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Working Tax Credit - a little confused
On the HMRC website, it tells me to input the 2008/9 fin year earnings. Now, I was unemployed and claimed JSA for 15 weeks in that year. I put in my figure quoted in my P60 and it says I could claim c£570. It told me just to put my paid employment figures in. If I put in my current salary in - it works out to be like £1.07…
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Unemployed 20 yr old son - a couple of questions :)
My son has been at uni, did two years, and has now either taken a year out, or quit altogether - can't quite get that bit right! As his girlfriend is still at the Uni, he has been living with her, but as her income (student loan) was taken into account, he was deemed ineligible for means tested JSA. Now his money is…
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Benefits for low paid workers
My new neighbours are having problems. The husband is disabled and receives incapacity benefit and DLA. They jointly receive housing benefit and council tax benefit. The wife gets job seekers allowance and has been looking for work. She is highly educated (degree) with ten years experience in leisure centre management and…
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Benefits Advice Needed
My husband and I have decided to split up and I need some benefits advice. I have a little boy of nearly 2 and am 7 months pregnant. Prior to our split I wprked full time and had agreed with work I would take 9 months paid maternity leave, 3 months unpaid and 6 months career break. I am now very worried as I have never…
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benefits for pensioners
My gran and granda were in today and granda talking about getting new specs, long story short turns out it they've not been claiming anything other than state pension and their own wee pensions for years. Did a quick calculation for them and just want to check i'm right because benefits for the elderly is not my thing at…
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Higher Rate Mobility Allowance
My husband already recieves the lower rate mobility and middle care rate for another illness. However he has since been diagnosed with angina, will he able to claim the higher rate of mobilty now as he cant hardly walk any distance without having an attack,
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Would this be classed as voluntarily making yourself unemployed?
(I've also posted this on the Redundancy Board). Right, I'll make it as short as possible. My son works for a retail chain and there are rumours that redundancies are afoot. His contract is only for eight hours a week and although when he first worked there he got around 16-24 hours, for ages now all he has had is the…
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hi please help me
hi first thing 1st just found out that my lovely other half is pregnant we have a 6 year old from her previous relationship that we have no contact with weve contacted the csa but heard nothing from them which was 6 months ago about recieving maintence from her ex but he cant be tracked down last we heard he was unemployed…
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Starting a business, what happens to benefits
Hi all. I've been working 16hrs per week for the last few months and getting WTC and CTC to help out. I've kept the hours at 16 because I've been getting ready to start a business. The business starts in about 5 weeks, I'm just wondering if anyone can give me an idea of what will happen benefits wise when I call them up…
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tax credits new to me..
hello people, im hoping you can give me some advice on how the benefits work. Up until last week I was happily married and not claiming anything. OH had a good job and I work 30hrs per week and receive £12500 pa. Oh well self employed income up and down but never entitled to anything. Well we have split up and I need to…
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Desperately need advice
This is a long story so I'll try to keep it quick as we really could do with some advice. We bought a derelict property in scottish highlands in 2000. Moved on site late 2003. Late 2004 highland council decided we should pay the last 4 years of council tax as the property was banded. Until then we had received no payment…
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What to do?
Advice is greatly appreciated! I got a letter on 2nd December from TC's requesting either a pasport or birth certificate just for me not my partner (this is because I am guessing that everytime I call up and they ask DOB they have the wrong one on the system for some reason) Anyway I sent my passport in via Special…
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Child Tax credits and Limited company
Hi If you have a limited company what income do you need to declare for Child Tax Credits. Thanks
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Benefits
I am on income support and my daughter has just got an apprenticeship which is great. She will be getting over £230pw when she was at full-time college she had a part-time job at weekends and did shifts in the hols. She wants to keep this as well. She will pay 25% of the council tax as a non-dependent this she understands.…
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housing benefit question
regarding renting from parents right im a 29 year old guy always worked from the age of 15 through to november 2008 when i got made redundant now at this point i asked at the jobcentre if i was entitled to any help paying the rent for the house i rent from my parents and was simply told no, now my mum and dad split up a…
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benefits tribunal help
I need a representative I cannot get free legal help as I have a partner moved in with me,(self employed) all the cab law centres etc keep passing me round & back again no help available where did you get yours please help
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Working Tax Credit On Unpaid Maternity Leave
Hi, We have recently been blessed with a baby boy :D I'm currently an unemployed student and my partner is on unpaid maternity leave (not with employer long enough) and claiming income support. I am filling in the tax credit form at the moment and am at a loss as what to put under her employment / income details. Do I put…
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Housing Benefit question
I am hoping to buy a buy to let and maybe rent it to a retired relative who is currently claiming pension credit on top of his state pension. Can he claim housing benefit, if he is renting (at market rent) from a relative? He is currently renting from the council and claiming housing benefit but wishes to move out of the…
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esa not paid
anyone else not have their esa paid in yesterday
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Working Tax Credit Query
My one year bond matures soon and I have to notify the building society what I want to do. If I re-invest capital plus the interest will I loose the current amount of WTC that is being paid now? Or would it be better to get the b/soc to transfer some of the money into my ISA? Many thanks,
