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benefit help needed can i claim anything?
hi can i claim anything i am 26 living at home with my mum she is 50 and recieving incapacity and industrial inustry benefit which comes to 129 per week I recieve no benefints at all at the mo and we are really struggling to pay all the debts and never have any money left to spend is there anything else either of us should…
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Income for tax credit purposes
Can anyone please advise me I have recieved my stat maternity as a lump sum which I have also been taxed an NI on I wasnt expecting this and am wondering now how I stand with tax credits I know that your allowed to disregard so much of stat maternity pay but what do I declare as this years? The money is suppose to last me…
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Partially Sighted Help
Hello, Does anyone know if there is any financial help for people in the 80s age group who are partially sighted. Thank you for any help.
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Can I claim tax credits?
My OH has gone, i dont know if it will be permanent but it is deffo not short term. We do not have any joint assets. He is in the income bracket where we only got about £50 a month tax credits, we are leading very separate lives. Can I make a claim even if it is only for a few months?
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Taking redundancy - advice please
I'm about to take voluntary redundancy from my job. Although I have interviews lined up I am not guaranteed to be walking straight into another job. So can anyone advise on what I can be claiming in the short term (if anything) and what this would do to things like tax credits. As a bit of background I am separated, living…
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When Does Tax Credits Stop When Child Starts University
Could someone please tell me when a child starts university in October when would child tax credits stop being paid. Thanks
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Self employed/sickness benefit
Hi wondered if anyone here knows about claiming sickness benefit if self-employed. I would like to know what if anything can be claimed & how, any help greatlly appreciated.:beer: I am full-time student, O/H is self employed mechanic and is in hospital and wont be able to work for a few weeks when home, got 2 kids,…
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Won written DLA care appeal in 10 days
Just to let everyone know that we got all the evidence in on the 14th of January for my husbands written appeal against losing his DLA lower care rate. And he got a letter today to say it had been re-instated and backdated to the 28th December and paid in to the bank yesterday :j I am so amazed that it was just 10 days.…
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NI contributions confusion
Hi all, I'm hoping one of you SO SO bright people will be able to help me with this one... I used to claim Income Support with the Disability Premium due to some health issues, but now do not claim anything as my partner is in full-time employment. My partners salary is our only income. I got a letter from the Benefits…
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Tax credits overpayment: take on myself or ask ex to contribute?
I have a letter detailing an outstanding amount I have been overpaid from a joint tax credits claim prior to the one I have now as a single parent. When I called the payments helpline, the woman told me that I could go and work out my monthly budget and suggest an amount that I could afford to pay, then call them back. I…
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Tax Query
I am an University student. I have had occasional jobs but do not have any permanent jobs. I do not have NI number, they usually give me a temporary number everytime i do a job. I got a letter today from the HM & Customs saying i may have to pay tax this year and if i have to then i have to notify my bank. Otherwise, they…
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Care to learn (get your childcare paid)
Hi, I was just thinking that it might be a nice idea to put a link up about care 2 learn as there are a lot of folk out there with kids who in most cases dont qualify for childcare help to study. Most FE colleges only tend to offer childcare funding for those that are on benefits. However care to learn…
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Benefits advice needed - 59 year old
My mum was receiving IB up until September of last year when it was stopped after failing a medical, we appealed and found out today that she has lost. She was receiving IS at the lower rate whilst appealing which will now stop. Is the only option for her to apply for JSA? She suffers from COPD and really cannot work, even…
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Declaring income from ISAs and NSI certificates for tax credits
I posted this in the savings forum, but have been advised to come here instead. Interest from ISAs and National Savings Index Linked certificates is tax-free and ignored as income for tax purposes. Does anyone know if the interest on these has to be declared as income for tax credit purposes or can it be ignored? My…
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not signed off sick yet.....? HELP
hi guys started a job on monday there and went for the plunge.. full time.. however i am not going to sign off the sick for a week or so incase i cant cope or incase the job is not as it was sold as.((( so far its not)) i filled in p46 as obviously did not tell them that not been working or i would not have got the job...…
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Can someone tell me how I go about signing on?
I was made redundant with immediate effect on 5th December when the company I worked for went into liquidation. I worked in a fairly specialised role in The Arts and only worked 3 days a week. I have applied for and received redundancy pay of just over £1k form the Insolvency Agency. Is there anything else I am entitled…
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Over Paid Child Tax Credit Daughter Started Uni
I have just recieved a letter from inland revenue saying has your income changed regarding tax credits and it also says the amounts that we will be getting, the thing is my daughter started university last October and i notified them. I have checked bank statements and we have still been getting tax credits every mth, If…
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P60s
This is a somewhat random question that doesn't fit into any of the forums properly, but is probably more closely related to benefits. After spending the morning chasing around various government websites and emailing them, I now want a straight answer and figured this will be the best place. Okay, background: I was…
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end of year wftc figure
hi all Last year I gave the figure of £13,500.00 over the phone to the wftc for my husband's job ( he is self - employed ). We have worked out so far that it is only £7k since last August/September 2007. By April it is only going to be a little bit more, so what do they do as we also missed out on qualifying for the…
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can anyone give advice please
Hi we live in Scotland and my daughter left school at 16 years of age and went straight into full time employment. she worked for about a year and a half and paid tax and national insurance but is now unemployed and looking for another job. Benefits office say shes not entitled to any money but i thought if she had paid…
