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Advice needed please
I'm new here and not really sure what forum to put this in and need a little advice if anyone could help at all that would be fantastic :) I am on employment and support allowance (the work related activity group) because i have agoraphobia and social anxiety. I also do get housing benefit and council tax. Also applied…
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So Confused!
trying to search for the answer but cant find one that i totaly understand can some one maybe help me by explaining it to me in the most simple way (depression has hit this week big time do not seem to be able to process properly) ok if DD who is 17 chooses a work placement over full time college what benefits will it…
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Job Seekers Allowance Entitlement - Working 16 Hours
Hi, I was recently made redundant and while I am seeking full time employment I am currently on JSA. What I would like to know is that if I was to accept a xmas part time role working under 16 hours a week @ £6 per hour for example how much would the the JSA deduct from my forthnightly allowance? I have asked many times at…
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Csa old rules to new rules
Hi my hubby left me back in 1998 with 3 small children and pregnant with twins, for a young girl. I ended up on IS for a year or 2 til i got back on my feet so i had do the child support thing. Anyway over the years i never had anything even though i heard he was holidaying in cuba miami florida the CSA said his wage slips…
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Writing to Tax credits
Hi hope someone can help :D Need to speak to TCO, re some extra info they wanted. Now I have tried to get hold of them by phone, :eek: and I now understand that the computer system is down, so I want to write to them............. I am assuming Recorded Delivery is best? Or should I go by Special? Do not mind paying the…
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You are joking me!!!!!!! (Tax Credits Helpline)
Just managed to get through to Tax Credits after weeks of trying, to be told their system is down due to changing systems and won't be working until Tuesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Although its a bloody joke, hopefully if you read this it might save you wasting your time.
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Maternity rights
Hello, I have 6 days annual leave left and was wondering if i am entitled to take this before my maternity leave as my annual leave runs from April-April so wont be able to carry this time over and also if you accure holiday time whilst on maternity leave and when you can take this? My boss says she will 'look into it' but…
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Should i be on Jsa??
Hello I'm new to this forum. I would like some friendily and helpful advice. and i'm very confused in to know what i want and what i may need. After some encouragement from a friend, i'm finally signing on to look for work as i want work so i have signed on with my partner who is living with me so we are signed on as a…
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Working tax credit query
I have been getting working tax credits now for the past 2 months and wanted to ask anyone whether i have given the correct information regarding my earnings for 6 April 2009 to 5 April 2010 - the figures i gave from my p60 for that year only have earnings from my current employer which was from nov 2009 before that i was…
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how much hb would they deduct?
i live with my 19 yr old son who has just left college. he has appliedfor js but not heard yet, only last week. i informed hb that he had just left full time education and my claim would cease for ctc. which would obviously alter my hb. he has been offered an interview and is over the moon. what i was wondering was i think…
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ESA Medical
hello fellow users :) just wanted some info really, as ive gotta have a medical regarding my ESA in a couple of weeks time... I had an accident at work, where I fell and badly damaged my left arm, I suffered bad nerve damage as a result of my fall, afterwards i couldnt do my job anymore, work told me that i was pretty much…
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CSA Debt for child that may not be his.
Long story this is and would like some help and advice for my brother about a child which he believes is not his. On 2 April 06 his wife came as a spouse to U.K to join him. The day she came she was vomiting white sick. On the 13 April she was taken to doctors as she was suffering nausea and dizziness. My brother said that…
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not entitled to any benefits?
I am moving in with my partner to rented accomodation (private) soon, and have been checking up on what/if any benefits we will be entitled to. So far it's not looking good, both me and my partner are between 25 and 30, because of the nature of my work and the fact I am a part time student I only earn between £300 and £450…
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Joint Claim issues
I hope someone can help, I am on my partners claim for IS, i was working 20hrs a week until the end of last year when they let me go due to climate change and couldn't afford me, i was getting £118 a week after ni, which was all taken off our IS bar the £20 your allowed to earn leaving my partner with a few pounds. The…
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JSA - 'failure to apply' warning letter
Does anyone else have experience of receiving a 'failure to apply' letter from Jobcentreplus? During my signing-on session on 14th September the batch of job descriptions I had printed off included one that, when I made direct contact with the company to obtain further details, required me to have previous experience of…
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Child Tax Credits and Child Benefit
I hope that there is someone out there who can help me! My wife has just left me leaving me with a primary school child. She receives Child Benefit for the child together with child tax credit/working tax credit that we jointly applied for. I have spoken to the child benefit people who have told me to submit a new claim.…
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Working Tax Credit -
I receive working tax credits of just over £40 a week and I have just moved in with my partner who is a full time student. How will this affect my claim ? I have looked for info on this, but found very little. Any help would be appreciated.
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tax credit computers down?
i've just been told that the computers are down and won't be back online again until monday - has anyone heard anything? I wanted to check that they updated my work details and some of the others on another forum are worried that their payments have gone down but can't check
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Community Care Grant - Removal Costs
Hi, can anyone give advice on the timing and process for applying for a community care grant to pay for removal costs? My wife and i are council tenants and have found a mutual exchange so we can be close to family to help care for my disability needs. The mutual exchange forms have just been signed, so no date for moving…
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Child Tax Credits and a company car
Wonder if some one can advise me. I have a company car, I have always said, that yes i pay a lot of TAX for having it, but no one could run a £21k car and get a new one every 2 years, so in that sense it is a perk. How ever its a tool for the job, i drive 40k miles a year and probably 37k is for business, you would not tax…
