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Unexpected short term work.
Hi, I was made redundant in May and have been claiming contribution based JSA since. I managed to find part time work with a well known package handling firm and signed off last Monday (14th). However I have had to hand my notice in as the work was just too heavy for me. Will I still be able to claim or will I be…
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Housing Benefit back-date clarification please
Hello. Hoping to get some advice here about back-dating. If good cause can be shown is the maximum back-date 3 or 6 months now? I've got confused. Also, are Housing Benefit bound by law and cannot back-date any longer than the 3 or 6 months or does it depend on good cause? Basically, is there any point arguing for a…
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Question about two seperate benefits if in a couple
If there's a couple and one of them is claiming one type of benefit , but then the other decides to claim a few months later but is only entitled to a different benefit, then I'm guessing they would have to claim as a couple and get less than two people claiming seperately but while they are sorting out the 2nd persons…
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Excemptions from medicals
To what benefit does this act refer to,is it just incapacity benefit or does it include ESA,does it apply to anybody claiming benefit due to incapability of employment. Section 10 of the The Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations 1995 .I have inflammatory polyarthritis which is listed in this…
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childminder - can I put myself as childcarer?
Hi, My wife is a childminder and looks after our children but I was wondering whether for the purposes of our tax credits claim can she claim what she would charge for looking after someone elses children? I ask because with looking after our children it means she cannot look after as many other paid for children.
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work focused interview
I have a letter from jobcentre saying I have to go to a work focused interview, I was meant to got to one a few weeks ago and I tried but I am too ill. I suffer from agoraphobia and generalised anxiety disorder, I got myself all upset and had panic attacks leading up to the interview and on the day I just broke down and…
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open university and benefits
Cany anyone tell me, is it ok to do open univeristy if you are on incapacity benefit? Do you have to declare it to the job centre and if you can get your fee paid will that effect your benefit amount?
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Childcare Help
im having real trouble understanding how your childcare fees are taken into consideration for CTC purposes i know how to work out my CTC entitlement based on income, but dont know where you put your childcare fees, into the equation according to my ctc award notice, i have no 'qualifying' childcare costs - with my older…
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Incapacity Benefit & Tribunal Appeal
Hello there, I have a question about what I am entitled to after winning a tribunals appeal. I suffer from depression and anxiety and had been receiving Incapacity benefit. In February 2009 my IB was stopped and I was told I did not have enough medical points after my medical examination. While waiting for my Tribunals…
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Tax credits and child maintenance as an outgoing
I'm getting married in November this year and will then be living with my new husband. I have one child and he has 2 from a previous marriage. My earnings per year are around £10,700 and his are around £10,564. Looking at tax credits calculators we are only entitled to a small amount of child tax credit once we marry. He…
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What do I need to declare if self employed for tax credits?
Hi, Apologies if this has been posted before but I reckoned to look and couldn't find anything. Does anyone know whether the tax credits people want gross self employed income for tax credits claims? My wife made a loss last year in total but her gross income is on our award letter. Is this correct? Richard
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Housing Benefit - Got a job before claim completed
Hi Im wondering if you could help me please. My husband lost his job at the beggining of last month and being unable to find anything else we put a cliam through for JSA, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit. The claim hasnt completed yet and they requested more information, which we sent and today we receieved a letter…
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Just a moan...
When i was on JSA they messed up my claim, for no apparent reason (nothing had changed!) and they were late paying me. As a result, i got a few bank charges. So i phoned DWP and they said as they were at fault for late payment they could refund me the charges, if i send in a bank statement and letter. So i phoned bank to…
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Leaving work to look after parent
My mother is 87 and bedridden. At the moment she has a carer call in, paid for I think by attendance allowance. My work may soon be asking for people to volunteer for redundancy, so I am thinking of giving up work to look after Mum. Are there any benefits I can claim?
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Self-employed, then bought flat, then lost job, can I claim benefits
Hi there So if I were to sack myself as an employee of my own companies and put all my money into properties... could I claim benefits? As then I would have less than £6k in savings thus meeting the criteria for claiming benefits.
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JSA Mortgage Interest Support
As a JSA claimant Ive just started to receive mortgage interest support payments. My mortgage is currently in a fixed rate period with an interest rate of 5.99% close to the current 6.08% standard rate used by DWP to determine the amount of benefit paid. Very soon my mortgage reverts to a standard variable rate which will…
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Housing benefit and disablement element WTC
Hello everyone, I wondered if anyone knows the answer to this? Is the disabled element of wtc tax free and as such can it be used as income with regards to working out housing benefit and council tax benefit or does it fall under the disregard section like DLA? Many thanks
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Can anyone help?! I'm confused!
Hi all :D Ok so I'm currently setting up a home-run business for a bit extra money for luxuries/xmas etc etc. I am currently finalising the website but have had a few people ordering from me. Oh I am making home-made cards/keepsakes/baby keepsake albums and that kind of thing. It won't make a lot of money but I have the…
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baby help please!
Hi, My husband and I are thinking of trying for a baby but are unsure on if we can afford it. I know what my allowances would be from work (statutory maternity pay only) but don't know if i would be eligable for any tax credits, child support or income support? My husband earns around £48kpa and my salary is £25kpa and we…
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SMP or MA?
Hi all, Just after a bit of advice please. I have been at my current job since the beginning of the year and am currently pregnant. I haven't been given full details yet but have been told that I will get SMP which is 90% for x amount of weeks and possibly then 60% for x amount of weeks (sorry do not have all details at…
