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will i be entitled to maternity allowance?
i'm currently self employed as a childminder. i only earn a small amount each week around £90. I'm currently 15 weeks pregnant. I have a small earnings exemption certificate. As some weeks i earn less and other much more. From what i have been reading i think i wil be entitled to maternity allowance from the 11th week…
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benefits and Services for Sick and Disabled people
This link lists various benefits and services that can be claimed by disabled people: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/FinancialSupport/DG_10020535 Lin :)
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Help
I am at my wits end... I have been gettin letter from the tax office saying that I am due them money. This aint a little amount of money, this is almost £20K.. According to them it was Overpayments.. But I sat & counted up all the CTC & WTC and the total I have had from them is $13K. I have not had CTC or WTC in the last 3…
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Income Support
Hi can anyone please help my friend has tried inputting her details into the entitledto benefits checker but is a little confused I have tried filling in the form for her but was confused myself on one question At the moment she gets long term incapacity benefit of 98.45 per week plus weekly DLA Higher rate her partner…
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Some advice please
Hello, Ive been looking around for the avalible tax credits/benifts im entitled too but only found tax credits/child benifits. I currently work part time - So I do get tax credits. Also, CHild benifit which is at £18.10 I got speaking to another mum who earn 18k Part time working per year, but also receives £250 a month…
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Please Help: Working Tax Credit Claim
I have been unemployed and claiming Job Seekers Allowance from May 06 until February 2007. I then decided to try and set up in business self-employed so I signed off benefits on 3 March and made an application for Working Tax Credits as a single person on low income. I recently got a reply from HM Revenue & Customs. They…
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18 yr old son, receiving DLA & working p/t ...is he better off claiming IS?
Hi, My 18 yr old son receives DLA for arthritis. He is a full time student and also works 7 hours a week. He receives EMA too. Is he able to also claim Income Support? Can he only claim this if he gives up his job? We receive Tax Credits - if he receives Income Support, will this reduce our allowance? I find this quite…
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Income lower this tax year, is it based on previous year?
Hi! First time post here. Im having sleepless nights at the moment and would like some help regarding the thing thats troubling me. Weve got 3 kids and get child tax credit. Last year (just ended) we earned 20k for me and 10k for wife ...30k total. This year i will only earn about 18-20k but my wife is giving up work next…
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please help advice needed
Hi, Can anybody give any advice. My sister & her husband have recently purchased a house ( about 8 months ago). Its a fairly high mortgage. Shortly after moving in she found a lump in her breast & found it to a aggressive cancer,she is currenly receiving chemotherapy . Her husband meanwhile has had a major breakdown and…
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Advice?
Hi everyone. I was hoping someone could give me a bit of advice. My dad was on Income Support supposed to go on Invalidity (I think) due to him having an accident (he was attacked) and he has never been quite right since. He also went to pieces after my grandad and my uncle passed away within a month of each other. Anyway,…
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council tax and landlord.... complicated situation!!! any advice?
this IS related to council tax and housing benefit, but first i need to know whether my ex landlord or i, am responsible for paying council tax for his house, if i had left the property and moved to a different county, but still had the keys, and still had some of my stuff there?... naughty of me, i know.... but the man is…
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Is this right?? TAx credits
Ive just popped onto entitled to - to have a quick gander whether wed be entitled to council tax benefit. Given my savings , its not, but i thought worth a stab. Now, it looks as if my OH is entitled to tax credits- at 79 a week. Hes the only one earning at the mo, and he makes 13k gross. Does this look right?
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refused maternity grant how do I appeal
Hi all, I had a baby boy 16th March prior to his birth I wasnt entitled to a maternity grant but afterwards it appears I am the form says if you are entitled to more than the family element of CTC then you can get it well we are entitled to more than the family element of ctc BUT we werent claiming these credits prior to…
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When do they send out tax cred forms?
Hi all I'm just wondering - it's now April 16th - when do the Tax Cred renewal forms get sent out? I keep hearing it's the new tax year and I can't remember when our forms arrived last year? Has the posty missed us or am I too early to worry?! Thanks in advance Lisa -X-
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Is redundancy counted as income for Tax Credit?
Hi, a friend of mine has just been given notice of redundancy. Does anyone know if the redundancy pay (approx £6000) is counted as declarable income when tax credits are calculated? I believe it isn't taxable but uncertain as to whether your tax credit payments are reduced as a result?? Thanks for any help. Dolphy
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Any Benefits
Hi, general question here, I currently have my son every Friday from 3.30pm till Sunday 7pm, and ALL holidays and statutory working holidays, basically every minute I'm not at work, I pay regular amounts direct to the mother each month, but get NOTHING bearing in mind he spens over a third of the year with me, is there…
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Need Help On Benefit Entitlement.. Please...
Hi There, This is my first posting so please be gentle ;) My problem is..... I am currently out of work and 13 weeks pregnant. My partner works 39 hours a week earning £16,000 per annum. I am looking for work but am struggling due to an obvious bump and panic attacks I suffer when I am sick (daily basis!)- I know employers…
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Benefits under JSA sanction or disallowance & OU study
Hi, I'm not sure whether to put this under the "Benefits" section or the "Jobseeking" section. I've been studying with the Open University. I'm currently doing 90 points-worth of courses simultaneously. And I'm currently behind. But I'm also unemployed, and am signing every two weeks. I've clocked up about 11 months so…
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CT reduction
My husband & I are registered blind. We live in a 2 bed roomed house.1 of the rooms is used for a computer with a screen reader, Braille writing equipment, Braille books & a talking book. I have applied for a CT reduction. I was refused & appealed. My council is taking me to a hearing next week. They will have legal…
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JSA and Endowement mortgage shortfall.
I claim income based JSA intermittently due to the nature of my work. I have had a red alert warning letter that my endowment is forcast to be £10,000 short. I am trying to build up savings to cover this when the policy matures 2010. What are the rules with regard to savings and JSA benifits in this situation. It seems I…
