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Tax question
Hi all, I'm actually seeking some advice for a friend,i've always been self-employed so really i dont know how the PAYE system works. Anyway he started a job last September at a university and has his national insurance and tax deducted before his monthly wage hits the bank. He just wants to know if he needs to fill in…
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Ratting on benefit cheats
Hello I want to report someone who told me they had forgotten to mention something on their application for benefit, if you catch my drift. However, if they were to draw up a list of suspects who may have dobbed them in, I am sure my name would be on it. When DWP contact people as a result of info, do they say 'we have…
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CTC cuts to £40k income families - based on 10/11 income?
My OH was unemployed from April to end October 2010 and received JSA (c) for this time. His FT annual salary is £17500. I will earn approx £26000 during the tax year. We currently get the basic £545 CTC. Clearly on our joint salary we are above the new £40k CTC threshold. However as our earnings for the 10/11 was…
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Children without jobs
Both my children are due to leave full time education shortly. What happens then. Currently I can afford the rent on our current home as i get housing benefit tax credits and child benefit. I work and i earn 1100 per month but the rent is £750 per month, as a single working parent I never quite had enough "points" for…
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Support for Mortgage Interest query
Hi - if anyone can help with the following query it would be much appreciated. I have been on contribution based JSA for just over 5 months now and will need to apply for income based JSA shortly. I should be OK to receive this as I have under 6K savings. As i understand i if i am in receipt of income JSA i should be able…
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Working tax credit getting very confused? Want to work for Avon?
Hi all, I currently am on child tax credit that is 120 a week and that is all. I live in a rented house that my mum and dad have paid for me I have two children I wanted to start working for Avon for probably about 16 hours per week and no my nurseries fees are about 100 per week I am getting so confused at it all I filled…
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Tax Rate changes and Child Benefit
I saw on BBC News today that "The threshold at which the higher rate of tax kicks in is to be reduced to £35,001, from £37,400". Late last year the news was saying about Child Benefit being dropped for higher-rate tax payers, the article indicates that the higher rate is where one parent earns £44,000. Do these 2 articles…
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counter claim for working tax credit
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Can't get through to tax credit helpline
And it's starting to cost me a fortune! I've been trying to ring them in the cheap times for a week now (after 6pm and on sat) and haven't been able to get through, no matter how many times I've tried (a LOT) and today is the last day I need to advise them of my self employed income! I'm not sure what to do, I've been…
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Appealing ESA decision
I tried to go into this whole thing with a positive mindset. I posted on someone else's thread that I'd felt my dealings with the benefit people were really positive and I was certainly going to get what I was entitled to and it really wasn't so bad as you always hear and then they sent me a letter saying miraculously I'm…
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Declaring Actual Income & Redunadancy Payment
Sorry if this is a bit long-winded - I'll try to include all relevant information... My husband was self-employed when making our Tax Credits Annual Declaration for the period 2009 to 2010, so we declared an estimate that was higher than his expected earnings for that period. Tomorrow he will phone HMRC to adjust the…
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Housing Benefit Help ?
Hello all After 10 years of living with an abusive partner I have left him and my sister has agreed to me living with her temporarily. I am in receipt of Incapacity Benefit, DLA care and mob at highest rate I am also in receipt of an occupational pension. I would dearly love to move into a flat of my own in the London…
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Council tax underpayment ?
Before moving back to Ireland about ten years ago, my parents purchased a property in London. They wanted to buy something for me and also somewhere for themselves to stay on their frequent visits back to the UK. They purchased a house in which much DIY had been carried out prior to their purchase. Basically, they bought…
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Job seekers and savings
Hi - i am currently facing redundancy and am starting to really deal with the fact that i may be out of work for a time (work for local council and there are 740 jobs being axed in the dept i work in... nowhere to redeploy us all to and any jobs that do turn up locally, there will obviously be a LOT of competition!) My…
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Living with Mum and tax credits
Hi there.I am new to these boards so bear with me.My wife and I live with my disabled mum.She owns the house.We have one child 11 years old and I work full time and earn 13000 a year.We are in reciept of working tax credit,child tax credit,Child benefit and nothing else. My question is: are Ctc and wtc based solely on the…
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Refused JSA because my previous claim failed - how long before I can reapply ?
I tried to claim contribution based JSA in October but was refused due to insufficient national insurance credits for the year ending April 2008. I waited until the new year as the contributions record then rolls to the years ending April 2008 and 2009, for which I have plenty of contributions. But my local job centre have…
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JSA help?
Hello! I'm a new poster, though I've been lurking for a while, and was wondering if anyone could give me a little bit of advice? I made a claim for jobseekers on 13 Dec 2010 after being made redundant (£600 redundancy pay) in Nov, and was told that it I'd need to apply for the couples based JSA, as I live with my…
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Suspected of Benefit Fraud
I have recently received a letter from Job Centre Plus regarding a claim to Income Support. I have to attend an interview as they suspect I have committed a criminal offence because of failing to declare capital. I have been in the unfortunate position of having to claim Income Support over the last 2 years, During this…
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Carer's allowance
My son has just been re-assessed for DLA, as he turned 12, and got it. They actually stopped it for 6 weeks while the got more evidence. At the same time, they stopped my wife's Carer's Allowance. Will she have to re-apply, or will she be considered automatically? Strangely, this time, they have also given my son the low…
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On benefits and changing bank details
I'm looking into changing banks, therefore, my bank details will change. Do I just write a letter to JSA & DLA stating my details have changed and what they are? Or am I given a form to fill in? How do I find out the details for my local BDC? Not received anything from JSA about how much I'll be getting each week yet.
