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holiday pay occured during maternity leave - bank holidays??
hello all, im about to get paid all of my holiday pay as i have handed in my notice after my maternity leave had finished. my maternity leave was between jan and october. There have been 3 or 4 bank holidays in that time and i wondered if i will be getting paid for them aswell? thanks for any advice
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Tax Credit payments over christmas?
Hi Does anybody know how the payments will fall this year? I know its abit of a long shot as its only october. For example, I get paid on a monday (although my tax credits actually go into my bank on a saturday, xmas day is a saturday this year) December the 27th is when i should recieve them but that is also a bank…
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Can you claim housing benefit if receiving redundancy money
Hello I will be made redundant shortly. I have 1 dependent in full time education. Once I receive my redundancy payout (20k, have worked with company for long time) will I be able to claim housing benefit or is this redundancy money for everything including rent,council tax, debts, bills, general living expenses. I…
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Just gone self employed - signing on?
DH went self employed 2 weeks ago after 2 months (off and on) on contributions based jsa. He's had bits of work, but the advertising won't be out til 1st November, therefore it's unlikely he'll earn anything this week. Would he be eligible to sign back on?
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Wtc
how many hours do you need to work to getworking tax credit? thanks
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Supported Living Tenancies and Costs
hi wonder if you good folk can help my friend brief outline she suffers from bi polar and is on Income Suport and a Disability Premium. At present she is stabel, has a Psychiatrist and a CPN and her medication is fine. She lives in a privately rentedflat and has full Housing Benefit and Council Tax Paid. The flat is in a…
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so the £10000?
so if i am adjudged to have this amount as savings, could i ask what i am in theory likely to lose in benefit. am i correct in saying that one loses £1 per week, for every £250 savings, over £6,000? soup
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Benefits help please.
I have a family friend and his family who have been made homeless due to no fault of their own. They are currently receiving no benefits as have no fixed abode. I am in receipt of benefits (due to disability in family) and am able to temporarily help them out allowing them the use of the lounge to sleep in. Does anyone…
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Ssp/esa
Hi all, just after some advice. My mum found out yesterday that she has a tumour in her lung. She's been off work for neary 8 weeks now and only has two weeks left of sick leave. We'll find out on Wednesday all the details of her illness, but she's worrying about how she'll pay the mortgage and stuff. I've had a quick look…
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Tax Allowance for NHS workers who have to launder a uniform?
I have recently found out that most people who work for the NHS, who wear a uniform for work and launder it themselves at home, are entitled to a deduction in tax payments. This was sort of confirmed by searching the HMRC website, where I found this document: "EIM66795 - Tax treatment of National Health Service employees:…
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Information for anyone waiting to here from tax credits
Be kind this is my first post ever!! A couple of monthes ago i rang family tax to report a change in the hours i work and also to let them know i was now using a childminder. As i would be paying my childminder over the £175 limit i was told that this area of my claim would have to be dealt with by another team at tax…
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problems claiming Adult Learner Grant
Hi - I'm asking for help re claiming the above for my niece. She first came to live with us on 1st September, after having been accepted to take a diploma course in ChelmsfordCollege. She had already applied for the Adult Learner Grant, and had informed the DWP that she would stop claiming E.S.A. from 6th September, which…
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hi - just joined and really concerned
hello i am a single full time dad of 49, had jobs since 20 at a good sales level but it now seems surplus to requirements out there!!! been on benefits which is tough to take to be honest, but need some serious advice please? on income support and child benefit since april of this year, lost my job last year, was made…
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Housing benefit overpayment!!!
Hello, Please can someone help me!!! we have had a letter from our council that we have been overpaid £4000, does anyone know if they go by your end of year amounts? because my husband earned less in 2008/2009? arghhhhhh!!
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Commuinty Grant/Budgeting Loan
Apologies if I am posting in the wrong place but wasn't sure what this should go under. We desperately need a new washer dryer. Our current one no longer dries and the washer floods the floor far too often. If it doesn't do that it just stops and refuses to spin. The children also need either new beds or mattresses. They…
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tax credit smp disregard pay for 2008/2009
i am just hearing from this forum about 4 days ago that 1st £100 of smp is overlooked but the thing is that when i am pregnant in 2008/2009 i was not aware of this so i put all my income down for that year instead of deducting £3900 . please what do you think i can do to claim this money back or at least to get something…
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Housing benefit payments stopped?
Hi everyone, I'm in abit of a panic and was hoping that someone could advise. We are currently receiving jsa & our housing benefit is paid on a four weekly basis in arrears. We had a letter this morning from our housing association saying that our rent is in arrears & to clear it immediately. Our housing benefit should…
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JSA and home ownership
Does anyone know if home ownership is part of means-testing for Income Based Jobseekers Allowance? Someone i know may be at threat of redundancy. She has savings of under 6K but owns her own home with no mortgage. Would she be able to claim income based JSA? She seems to think she'd be refused and told to sell the house…
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Advice needed re transport rules
I need some advice if possible please :) I currently receive ESA & DLA. I have to attend the Drs every Friday and the Hospitial every Wednesday for the forseeable future. I live in a rural area and am not allowed to drive so rely on taxies everywhere as no public transport (3 buses a week). Hospitial costs £37.50 each way…
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left part time work, can i claim JSA??
I currently have voluntairly left part work, can I claim JSA??
