-
Benefits? Please can somebody help?
Hi, this is my first post, so please excuse my rambling, but I'm at the end of my tether and really need help. :( We are a married couple with non dependant 'children'. Eldest is unemployed at the moment, and receives JSA. 2nd eldest is living away at university. Youngest is on a 3 year apprenticeship. My husband has…
-
Changing from IS to working :)
Hi, My daughter has got herself a job at last - she has been looking and applying since she left college in June. She is currently on IS (single Mum), CTC, HB & CT Credit. I believe she is now eligible for WTC, etc. Can anyone shed any light on how long it takes for changes to become effective as she obviously has to pay…
-
Voluntary work
Hi Was recently made redundant, and hate being unemployed. Thought i would do some voluntary work to gain experience and to ease the boredom of the day. A friend told me today that i would lose JSA as i would not be available for work. Anybody know for sure the rules? Thank You
-
Loan for months rent in advance
Hi, could anyone tell me please whether someone is likely to be able to get a DWP loan for a months rent in advance. My brother's in a private let but needs to move, he's found another flat but will need to give a months notice to his current landlord. We can get the deposit together but not the rent in advance & the new…
-
Advice needed re missed work focused interview
I recieved a letter through the post this morning and was shocked to discover i missed a work focused interview yesterday. I originally had an appointment 2 weeks ago which i rescheduled due to it being a compleatly innappropriate time and then i had to reschedule the second appointment because i could not get anyone to…
-
Working Tax Credits & TWO jobs?
just a quick query on behalf of my mum... She has 2 jobs, working in an office 40hrs & a care home 3-4 nights a week. Combined salary is £25k p.a over 70+ hrs a week :eek::eek: Would she be entitled to any benefits? thanks in advance
-
Entitlement to Income Support
My son has finished his studies at university. I am disabled and he is claiming carer's allowance. He would like to claim Income Support, but has £8000 savings. Can he pay the £8000 to the student loans company and after that claim income support? He will not be able to go to work for a long time. Thanks in advance.
-
Working tax credits.
Does anyone know how they work out your entitlement for working tax credits. I know they go off what you earned the previous year but I still cant understand how they formulate it. My son works through an agency and has applied for the credits. He has been awarded £27 per week whilst at least 7 of the people he works with…
-
apprenticeships and benefits advice
Wondered if anyone had any advice i work in full time employment but am looking into apprenticeships as a way into a better wage and career. We currently receive CTC,WTC and some HB due to low income and obviously CB Myself and partner have a 9 month old child, partner looks after her at home Wondered what our entitlement…
-
How would my tax credit change
hi all, i live with my son who is an apprentice and a daughter who is at sixth form. i only claim WTC and CTC for my daughter, my son gives me a little board out of his small wage. i work 28 hours a week but i might be offered an extra 4 hours taking me to 32 hours. how would this affect my WTC would it be cut by a lot.
-
Employment Support Allowance Questions
From daughter: I've recently been in hospital for an operation, and had to stay in overnight. When I was going for the consultations I was under 18 so was covered by my dads benefits and we could claim transportation costs by showing his NHS Tax Credit Exemption Certificate. I've recently turned 18 so am no longer covered…
-
Housing Benefit
Hi All Quick question, Myself and OH get HB- 1 bedroom rate. What rate would a single person get living alone? Would this be the 1 bedroom rate too? A good friend of mine has found herself in a situation were she may need housing benefit. Many thanks x
-
Basic Rate Tax Code and 2 jobs
Hi, I've been taxed the basic rate (BR) for the last year as a teacher, and I also receive a carer's allowance for looking after my mother. I believe I am being taxed too much as my take home pay seems far too low and comparable to my partner who earns less but has a similar take-home pay. How do I go about rectifying this…
-
Council Tax, Students and HMO's
I returned home from work today to find a bill from the council demanding £800 in council tax or a court summons awaits. This being apparently owed from my recent university house share. I require help in whether I should actually be expected to pay any of this let alone all of it as they demand? The background is that I…
-
Working Tax Credit - Help!
Hi there What is the threshold for earnings for someone oer 25, not living with partner and working over 30 hours a week? Many thanks
-
Housing benefit overpayment & recovery
I have been paying back an overpayment of HB through my existing entitlement. i recently had a change of circumstances and as a result i was due approx £500 in benefit underpayments. i spoke with HB office who said this was due to be paid to me. since then i have received a letter to advise this amount will be used to…
-
need to know correct term please?
i am trying to appeal some housing benefit over payment. i know there is a ruling that says something along the lines of you can not be expected to pay overpayments that you had no way of knowing that you were in receipt of. i want to find the exact quote so i can use it in letter, anyone know it??
-
child benefit stopped??help
hiya was just wondering if anyone cud help me and my husband split up in june and are in the process of a divorce...i rang the child benefit office and asked for a entitlement letter to be sent out in the middle of july to which they said it would take 14 working days...its now the beginning of october and i have still not…
-
Help ... Social Services
This is my story in a nutshell About six weeks ago i got a call from social services asking if i could take my late brothers kids in as there was problems with their mothers new husband being violent So i agreed to taking them in ... it was a no brain-er as i love em like my own, so now my family as gone from my own three…
-
tax credit overpayment
Hi, I need some advice and have been to C.A.B but they were not much help. I recieved a letter from HMRC re: overpayment 2004-2005. It is over £3500 and at the time i wrote and wrote and was told they had never recieved any correspondance from me. I looked online for some info about disputing the overpayment and found out…
