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Council Tax for Student who is now working
Hi, I have recently finished uni and I am unsure if I need to pay council tax. I currently live with my mum and have done for the duration of my course. She pays the rent and council tax and gets some sort of help for living based on her income (its quite low). I have never been asked by the council to pay council tax or…
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tax credits, advice?
Hi Can anyone advise me please on how tax credits may work out for me ? I was on mat allowance (not counted as income) and ssp last year so grand total income of £1500.00, my partner earned 25000.00 Just been offered a job but would entail a hugs nursery bill of !120 a week. if i go online and check it gives me a figure of…
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Esa
Can anyone explain why after working for over 20 years and paying tax, NI etc, that after spending one year as a student and now off sick I have been refused ESA
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Applied for Jobseekers - Recieved P45 from them?
Hey! I recently started a claim for Job seekers (Contribution). I done the application online, I then went for the assessment at the centre and last week was my first time signing on. In this time I have recived nothing from job centre plus through the post about how much I will get paid etc. Today I had a letter which…
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Council Tax Benefit error
New to posting on forums, so please be gentle! A bit about myself first to get the general idea. I work full time and my wife stays at home to look after the baby, we also have 3 kids at school. We recieve child tax credits and working tax credits. We applied for council tax benefit about 8 years ago and recieve that too.…
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Missing P60
Hi, I have had a letter through from HMRC today asking for a copy of my p60 from when I worked with marks and spencer. They would like the p60 for years ending april 2009 and 2010. I am a little confused as I only worked for m&s between september 2007 and december 2007 and I don't seem to have any p60 for this job - it was…
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WTC Amounts?
Please can someone tell me what elements ( money wise) make up a claim for couple claiming Working Tax Credit only, not Child Tax credit. Thanks
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tax credits renewals
Hi to all I was wondering how long it takes for tax credits to finalise the awards i renewed friday the 13th may has anyone had there's finalised and if so how long did it take
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WTC hours
Hello Been lurking for a while, thought I will finally sign up. I would like to apologise firstly re: my question, it might come across as a really stupid but I just can't get my head around it.... I am trying to claim working tax credit (as a couple), I rang the tax credit helpline and was told, to claim wtc both of us…
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DLA and change of circumstances
I initially applied for DLA based on having Aspergers, depression and anxiety. However, I was diagnosed with ADHD in March and was started on medication. The medication seemed to help initially, but the effect soon wore off and was causing rebound (symptoms come back worse after meds wear off). I've been started on a…
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What happens now he's failed the esa
My dad had a car accident febuary 2010 and been off sick since, he has was finished in work in march 2011 and been on esa assesment rate. The letter arrived this morning to say he had scored 0 points and to go on job seekers he's phoned job seekers and has to go on monday to sign the forms. I've told him to appeal as he's…
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Has Anybody Renewed T/C yet?
Has anybody renewed there tax credits over the phone yet? and how long is it taking to be processed. Thanks
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How will I survive on £52 per week?
Hi all, I would really appreciate and value any advice you could give. I became very ill with grief and depression after my soulmate was murdered in June 09. I had been self employed up until this time, but ended up on sickness benefit for quite some time. About a year ago, even though not 100% well, I felt so dreadful for…
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Short term contracts and Tax credits
I may have the opportunity to do a few months work. My question is when i contact the Tax Credits how do i estimate my income? For example if i knew i would have 6 months work guarantedd at £1000 pm. Do i tell them i will be earning £6000? Or do i advise them of the typical salary £12000 per year? I just dont want to be…
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My Situation
Might be a bit long winded so thanks for bearing with me.. I currently work full time in local government. I have a mortgage, 2 kids, my wife is is registered disabled and cannot work. She receives DLA but nothing else because of my earnings. We get Child Benefit and a small amount of Child Tax Credit. Things are VERY…
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wrong P60
Hi All, I am looking for help on the following problem. Just got an notice from HMRC regarding underpayment of tax in 2007-2008. Can see that the following took place: 1. On July 2007 I changed job from company A to company B. On the first payslip (August) I received from company B the tax gross was set to the amount of…
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Renewal question
Ive just received my renewal form. In the last tax year i worked for nearly all the tax year but i moved onto Income Based JSA for the last few weeks. Do i have to put this on the form anywhere?
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Benefits.
Our first child is due in 2 weeks, just need a bit of help. I earn £15,700, can i claim Housing Benefits?
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Have I been paid too much TC and WTC?
Set up new single TC claim on 18th April when H left. At the time I was working less than 16 hours a week and so only claimed TC. Have two children and my annual salary is about £8,000 (earned £8,400 last year in a variety of seasonal jobs). Realised last week that from 25th April until middle of July that I will be…
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can the council do anything about this
one of my partners friends,has moved in with her boyfriend,but has kept her council house on,even though she rarely stays in it,she receives no benefits and pays full rent and council tax for her council house,i think she would have to give the council house up if they found out,just wondering what others think. thanks…
