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Claiming & justifying expenditure on home items
I was speaking with an elderly couple who said when they sold their terrace home some yeras ago and bought a bungalow on a retirement scheme they had to justify every pound spent before claiming benefits. They were given guideline notes on what was acceptable and not. Acceptable was money spent on carpets, curtains and…
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Benefits And Ebay Question.
I wasn't sure if this should go in here or in the ebay board. I have a few odd bits that I don't need anymore and want to sell on ebay e.g. ps2 games, a few clothes etc. I am on income support and DLA. Would this be allowed? My new project worker said that she is willing to travel to the post office to post the items for…
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In real need of advice here IR, JSA money issues
OK this one seems complex to me but may be simple. We need some advice from somebody that knows how these things work as we simply arn't getting any help from the Inland Revenue on our queries. Ok wife has been working part time for 4 years, claiming working tax credits. She worked 16 hours a week on a weekly wage of…
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Income Support Due On Monday 24th....When will i receive it?
Can anyone help please? I was thinking it might be on the thursday? Anyone know for sure? Cheers!:beer:
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Means tested benefits and being left things in will
Say you receive IS, housing benefit etc and you get left a property or something in someone's will (I'm not, but just say for example). Will that mean the benefits will stop unless I sell the property and spend it all bar £6,000? Even though I could use the property to stay in? If that was the case wouldn't one be better…
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Work-Focused Interview?
This may be a stupid question, but what is it? I renewed my IB claim just before Christmas. Everything was fine. I had a letter saying my case was up for normal renewal in 2011. I also had my DLA mobility and care component awarded for an indefinite period. I've now received a letter asking me to attend a work-focused…
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Tax question
We run a small local club and the club currently is running in debt. We currently claim our expenses from the club such as mileage. When we fill in tax credit forms that ask for other income, do we put this down or not as we don't take a salary from the club just genuine expenses?
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Council tax benefit question.
William age 40 ish...friend of a friend , has been injured and gets DLA. He did get IS as well , but his IS claim was somehow mixed up, the DWP quickly informed the benefit part of the council that he was no longer in receipt of IS they (council) then said he qualified for nothing and must pay full whack.(?) He told them…
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2 Income Support Queries!
Two Income Supprt questions regarding a property please... "If you are trying to sell the property...... The value of the property may be ignored as part of your capital for the first 26 weeks after you start trying to sell it. And it may be ignored for longer than this if you are really finding it difficult to sell the…
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Should I sign on??? Not sure what is required
In December last year I was asked to leave my place of employment as they knew I was looking elsewhere and they didn't want to train me up. So I handed in my resignation and did 2 weeks work experience for some graduate programmes I would like to apply for. However since December I am yet to find work despite applying to…
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income help
hi, thanks for reading. I am a student nurse who has had a bit of a break from uni due to depression (mainly due to financial problems last year), during this time I was on income support for the 6 months, I start back at uni next week and so will give up my income support from Monday. The thing is it will be 5 weeks…
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Should i try to apply for DLA again?
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Income Support question
Hya I just wondered if anyone could help me. 1) My first baby is due in 11 weeks and ive just applied for my maternity grant, im already on income support and get this every 2 weeks, my cousin has told me that because i have 11 weeks left my income support will go to weekly and i just wondered if this was true and if it…
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Council Tax query
Hi there, I have a council tax query, I'm not sure if this is the right part of the forum to post in. Sorry in advance for the rambling, I’ve probably made it more long-winded than it needs to be… In 2004, me and my boyfriend (we live together and pay ctax by dd) went travelling for a year. Before I left, I phoned the…
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Incapacity benefit 2010 new rules
Hi Has anybody yet managed to digest the finer points of the new incapacity rules mentioned in the budget this week which will start in 2010. From what i gathered it will now be a case of what you can do, as opposed to what you can't do! Also their may be no long form filling, just straight to a person or persons who will…
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Child Benefit today?
I am confused (doesn't take much!) - why has Monday's CB been paid today? Monday isn't a bank holiday is it? :confused:
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DLA Knock back - should i appeal?
Hi I applied for DLA in November and after 4 long months they turned me down last week, stating a long list of things i supposedly didn't have, but that i'd specified i did have. i.e. difficulty with mobility, domestic assistance issues, etc. They had reports from GPs and consultants to confirm my neuro disorder that…
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Benefits for 85 year old Pensioner ?
Hi, My Grandmother will be 85 years old in June and she lives in a warden controlled old peoples complex. She needs a new electric cooker and I was wondering, would she would have to pay full price or is there some sort of benefit that she might be entitled to so that she could get the cooker at a reduced price ? Thanks…
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Over 60 - Pension Credit/Council Tax Benefit etc.
Hi everyone, I have a question from my old dear. She is 64 on pension credit and receives full council tax benefit and mortgage interest payments. Does anyone know how much she is entitled to have in savings? Any help is much appreciated.
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will i get money for son whos on appenticeship
will i still beable to get child benifit and tax credits if my 16 year old gets an appenticeship. and if he goes to collage one day will he get ema
