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Quick question about Tax Credits
Hi, ive just got some quick (silly!) questions about tax credits that I couldn't find an answer to on the 'net. Do I pay tax on tax credits? If I have to leave the country because of a family death would I inform the IR so they can stop the claim until I come back, whats the longest I can be away? Is this the same amount…
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Migrants wrongly get tax credits....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5074124.stm I wonder how many of these people are made to pay back the money.... It stinks that people are having to suffer hardship - because they have been overpaid credits in the past. Whilst people who are not legal British citizens can just come to our Country and milk the…
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Benefits for gamblers
Hi I hope this doesnt sound too stupied but do people with severe gambling problems entitled to benefits? I mean if some1 is so bad that they can not stop gambling, do it as soon as they get money, etc etc Its just that alcholics and peoplpe on drugs get money and ive alwayas wondered about gambling junkies. As i know this…
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ssp to incapacity
My SSP is due to stop in about 4 weeks, I was only discharged from hospital 10days ago after spending 5 months there due to depression. I will be claiming incapacity when my SSP is finished as I can not see me returning to work in the near future. Is the change over a smooth process or could they refuse my claim for IB? My…
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When does child tax credit stop
My son is doing his A level exams this week,and he will finish them by the end of this month.So when do I inform tax credits that he has left school? With family allowance the last payment is paid up unto the first week in september.I hope tax credit is the same as we are getting £100 week at the moment{child/working tax}…
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Help with housing
I've got a 20 year old friend who is a single mother with two pre-school children. She is living in a house which she claims housing benefit for. She was with her b/f when they moved in, and he has a car. However she is really struggling on her own now. The village she is living in has no shops, and a very limited bus…
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Child Tax Credits/Benefits
Hi I'm looking into child tax benefits. Does anyone know if you are entitled to any other child benefits if you're on Disability Living Allowance? http://www.entitledto.co.uk/under60.asp This site asks "Do you, your partner or your children have a disability?" Do you have to be registered disabled to claim along this line…
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Phone number Widowed Parents allowance ?
Does anyone know of a phone number (freephone possibly) to contact the department that deals with this ? They have have cut my weekly payment without informing me . I have tried phoning the Job centre -no answer . Tried a no. in Dover (on the letter) -engaged Any other ideas please . Don't see why i should pay for the call…
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DLA or Incapacity Benefit changes during Pregnancy or after birth?
Does anyone know if during pregnancy or after the birth you're entitled to increased benefits on Disability Living Allowance or Incapacity Benefit?
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child tax credit do i have to tell them now
hi i have just got a rise in tax credit to 49 per week my oh has just been offerd 5 hour a week overtime this could be for 5 weeks or 12 months we really dont know i have been on entilled to and if my oh takes this overtime our tax credit will go down to 14 per week 9 less a week then what we get with out the overtime if…
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Are there any Grants available for gardens?
Hi. If this thread is in the wrong place please move it! BF and I live in a rented 1st floor flat with a 8m by 10m garden out the front. Since we got the lease, the garden has been a complete mess. Our Housing Association sent out some people to "clean it up" and they just mowed it over and that was it. We have tried to…
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DLA, Appealing and the effects on WTC/CTC
Up until now, my 10 year old daughter has been getting the high care rate of DLA.(no mobility) I have been getting Carers Allowance. Now the DLA has been dropped to the low rate and awarded for 4 years instead of the previous 2. So i have 2 questions. Firstly, is it worth appealing? If I'm totally honest, i feel we were…
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moving house/housing benefit
hello im hoping to move within the month im on full is,hb and council tax i dont get all the rent covered here and know i wont at other house as its same area,size and price so when i hand notice in,i ring job centre + and hb and give them same date of change?? i am filling in a rent assment form will the change over be…
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Housing Benefit: Can it be paid into a bank account?
I receive a weekly cheque. I usually cash them the week before my rent is due (4 at a time) to clear in time when the direct debit goes out on the last working day of the month. Does anybody know if it's possible to get HB paid direct into your bank account? Or do you just have to accept however the council choose to do…
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depression and employment
hi to cut a long story short i am really tired of going to my day job and crying because i hate and despair of it so much. i am thinking of going to the doctors on monday and getting myself signed off sick. i have tried speaking to people at my head office, but everything got back to my area manager, he told my manager,…
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advice for a friend pls
i have a friend who is a single parent with 3 children under 10.. she claims WFTC and CTC but also works... her income is approx £1000 a month , approx £675 of this is WFTC and child benefit the problem is that she has a bad back and knee and is really struggling keeping up her work as a Home help... if she gives up work…
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DLA claim turned down because of dwp doctor
My wife recently applied for a review of her DLA she was on the low rate of DLA but because her health has become a lot worse she tried for a higher or medium rate DLA. The DLA higher rate was turned down, the Welfare Rights who are now handling the challenge have found out the reason for the refusal was a report from the…
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Mortgage interset when unemployed
I signed on this morning,having been unemployed for 5 1/2 months.(on benefits since Jan).I know that I get no help with mortgage interest for 9 months.There is a temp job for 4-6 weeks in the local paper.If I took such a job and then was unemployed again,would the 9 months start again?The job centre had no idea.
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Customer Compliance visit???
I am currently in receipt of IB and have been for several years due to ill health, and today I received a letter from the DWP telling me that next Wednesday they are sending a Customer Compliance Officer to my house. What does this mean? :confused: Why does that job title have such an ominous tone to it? Has anyone else…
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Friend Sick With Worry, Pregnant And 18 Yr Old Daughter-Help!!
Hi I need some information for my friend. I mentioned a few weeks back that my friend of 36 is pregnant and has an 18 year old DD. She has just popped around and was in a right state, pushed from this person to that person at the job centre etc and I need some help if possible:confused: Situation: Friend is currently…
