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not sure where to ask this
I maternity excempt from paying for nhs dental care , the thing is they have already started the work on my teeth but my maternity excempt runs out in about 2 weeks, I am i right in thinking as they have started the work when its free that it will continue to be free until they finish the work on my teeth??? I hope i…
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New rates for ctc wtc for 08/09?
Can anyone tell me if I should wait to put in my new tax credits claim until after April 5th? Is there going to be an increase worth the wait or not really? My claim ended earlier this month due to change of circumstances and I now need to make a new claim. I understand the new claim would be backdated to when my old claim…
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New Incentive to go back to work
Hi Everyone Has anyone heard of a new incentive from DWP starting in April '08. Its called in working credits for probably long term unemployed persons and you receive £40 pw for 18 months and not counted as income for working tax credit reasons. it was mentioned to a friend off the record at the Jobcentre.
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10p Income Support
The story goes.... i left my husband last year and am now in rented property with my 2 children. I had to leave my job because of having no child care and claim income support, housing benefit , council tax benefit and tax credits. Part of my i/s claim was me agreeing to go to the csa for maintenance which i cant do as my…
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not sure who to ask
Hello Me and my g/f are execting our frist child in june. i work full time at the co-op on £16,500 and my g/f works full time at £15,500. Now she is leaveing in may on materity, but will we get any benfits when her wage drops to ssp pay? who do i ask?
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what would we be entitled to
i currently get income support and dla lower rate personal care, me and boyfriend are thinking about moving in together, he gets about £270 a week from his job and my weekly money from income support and dla is £101, rent would be £450 a month council tax is £150 a month, what im asking is what i would lose out of my…
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didnt get income support today
i dont know why i wouldnt have! could it be due to the strike on tues/wed or easter or maybe cause csa are sorting out payments? help!
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Help! Advice needed!
I hope you don't mind me asking a question, but I am feeling a bit stressed knowing nothing about it. The story is that I bought a flat in Cornwall, then a year later decided to move in with my boyfriend in Yorkshire. Rather than sell my flat, I have rented it out. Lovely young couple who had their first child about three…
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didnt tax credits today??
I thought were supposed to get tax credits today, Ive checked my bank which has updated & my tax credits isn't in there. Any chance i might get it tomorrow ???
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Asked to go for a Medical...
My OH has been asked to go for a Medical with regards to their on going claim for DLA and IB. How do you do a medical on someone with mental health issues...?
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Incapacity Benefit Reviews.
Evening A few questions, My partner is getting incapacity benefit, and in December we sent off an IB50 form for a review of her benefits. We have had no response from this as of yet, Does anybody know how long these things take? If she is invited to a medical at some stage, which she probably will as she has not seen her…
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Newbie here - tax credits question!
Hi all. I've been reading the website for a while now, but this is the first time I've needed to post anything, so please be nice! I have started to look into tax credits as I'm pretty sure we're now entitled since our circumstances have changed and our joint income is a lot less than it used to be. Joint income was around…
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Cutting Hours at work affecting tax credits ?
Can anyone give me some advice please. I used to work 16 hours and my husband walked out on me last year I struggled to increase to 21 which was one extra day, I had no choice at the time because I could not pay the bills. I was advised to claim DLA as I am disabled, which I got, and as a result got working tax credit with…
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Backdated benefits - why not if this is my money?
Help, Re - Backdated Working Family Tax Credit Just heard - on the grapevine - that as my child has attended private nursery since July 2006 that I could have had some extra help from the government with the child care costs. I phoned Inland Revenue who say yes but they will only back date this 3 months. I would have been…
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Abbey took benefits even after I wrote them
Hi Abbey advised me that i would be charged £68 in two weeks. The only income I have at the moment is child tax credits and child benefit. I paid the rent and some of the electricity bill and left enough for my phone bill on DD. They took it today and put me in the negative and now I do not have any money. I had written…
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Just been awarded DLA
Hi All, My OH has just been awarded DLA and had it significantly backdated. We only found out when I checked the bank account to try and move funds around to cover bills! Anyways, now that he has DLA, can I claim carer's allowance even tho I work 40 hours a week on shifts and earn £17k? Or am I being too cheeky? Even tho…
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Funding for nursery places - how will this affect tax credits?
Hi everyone Have been told that my daughter qualifies for funding for her nursery place from next term. It works out to half the time she is there which would knock the fees down from £684 to £342 a month. I still need to check with the nursery that I only need to pay them the £342 but do I then need to tell the tax credit…
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Benefits Advice
I have been on income support & low rate disability now for nearly a year. I have clinical depression ,Anxiety , panic attacks & . Iv been to my doctor who had refered me to mental health and I have only got two options One of the options are to take medication or i can be refered for psychological therapy. When you have…
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Dla
Hi just been awarded DLA Higher rate care and lower rate mobility for my son, who has autism as well as other problems. Is there anything else i am entlted too? ive just applied online for careres allowence i work part time 20 hours a week on minimum wage. Any help would be apprecaited.
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entitledto.com gone crazy!!
I was just checking on entitledto about my benefits and it was coming back with some crazy calculations! Everytime it was coming back with really random figures and at one point it told me I was entitled to £245 council tax benefit a week LOL Anyone else had probs with the site recently? It seems to have changed layout…
