
Hi Can anyone tell me how they work out the reduction for income for the family part of tax credits. I cant find a formula anywhere and rung the helpline only to be told they input the figures and its worked out automatically, but some one somewhere must have told the computer how to do it. How can I check its right if I…
SSP due to finish
I am not having a good day, I have been off work sick since 20 December and have calculated my SSP is sue to finish next week. I get paid monthly on 20th so will not know until 20 July how much SSP has been paid for July. Idue to me being in hospital for 5 months with depression and anxiety I have been unable to talk to…
NHS Exemption Card....haven't received mine yet
Hi:) My partner and i receive WTC and CTC and our income is below 15,000. I have not received our exemption cards yet and just wondered if any of you are still waiting for yours. I have a dentist appointment this week and haven't got a card to show them,so I'm wondering if they might make me pay for my treatment. Can i…
Something I have never understood
Why are working tax credits not available for childless under 25's? What's the reasoning behind it?
Help with DLA forms
My DLA forms have came in the post and ive had a quick look through and i will need a gsce to fill them in lol so i've phoned my local CAB and have been told to go there where they will help fill them in for me my Q is do i need to take all documentation for my sons illnesses such as medication, letters from specialists…
IB and work-focused interviews
I received a letter this morning from my Jobs and Benefits Office asking me to attend a WFI on Tuesday afternoon. The Personal Adviser want to "make sure that I am getting the right support and claiming all the right benefits". Also, "this interview could last up to 40 minutes" What exactly happens at these interviews and…
JSA when resigning from job?
Hi, Can anyone explain the circumstances under which I can 'voluntarily' resign from my job and still be entitled to Jobseekers allowance? I don't want to go into details but I feel there is no alternative for me but to resign. I will be looking for another job but I want to be careful this time what I take as I don't want…
Attendance allowance& mobility scheme
Hi there, My mum who is 77yrs old and gets the higher rate attendance allowance, and I was chatting to someone the other day who said that she may be able to get a car under the mobility scheme( I would have to drive her about). Does anyone know if this is true, as have been on website but cant work it out. Many thanks for…
DLA and M.E/CFS
We have applied for DLA for the second time. (we applied last year but we were turned down) We reapplied again this year because some days are much worse than others for me. I have got a Doctor coming round on Friday to assess me. I am not looking for any tips because I believe in telling the truth. (I have problems with…
Criteria for getting Incapacity Benefit?
I always believed to get incapacity benefit you had to of work for 3 years, I've been informed you can receive it if you have received Carer's Allowance? As anyone more info on this matter? Lucy
Tax Credits
Hi I am a single mum of two little boys (Matthew 7 and Stephen 4) who has endured two agonising years of tax credit blunders. They didnt pay out for childcare for the first three months when i returned to work (£660 x 3 - a lot of money for a single parent) then they got the payments wrong, i had to be paid manually for 18…
Overpayment due to TC wrong info
I recently phoned the Tax Credits helpline on 3 occasions to verify which amount on other halfs wage slip to use as income for tax credit purposes as there had been a change in circumstances. One day I actually phoned back the min I had put the receiver down to double check as I didnt think it was accurate info they had…
Self employment and benefits query?
My boyfriend has recently started his own business.. but after a few jobs last month he has found there is NOTHING lined up now... he usually works freelance for a driving agency.. but they have no work either.. hes applied for work within normal jobs to supplement his income and visits the jobcentre virtually daily…
Can DLA application run out?
I applied for DLA 12 April and they sent for to my GP on 9 MAy for her to fill in. GP receptionist confirmed on 11 MAy they had recioeed it and I made appointment to see GP on 17 May to give her updated info as I had been in hospital since January and GP had not see me. Well I assummed that GP would fill it in within a day…
HELP!!! Loss of everything when changed to CTC
Hi, Up to July 2005 I was claiming Incapacity benefit (long term) and this was topped up with Income Support, also getting DLA care component (lower rate). This entitled me to full housing and council tax benefit. In July 2005 myself, my wife and our three children moved house and got transfered to Child Tax Credit and the…

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