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job offer - can't afford to start though!
Ok, so I have been looking for a job for a while as I have been a stay at home mum for 2 years now and we've recently been having to put things on credit card. I have found a job and got an offer, if the ID etc goes through I could be starting on 1st Feb, but I doubt it as it's the 20th now! I have 2 sons, aged 7 and 22…
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Incompetent jobcentre plus
I started claiming jsa 29/12/09 . I've telephoned them to see why i have not had a reply and they have advised me that all details of the claim have been sent to me . The problem is they state they run on two systems and the system that sends the mail out has the wrong house number down for me . This house down my road is…
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living below our needs allowance
hi just wondered if anyone knows about benefits, we are currently£82.01 below our needs allowance, and have been told there is nothing we can claim. we currently recieve £26.72 CTC, £64.30 ESA(contribution related) and £57.44 IIB, i`m just stumped that theres nothing else to claim when our needs allowance is £230.47. thanx…
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JSA claim - need proof, starting a course and JSA?
Basically looking for some help please! Different people on the phone are telling me different things. I made a claim 2 weeks ago signed on the job center on 11th january my next sign on date is 25th. Anyways this is where I am confused. I went a course july 2009-september 2009. I had no time off until september I went on…
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Income Support, child element and CTC
So we tried, and tried, but the relationship just hasn't worked out and unfortunately my partner and I have parted company. Because I am not currently in work I have been advised to claim Income Support as a lone parent. Now, upon my research I have found that some people have said you may be better off claiming the child…
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Incorrect NI amounts deducted
Hi Not sure if this is the right place to be posting this so please feel free to move it if needed. My housemate had an email from the payroll department of the company he works for (tis a government agency) saying that due to an error that they had made, they hadn't deducted enough NI from his salary since he started in…
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Can someone explain the 39% rule for WTC ?
For the past 3 years I have been under the threshold to get maximum WTC which I totally need, but I think I am going to be just over it this year - by literally maybe £50. I dont understand how your award gets reduced by 39% if you earn more than the threshold. Does that mean my whole award is lowered by that much ? which…
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Letter re tax code?
I got a letter today from HMRC for 2010-2011 Tax Code. They said it is going to be 647l, which it currently is, just wondering why I have been sent out a letter when I have been with my employer 7 years?:confused: Anyone else get one?:o
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housing benefit / local housing allowance
ok so im 21 and workin part time (16hours) i have to move out my mums house in the next month and abit. ive spoken 2 the council and they basically said i have to wait & start looking for private rented places. i found a 1 bedroom flat which is £450pcm. how much housing benefits will i be entitled to? or is it local…
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HELP !!! What are we entitled to ?
Ok, I live with my girlfriend and we currently have a 7 month old baby. My girlfriend is currently receiving Child Tax Credits (CT), Child Benefits (CB), and Maternity Allowance (MA). I have just been made redundant last week and will be entitled to JSA but is there anything that we will be entitled to ? We have less than…
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WFTC - HMRC won't sort their mistake out!
Hi Can anyone help? My WFTC was stopped by mistake in Sept 2007 but I didn't realise until June 08. I was advised twice that it was being re-instated but it wasn't. The next time I rang they said time had run out and I needed to Appeal so I did that in Oct 08, just been told I will have to wait up to 6 months for an appeal…
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Enhanced tax credits for child receiving dla
Has anyone else come across this issue and are there any suggestions about what I can do about it? My son started receiving DLA in August 2007. I was never informed that his DLA could mean that I could receive enhanced child tax credits. In June 2009 Tax Credit Office informed me that DWP had informed them about his DLA…
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What benefits can I get?
Hi, I am self-employed 26 year old IT Engineer with no experience so it's hard to get job these days, my income since November 2008 was only £200 as I had some problems and I have been living in a debt since. I was wandering is there any benefits that could help me to increase my income and to get me started with studies?…
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Working Tax Credits
Here's a straight forwards question Do WTC's depend on earnings or savings or a combination of both ? If savings - what are the rules ?
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freephone number for working tax credits?
I've just found out we maybe able to claim working tax credits but I would like to talk to someone about this, the number is 0845 and i know i'll probably be on for a long time. does anyone have an 0800 number for the Tax Credit Helpline please?
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JSA Booklet - what to write in the 'Attendance Arrangments' box
I'm filling in the booklet to sign-off. What do I put in the 'Attendance Arrangments' box?
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jsa & mortgage savings.
Hi. We have an interest only mortgage & instead of taking out an endowment we have a shares ISA which (hopefully) will help pay it off eventually. Will this be counted as capital in relation to claiming for jobseekers allowance (income based) or will part or all of it be disregarded ? If we used it now to pay off a chunk…
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Benefits and seperation
Hi all, not sure this is still up and running as last post was 2004. Well here is more story I have just seperated from my wife of 17 years, i am living with my parents at the moment as i am still paying for everything on and in the house my wife and son are in. She works weekends roughly about 20 hours earning £140. I…
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Income Support/Incapacity Benefit help
A friend of mine was up until last friday living with his girlfriend, the girlfriend was claiming Income support for the pair of them with a sickness premium as they are both unable to work, she has been claiming for the both of them for about 3 months prior to this my friend was claiming Income support with a premium for…
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when should I submit the tax-return? please help
Anyone can help here? Thanks in advance! I registered self-employment last April. I haven't received any self-assessment form from the revenue. I know the the deadline for filing by post is 31 October which was past already. So should I submit the tax-return by Jan 31st online or I will do it this Oct? Any reply will be…
