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Job Seekers Allowance
Hopefully someone may be able to advise.....? Thanks in advance Registered for self employment 1/1/08 and completed tax return for 08/09 In the last couple of income stream has disappeared and as such now "unemplyed". Tax office advise i am not eligble for JSA - what and how can i get beneifts? Many thanks
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jobseekers after incapacity
I have recieved my IB50 to fill in for incapacity. If I was turned down ( have been on it 3.5 years) would I be able to claim jobseekers contribution based? Before claiming IB I worked for 6 years then went onot ssp for 6 months the IB. Would NI contributions have credited for me while on IB and count towards jobseekers…
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Tax credits annual review - worth making a claim?
Hi, We haven't claimed any tax credits for the last six years as my husbands income has been above the threshold for being eligible. However 2008/9 has been a really bad year for us and huis income went well below the threshold. I have received our annual review packs and don't know whether to bother to make a claim or…
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ESA question
Is this what used to be called sickness benefit?
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tax credits
hi i changed my job half way through the tax year last year and was going to earn more than i had been, went up from about 6500 to 10000 i informed tax credits who then put my money up, and then in april they put my money down again but ive just been given the option of promotion at work which would mean more hours and…
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Child tax credits and reduction due to income calc.
Child tax credits are far from transparant or understood as I don't need to tell you ! I am scratching my head over this one. We 'phoned through our annual review and received a provisional assesment - however 3 days later we received an ammended assesment. It seems that someone has input our P60 figure in for this year…
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help please!
i have a 9 year old daughter for whom i claim carers allowance, now she is in full time school i feel i would like to work part time , to bring in a little extra money, gain confidence and get back into the working world. would i be entitled to jsa and all the help and support that goes with it? ive looked on a few…
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If I go back to work full time????
Please can someone help me, if I go back to work full time but on minimum wage, will this effect my CHILD tax credits???? I am a little confused and dont really want to go back to full time employment and find out I will only be earning a little more then my child tax credits if I loose them all, surely it won't be worth…
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JSA and Mortgage Protection Insurance
I am currently claiming JSA after being made redundant from my last job and have been claiming since 1st April. I have a ortgage but luckily (?) I have protection insurance on it but have not yet actually received any money from them. I have just received a letter from the JCP, asking for details of my policy and how much…
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WTC & non-dependent deductions
I live with my mum who is on PCGC & claims full HB & CTB. When I moved in I had to send off payslips so they could assess how much I would have to contribute to rent & CT. Since then I have made a claim for WTC. I am entitled to approx £20 a week. Is this taken into account as income when assessing non-dep deductions as I…
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Tax Credits Rebate of £500
Wonder if anyone can help or advise me, I have gone right through this forum and cannot find another thread with regards to this, so figured I'd start my own, anyway here goes..... A friend told me back in December about The Tax credits rebate that apparently loads of eligible people were entitled to in the sum of £500,…
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housing benefit
Hi, I have to leave my rental property soon and cant afford deposit for a new one. My parents have said i can move into their spare room. They are not in a position to support me so i would have to pay rent ect. i am on income based JSA. Can I claim housing benefit to help me with my rent while im there? Thanks
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Tax Credit SUSPENDED - urgent advice required please help!
My payment for my CTC wasnt paid into my bank on Tuesday and I immediately telephoned up and I was told that my payments had been suspened due to a "software glitch". I have telephoned them day and night and I am still getting the same answer - its a computer glitch and will be sorted out, no notes on the file or anything!…
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LHA info?
Hi, I've been in touch with the council whom I get Local Housing Allowance but they dont seem to know the answer so I thought I would ask here. I'm a single parent on Incapacity Benefit. My eldest son has been accepted into the Army and goes in August. At the moment I have a 3 bedroom house for him & his brother. I am…
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advice please!!
Hi im new to the site, i was just looking for some advice regarding my partner moving in with me. I currently work part time, 22 hours a week, and claim working and child tax credit. I have 2 children. I get a bit of help towards rent. My partner is a self employed plasterer, but hasnt had much work in last couple of…
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how can i come home
hi hope somebody can help. i am currently living in europe and everything has worked out badly,i was trying to build my own home here and make a fresh start but now due to personnal and financial reasons i find myself having to return to uk. Quite simply i just don,t know where to start,will i be entitiled to any help with…
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Esa not payed again!!!!!
Yet again ESA not payed me AGAIN . This happens nearly every time i send my cert in :mad: . I send it in well week before it runs out This time my cert run out on the 10th june I sent one off on 3rd june should have got payment today and no payment in my bank so now this has put me right back as now i will get cut off…
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what do i declare???!!!
hi ,just wondering if anyone can help ,hubby lost job at xmas and after much sole searching an job hunting!! we dacided that h would be a house husband while i continue to work,having declared this to tc ,we lost the childcare element of tc ,i knew this would happen,but as my son only goes one day a week andwe feel it is…
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JSA over summer student?
Basically it is me husband and 1 child, he is not working as has looked after baby while i'm at uni so I have got an adult dependents grant for him the runs to the 30th June.I have been told that students if with children can claim benefits over the summer. However my course runs to the end of July so I get £85.00 per week…
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Letter from the Customer Compliance Team
Ive just received a letter from the DWP Customer Compliance Team saying they need to visit me to discuss a query that has arisen concerning my claim to benefit. I currently claim Incapacity Benefit, Income Support, Housing & Council tax benefit, Child Tax Credit and DLA for myself & my 2 sons aged 12 & 14. Myself & my…
