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Tax Credits Payments Stopped
We had our second child in September and after making a new tax credit claim I started receiving £193 a month which seemed to much, I contacted the tax credit agency straight away and after going through my details he said they had got my income wrong for the last tax year which did not effect my payments for one child but…
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ATOS Medical - failed, advice please?
I've been on ESA for some time, and just failed one of those delightful medical assessments... big shocker eh?!! :( I failed one last year, appealled and had it overturned with back-pay... the next call for a medical took about two weeks arriving - how they expect people to get well with this stress on their shoulders is…
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Tax Credit advice
Hi im just after a bit of advice.i told to the tax credit people i would earn 16500 for tax year 2010/11.ive just started a new job and have worked out i will now earn 18000 for 2010/11.im going to phone to update my info.i just wondered will this effect this years amount or only 2011/12 ,as this years tax credit award was…
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having to pay for an extra bin - wirral borough council!
hi, we are now entitled to an extra bin for general waste (more than 6 living in the household). i phoned up to order one and found out we now have to pay a one off fee for the bin of £35. anyone else have to pay for one? i don't see why we should have to pay. my friend got one 2 years ago and didn't have to pay. we are…
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Cut off point for housing benefit?
Hi what is the cut off point for housing benefit? I had an interview for a £24k job last week, so i was just wondering if this will effect my housing benefit much? I am currently on £20k - Have a partner and child, so my income is our only income. Thanks
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fed up!
Where shall I start, I have 4 children aged 3 5 7 and 9 and have seperated from a 15 year marriage. :(I work 12 hours a week and take home £14,000 a year. We have just sold our house to find myself and the kids a cheaper house to buy and pay off the outstanding debts. I cannot get a mortgage by myself so we have decided to…
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Help on Tax
Hi, can anyone help me with working out if I have been over taxed on my Bonus? I earn less than £27000 and have just received a bonus of £4500. When I received my pay slip My Tax Code was 647L M1 (M1 not seen before on my previous payslips) and tax of £1858.66 NI £380.69 and Student Loan of £494 (usually £82). :eek: This…
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CTC - Reduced payments and not told why?????
I had a payment go into my account today but it was approx £50 less than what usually gets paid in. This is my pay date so I know this was my payment and no extra payment. I telephoned the tax credit office about a week ago to ask for our figures for last year as I wanted to try and get an idea of how much we have earned…
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Jsa ib & mis
Can anyone help me with this! I have been claiming JSA CB and this has come to an end and I have a mortgage. I have been told to complete a form to claim JSA IB and my household will need to be assessed to see if I qualify for any. I have a wife and 2 children under 16, my wife works 20 hrs a week. My wife's income covered…
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ohhh god, where do i start?
Hi all...now, i have aproblem...i'm 18 weeks preggers, have 2 kids (7 and 4) and cannot figure whats happening in april with all the changes to maternity/ baby benifits! DH works full time, i dont work but it seems everything i would have been entitled to last year has gone! is there anything i'm missing? is there anything…
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child abuse tax credits?
hi not sure how to word this but i was living with my partner and i found out on sat that he has been sexually abusing my 12 year old daughter for over a year he has been arrested. i have applied for tax credits i work 32 h a week and get about £15000 a year i have 2 children 12 and 10 i work out i should get about £120 a…
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Do pension credits go up if given higher rate of dla?
My mother was receiving the low rate of dla and also has a motorbility (?) car/blue badge etc. She is also in receipt of pension credits bout £130pw i think. She was diagnosed with lung cancer and also diabetes back in october and is currently undergoing chemo, then radiotherapy. The Mcmillan nurses sorted it out so that…
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I finally found work! where do I stand on benefits?
Good evening all, After searching for what seems like forever? I've finally found a work placement! can't tell you how pleased I am at this good fortunae and I'm really desperate to get started now that I know I'm returning to work again, everything I wanted and more. I start next Tuesday. All of this has been made…
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Working part time and tax credits
Hi I'm wondering how to work out tax credits, in particular i want to be able to figure out what kind of part time hours will work our best for my family. I am currently on maternity but plan to go back part time and use chld care. I haven't decided whether this will be 2 days, 3 days or 4 days but would like to do as…
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Baby Element of tax credits
Hi, i know theyre stopping the baby element of tax credits but just wondered if anyone knows whether theyll stop it for people who are in the 12 months of receiving it, or is it just stopping for babys born after april? I had my twins in November last year,and currently get one baby element, will this stop in april, or…
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Income support & housing benefit - Help please
We are on income support and have a mortgage. Benefit has been reduced by £50 per month, as we have 'less money owing on our mortgage now than a year ago' Our payments are the same (fixed rate), but our cost of living has risen. This has made us worse off than a year ago. Can they do this? We weren't informed at the time.…
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New strict ESA descriptors.
Hi all,, I have just been browsing the benefitsandwork site and they say that this is definitely the descriptors for the ESA. http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/med2/index.php going to be very difficult to pass it compared to passing the ib test. John
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Industrial injuries disablement benefit
My husband was injured in an accident at work. He hasn't worked since then, and when his SSP ran out he was sent forms to apply for ESA, which we filled in even though we knew he wasn't unfit for any work, he just couldn't do the work he was employed for. We were then sent forms to apply for industrial injuries disablement…
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Migrating to UK - tax creds claim and income declaration
Hello If someone migrates to the UK and makes a joint tax credits claim with UK national who has worked in UK , do they declare their income from the last tax year from their previous country or would their income count as £0? Bit of an odd one that I know! thanks
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can anyone advise please re: JSA
Good evening, thanks for reading. I have a question im hoping someone can help me with. I work as a home carer and visit clients assisting with personal care/meal preparation/shopping/laundry etc. It is a condition of my job that i have a car as i obviously have to travel around the borough to attend to clients. The…
