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help with damp
Hi does anyone know if there is any help out there for people with damp homes - we are a young family on one income but not on benefits home owners and we have a very damp kitchen, but on a debt management plan and just cant afford to do it. We are in the birmingham area x
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Help. Can we afford school?
I am receiving Housing and Council Tax Benefit. I'm getting £300 a month salary + Job Seekers (from 2011). I owe over £2,000 mostly to my employer because they overpaid me. The rest is split between a loan I'm trying to pay back to the DWP and child tax credit mispayment to the inland revenue. They want this back because…
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low wage yet still dont qualify for council tax benefit
Ive just done a calculator and despite my husband earning approx 10-12000 this year and having a wife and daughter to support we still dont qualify for council tax benefit. Does anyone know why this is, its a massive amount to have to fid every month. Would it be because we have a part rent part buy property?
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Can I claim for home costs in my tax return?
I'm self employed and work from home 80% of the week. I'm filling in my self assessment tax return and was wondering if I can claim a proportion of the costs spent on my home as an expense... I live in a top floor flat - 20% of which is my office, so I was wondering if I'm able to claim for example, 20% of the cost of loft…
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Tax Credits - Extra Payments
I have received mine today, No a huge payment about 20% of a normal payment. Anyone else got there's??
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Working Tax Credit and Being a Director
Hi all, Can we claim Working Tax Credit if owning a Limited Company? Just we dont want to setup business and get money that we do on benefits. How do they work out the Working Tax Credit Amount? I will only be paying myself £6000 per year or is that not adviseable? Thanks John
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Limited Company and Incapacity Benefit
Can I setup a limited company while being on Incapacity Benefit without loosing any of it, aslong as I do not take any more out of business or no wages?? Just my husband has bad credit and cannot setup business bank account, so we thought that I could do it my name get bank account and then I can resign as director and…
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Need Benefit Advice and Limited Company Advice
Basically need advice on the following. I had a car accident just over a year ago and badly damaged my back, I have been claiming Incapacity benefit, but dont get any more because I apparently have not paid enough contributions, so I get £60 Income support added to my wifes claim. She also is on Incapacity Benefit due to…
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can not claim contubution based job seeker allowance
hello this is my first post,i was laid off from my job in greggs the bakers on xmas eve,appied for income based job seekers,but was told today that it was declined,when i then asked about contrubution based job seekers i was told that i could not claim that because they had no record of me working 2008/9 even though i was…
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Wftc/ctc and nhs bursary dependants allowance
Hi can I ask someone to inform me if the dependants allowance included in my nhs bursary allowance counts as income in my wftc/ctc claim. Thanks
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Carers Allowance
My hubby is claiming C/A he was getting £53.90. Ive just noticed over the last couple of weeks this has been reduced to £48.77 then it was reduced again to £43.64. We have not had any letters telling us this was going to be done. I do intend calling them about this but thought I would just ask if anyone has any idea as to…
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ESA won appeal now asking for fit/sick notes is this right?
hello everyone a little bit of advice would be appreciated. receive esa no other benefis. bit of backround i attended an atos medical sep 2009 which i failed i appealled and carried on sending doctors sick/fit notes. appeal went to tribunal july 2010 and i won and was told no need to supply doctors notes and received…
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self employed
Hi All I am writing as I really need an advice what to do. I am self employed beauty therapist only for the last 8 months.I must admit my income is very low and in this cirumstances I decided to suspend my business and find part time job as I want to go back and finish my MSc degree. The only problem is I get some support…
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help :legal costs
my friend is trying to chase her ex for maintance. She cant get legal aid as shes £50 over the limit...but cant afford anyone else. Is there any other way?
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Help needed please
Hello everyone im new here:) I was previously claiming JSA but the had to claim ESA because of illness,been claiming ESA for 3 months now and things are getting better so i will start claiming JSA again,when i go to claim JSA will it be a new claim or will it be rapid reclaim?Thanks for your help:)
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Tax Credits question...
hi. As some of you may know i live on my own with my son. What i am wanting to know is if/when i meet someone will my tax credits be effected if they stay over..?. Say they stayed with me 4 nights from seven..?
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ESA Appeal Tribunal next week
Not sure if I should have posted this here or on the Disability & Dosh board so please move if in wrong place. I have my medical next week, as I am in NI it might be slightly different from English Tribunals. I am absolutely terrified about this. My medical was a pure joke, scored 6 points on the mental section but its my…
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ESA and earning a little extra
Hi all, Can I ask a quick question please? I claim Carer's Allowance (around £84 a week for both me and my husband) the DWP take £54 off my husband's total of ESA so we get about £30 more than just on ESA without the CA. He also gets DLA mid care, high mob and is in the support group and together we receive HB and CTB.…
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Help! will I get in trouble for having more than £6,000 in my bank account?
Good afternoon everyone, I'd really appreciate if you could offer some clarification on where I stand with regards to benefits because I'm a very honest person and keep being told conflicting things by different people when it comes to how much I'm allowed to have in my bank account whilst claiming benefits without getting…
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Severe Disability Premium??? ESA
Hi, Ive finally been awarded DLA Highest Rate Care and Lower Mobility, Been advised that I should be entitled to SDP?? What is severe disability premium??? Im currently on income related ESA support group I have been advised an IS10 form has been sent to me to complete for SDP anyone what it is?? Any advice will be much…
