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tax credits
hi to all, was wondering if anyone out there has received there rewards notices i renewed on the 13th may and still waiting for mind ?
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Letter of appeal against overpayment??
can anybody help? I'm a single mom of 3 young children after leaving my abusive ex,since then i cut my hours of work down to 19hrs, i have childcare and get help frm Tax Credits.. My problem lies with Housing and Council Tax Benefits, in 2008 my Mom passed away (i lost my Dad 10yrs earlier) my Mom owned an apartment in…
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Assessment rate Of ESA
Hi folks, At the moment I get £154 a week total on incapacity benefit (contribution based) Just over £90's for myself and the rest for my partner as a dependant as we have a child, which we have been getting for a few years now. In due course like everyone else I know I will be reassessed for ESA and trying to work out…
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Tax Credits, Child Care stinks
My Daughter owns her own home, Her boyfriend is self employed and she has been out of work since 09, she is doing a childcare NVQ at a nursery and gets a disgusting £100 per week on an apprentiship basis, She has a 2 year old son and the tax credits have said as she is not on minimum wage she can not claim childcare, Is…
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is support from gp important for transfer from ib
hi, my husband suffers extreme paralysis in the upper part of his body, arms,hands,shoulders neck etc etc & walking also causes the paralysis & severe spasms..in fact all bodily movement brings on the symptoms it is a neurological disablement,he also had a recent heart attack & had to have 3 stents fitted into what he was…
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Child Tax Credit (Private Healthcare Insurance-Benefit in Kind)
Hi, I wonder if someone could help me please? I currently receive child tax credits for my son, but I’ve just been informed that I may not have declared my income correctly. I currently receive Private Heath Care as a benefit in kind from my employer, which is worth approx. £500/year. I have informed the tax man of this…
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DLA for a child with ASD
just looking for some advise really as we have just been told our daughter has autistic spectrum disorder and have been advised we may be able to claim DLA. We have filled in the form as best we can and sent off, how long does it take to process and how do they decide who will get this as we were advised some families will…
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Can't cope with the amount of overpayment!
Hi guys, I just applied for the childcare element of child tax credit. My two kids are in full time and the costs are £318 per week of which I could apply for 70% of £300. I had an overpayment from last year which they were taking from my current CTC at £14 per week. Now the childcare element is added on they are taking…
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Customer compliance officer
Hi all... Got a letter on Saturday inviting me to a interview with a customer compliance officer as a query has arisen on my claim. I called up today and spoke to the guy who was nice enough but couldn't tell me what it was about as he only worked a Thursday so hadn't had my file at hand. I have only been claiming IS for 6…
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Confused
aghh does anyone else just find benefits really confusing? Why cant they all use the same system? Housing benefit and tax credits seem to run 2 completely diffrent ways. I have just done my renewal for tax credits but i noi that if my payments go up as soon as i tell housing benefit they stop all my housing benefit…
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contribution JSA ending...
Hi my partner has had a letter saying his contribution JSA is ending on 12th June as he has been looking for work for 6 months. i work full time so am i right in saying that we're on our own now as he won't qualfy for income based JSA ??? the letter said something maybe receiving national insurance credits? thanks for any…
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SSP affecting tax credits query ?
Hi, just a quick question i need an answer or advice to please , i have recently rung tax credits to tell them our 10/11 earnings but coincidentally i was put onto SSP and told them this fact while i was on the phone. The person on the phone told me we will get tax credit payments based on 10/11 earnings as usual, but if i…
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Child Tax Credit???
Evening all! Just wondering if you lovely people could offer some clarification on Child Tax Credit. I had my first baby 5 weeks ago and applied for child benefit and working tax credit. I received my child benefit last Monday but I just checked my bank online and it says I received £46 on Friday from Child Tax Credit. I…
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Part time student - can we get council tax rebate?
My husband is a part time student osteopath. We've got a baby and are now struggling to pay his fees and have asked for help at University. They said that some people on his course have got council tax rebates. They can't issue a council tax exemption certificate as the course is officially part time (it takes 5 years…
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does a tax credit overpayment affect DLA?
Hi all we have a tax credit overpayment due to my daughter claiming incapacity benefit under the youth rules with the added age addition. What i want to know is, would the overpayment affect her high rate care and Mobility DLA. I dont think it does but i am not sure. Thank you in advance.
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urgent! help with bus fare (back to work)
Hi, hope someone could share me a thought. I am on job seeker allowance, just being offer a job on phone for next week. I am very cash tight and really need help for the bus fare, it cost over £60 for a month and I won't get my salary until the pay day(that would be one month later). Job center just told me to contact my…
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Child Tax Credits - Lloyds TSB
I read on another thread in the banking forum that CTC payments due on a monday will no longer go in just after 12pm Sunday, Mine havent, just wondering if anyone elses had/had not gone in today. ( and I should stop living week to week and relying on them going in at 12 :mad: diners gonna be fun tonight. )
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Contribution basesd JSA-how do you know if you're eligable??!
Hi...my G/F (french national-lived in UK for 12 yrs) works 14 hours a week for the Local Education Authority-her contract is from September to May. Is there any way to tell if she's eligable for contributions based JSA? Could we call & ask or is there any calculator on the web? Any help would be great. Thanks! P.S. She's…
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JSA after 6 months
Can someone tell me what happens after being on JSA for 6 months? My husband got a letter yesterday to say his JSA was stopping as he has been on it for the maximum number of weeks, no-one at the jobcentre told him this would happen, can we apply for anything else?
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Help with dla form
I am in the process of filling in the form for dla. On the part you have to list your medication is that just the medication you are taking for what your claiming or alledications, hope this makes sense?
