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Child care costs...................?
Hi There, I work full time and my partner plans on attending college in september this year, will we be able to get help with childcare costs? will it be only when my partner attends college? thanks for any help Luke
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WTC Credit - Disability Element
I wonder if anyone can help please? I started part time work 3 months and am claiming WTC with a large portion of it being the Disability Element as I also receive DLA. Prior to working I was in receipt of HB so I gave them my amended details to re-assess my case. It has been 2 months now since I gave them my payslips and…
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JSA Contribution Based vs Income Based
I have been told my jobseekers allowance will not be paid from now on because I have run out of class 1 national insurance contributions. I was made redundant Nov 08. I have worked as a temp (mostly full time) since October 2005 and only had about 5 weeks out of work since then, before temping I worked for the council for…
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Tax Credits / Earnings / P60
Right, first post and this is probably going to be the stupidest question on here for a while ! How comes my `pay in this employment` according to my P60 is approx 2.5-3k less than what I know my actual salary is. What figure do i use on the tax credits form ? Any help gratefully received.
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Help for apprentice
My son will shortly have completed his first year as an apprentice plumber. He has been receiving £30 per college week, but receives nothing during the usual school holidays. He works for a plumbing firm from 8am to 5pm on the days that he doesn't have to attend college, and receives NO PAY for this work. Whilst I…
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"Sorry, we can't discuss this with you"
This is what my Dad was told today, after ringing Tax credits up, upon finding 2 letters at his address for 2 people (a couple? both foreign names) he had never heard of. All he was ringing up for was to tell TC that these people didn't live at his address. After being told " sorry we can't discuss this with you" 3 times,…
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Gross or net pay?
Due to a recent house move and a new baby, I have only just got round to checking all the paperwork we got for our Child Tax Credit and there are a few issues I would like advice with as i don't want to end up paying anything back... Firstly, my estimated income for the year to April 2009 was 34k but my actual was 41k due…
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benefits when in hospital
:confused: Does anyone know how long you have to be in hospital before benefits are affected? My stepdaughter is on DLA with high mobility rate and income support. She has been in hospital for 3 weeks and is wondering when she has to notify DHSS.
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JSA Tax Credits HELP!!
My boyfriend has been made redundant and has applied for Job Seekers Allowance but has been sent a letter saying he has not paid enough class 1 national insurance contributions. He has worked straight for a large company for the past 4 and a half years so dont understand how he couldnt have paid enough NI? surely it was…
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jsa will i recieve any help?
i have had a few breaks in employment i moved in 2007 got a job after 3 months owner went bankrupt xmas 07 started new job in march 08 got made redundant couple of weeks ago and am waiting for responce on my claim. in each break i never went to claim as didnt like the look of the scallys hanging around outside so never…
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Maternity Confusion
Hi There, I've had a look on previous threads, but I thought it'd be best to post about our situation. I am currently in full time employment, and have been for the last year. My fiance has just become pregnant and we're in the process of purchasing our first house! We're trying to work out what (maternity) benefits she…
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Tax Credit Fury!!
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: The above pretty much sums up how I feel about the whole thing at the moment....perhaps some kind soul can help me figure a few things out. My first claim in 2004 was based on myself working 20hrs per week and my partner 39hrs. I have one child. I received the CTC and my partner the WTC. At the…
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will we get any help
hi my chikd has long qt syndrome and will have it the rest of there life . could you tell me if there is any help that we could get to wards on going trips to the hospitals . we are working and not intitled to working tax credits . thansk in advance
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Overpaid Tc what happens next
We had a letter today saying we were overpaid in tax credits . We are willing to pay it back but can't pay it all in one go . Will they take us to court or will they let us pay instalments .Really scared do not want to go court. CQ
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Overpaid
hi, hope you can help. My mother in law has been overpaid. She doesn't work and is disabled, English is not her first language. She filled in the form incorrectly - put weekly salary in the salary box and wrote weekly next to it (my father in law works). When it was time to renew she filled in the form exactly the same as…
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Entitledto?
I have recently split from my partner and just moved into a new house with my 2 year old son. I only work around 27 hours per week and currently claim both working and child tax credits. I went to the entitledto site and after inputting all my details accurately, it turns out I was entitled to around £13 a week housing…
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ESA question !
Hello to all the readers, This is the first time I am submitting a querry onto this website, although had been reading through quite a few discussions for a while now. I wonder if anyone could kindly help me with this .... I have been unwell enough for past many months due to a chronic illness...SSP stopped and therefore…
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jsa ending what now?
Hi my contribution based jsa is ending soon and because my wife is working i know i won't be getting income support when jsa is finished! i'll continue signing on for nat insurance contributions to be paid but i'm wanting to know if i still have to provide evidence that i'm looking for work! so to get nat insurance…
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surestart maternity grant and WFC/CTC application dilemma
hi all, i recently gave birth to twins and turns out i am going to be a single parent for the forseeable future. Some details: Last year I earned 24000. This year I will be earning no more than 10500 (fact!)I am currently making a claim for tax credits and I have had to put my previous years earnings down on the form. I…
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Do I get EMA and child benefit?? have I cocked up??
Hi. Any advice appreciated. Son started College last September and gets £30 EMA weekly. I've looked on my bank statements and we still get child benefit for him!! Am I on my way to prison?? Sorry, don't mean to be flip!
