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Benefits & tax credits

Archives for January 2011

will i be better or worse off in april 2011?
can anyone advise on this? i earn just under £19,000 a year, i am married but seperated so live alone, no kids. how will income tax changes and national insurace changes affect me , does anyone know? Also, does anyone know about public sector pension contribution incresase, i have heared this could go up by up to about £50…
How much tax should we pay.
HI all Not sure if this is the right place to post. My mom gets Direct Payment for carers to look after her. She currently has an agency but over christmas and the new year they have let her down, so I stepped in. My mom now wants to pay me for this, but i wanted to know how we go about paying the tax. Can i work out how…
Tax Credits, confused?
Hi All I am currently getting tax credits. I work 37.5 hours a week and my take home pay a month is eight hundred a pounds a month and I get 50pound per week working tax credit. Does anyone know how the changes in April will affect me please? Thank you for any replies
Benefits and Inheritance Money
Hello there, I’m here to ask for help with a benefit related issue. Before I continue, I should first mention that I’m writing this post on behalf of my parents who are less tech-savvy and find this kind of problem particularly stressful. With that said, I’ll explain the situation in as much detail as I can give from my…
Car allowance and claiming business milage - a Strange one!!!
Hi Guys, I need a bit of advice on car allowance etc for my new job. I am just started working for a dutch company (as the sole UK employee) They are paying me £5000 a year car allowance (to use my own car - which I have had to buy) but are stating that I cannot claim for milage at the government stipulated rate, but…
Need help to decide what is the best thing to do!
I need some help trying to work out the best thing to do. My husband is ill and no longer working. He will hopefully be moved into higher rate DLA for mobility and care. Hopefully, he will be moved into the support group ESA. I work full time but want to drop some hours so that I can be at home to look after him. If I want…
not yet received dla 28 days after last payment....
has anyone else not yet received their dla (which is normally paid every 28 days)....I notice the last payment was on 31/12/2010 which was 24 days from the previous payment on 7/12/2010 so I guess the next one will be 4 days late ie on 1/2/2011?
tax credits and working hours
This is query 2 with regard to tax credits.I noticed this year that last years top line of wages took me slightly below the minimum wage for a 40 hour week.I queried this with the family I work for and they have righted the "oversight on their part" immediately the day after by upping my wages.They have arranged to pay me…
Query re pension credit/dla/housing benefit and council tax benefit
Hi This is a query about my dad who is 64 now and receiving the guarantee element of pension credit amounting to around £80 per week. He also gets lowest rate care and mobility dla. Because he gets guarantee credit, he also gets full housing benefit and council tax benefit. His state pension is due to start in a few months…
Housing Benefit Newbie
I am currently receiving Job Seekers allowance and have been since October. I have been living with my fiancee at my parents since coming home for a year out in the USA in March. However I really need to get out of this house. Im 27 and we both do not want to be living here anymore. We need are own space. What housing…
fuel rebates for traveling to work
Im working as a forklift driver at a pallet network company but have to travel 620 miles a week my car is a deisel but it still costs me £320 pounds a month which takes a lot of my salary. There are no local jobs around and dont wish to move unless absolutely have to. Just wondering if anyone knew of any goverment schemes…
Pathways to work interview (URGENT HELP)
Im so worried. basically i have been having prolems with my post and today i found i had 2 letters from the job centre regarding appoinments for pathways to work interview the first of the letters was dated 24/12/2010 for an interview on the 07/01/2011 and then another letter dated 10/01/2011 for an interview on the…
Couple of housing benefit queries
I wonder if anyone can help me as i havent claimed for quite a while so would appreciate some answers. Im being laid off this week so it looks like i will need to claim JSA and HB. When i claim JSA do i make the HB claim on the phone at the same time or do i have to contact the local authority myself? Regarding Tax Credits…
help with esa and sda
hi, first post so please excuse any mistakes... I have up until recently been on income support in which everything was included (sda,child tax credit, lone parent), last week out of the blue i was informed i was no longer entitled to income support and needed to claim JS, at a meeting i informed them i had narcolepsy and…
Could someone explain maternity pay to me?
Hi, OH and I are hoping to start a family later this year and being the organised so and so that I am I want to understand the SMP thang! My biggest question is over having to return to work or not ... the plan ideally would be for me to stay at home rather than return to work and hand over my salary to the childminder!…
Will we be better off or worse off after changes in April 2011?
I'm a tad confused by all the headlines regarding the changes happening in April 2011. One thing I read says that working families with children are going to be losing out, while others seem to indicate my income tax and possibly even child tax credits may work in my favour. Confused dot com!! Can anyone shed some light on…
Tax credit versus Income Support
Hi I am new here - but hope that you can offer me some advice. Background is that I have 4 kids - one at Uni, one at 6th form college (both from first marriage) and 2 younger ones from another relationship. I have now seperated from the father of the younger 2. I have always had the child benefit in my name for all of the…
Former employer holding-up PPI claim.
Not sure if this is in the right thread but it can always be moved if not. Back in October I gained employment with Acoustica Manufacturing, the job lasted just 3 weeks (probably because I pointed-out that the pay was advertised at £7.00 - £9.50 p/h, but they only pad £6.13 p/h). Anyway, having signed-back-on for JSA, I…
Jobless - moved back with Mum, any help available?
My sister was made redundant last year and is being repossed next week - long story and she has exhausted all routes. She has moved in with my Mum. Is there any help she can get towards her being able to pay my mum board? My mum will lose her 25% discount on council tax due to my sister moving in plus her bills will…
Benefits for Part time Study
Hi My 21year old daughter completed her law degree (LLB) 'supported' by the Student loan company last year. She is now at The College of Law studying for her Legal Practice Certificate (LPC) so she can apply for a training contract with a law firm in order to become a qualified solicitor. She applied for a Professional…

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