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disability premium do i quality
I have been told i can claim disability premium i get lower rate mobility & lower rate care and income based jsa do i qualify for disability premiums?
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WTC and HB
In the start of march I started a job informed wtc and HB only did the job afew weeks as it was a con .wrote to tax credits as you could not get through to them.told HB and said I would take new claim letter I'n when it came.I've still not got this and am still being paid wtc. Have also phoned wtc afew weeks ago to let…
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Unsure of What to do now disabled daughter is nearly 20
Hi I am stuck at the moment, and keep getting conflicting advice over my daughter. My daughter will be 20yrs old in June, She is severly disabled, and has severe learning and behavioural difficulties, At the moment she is in full time special needs college. I am a single parent, I have my eldest 20yr in june, middly 14 and…
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Pensions Local Service visit
Hi guys, I wonder if anybody could please provide help on this letter I have received. I have reveived a letter through my door yesterday from the DWP's Pensions, Disability and Carer's Service saying that someone had coming to my home to visit me to "discuss my claim for income support". I have been receiving IS for many…
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pension credit
Hi guys, new to the forum but hoping for some advice. My parents receive pension credit and a variety of benefits that go with it (council tax and DLA etc). My father was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer with a timeframe of around 16 months. He has a small pension (valued at about £3,100 per year) which he hasn't…
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new here--question re İncapacity benefit
İ am currently on incapacity benefit on a very old scheme that will mean i will have to come off benefits once i am called by ATOS.İ receive a pension from an old employer so it will disqualify me from receiving a decent amount- reading between the lines i would be able to receive about 20 quid a fortnight. İ am drawing up…
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Claiming LHA and being a student
Sorry, editing this to protect my privacy.
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Income Support & holidays abroad
Hi Have just rec an Income Support A2 Review form. Is this a common thing to get these every so often - or could it be because I have recently come back from a holiday abroad (paid from a personnal injury trust fund). Don't really need to go into the whole argument re IS & hols abroad thing (been done before) just curious…
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moving in together
Hi,just a quick question,i am looking at my partner moving in with me,i have two kids,one is his,i claim income support,he is a carer for his mum. What would happen with the money situation,would i still be entitled to housing and council tax benefit etc,thanks for any replies.
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please help me understand tax credits
hi sorry in advance again well last year we were in income based jobseekers and my partner started work on 11/04/2011 we done our renewal on the 26th april on entitled to were supposed to be getting £89 a week wtc and £210 ctc we get a disability premnium for my son who is on middle rate dla, well had the award notice we…
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Visit from a Customer Compliance Officer - why?
Hello, have just received a letter stating that "a query has arisen on your claim" and a Customer Compliance Officer will visit next Thursday to discuss this. I'm currently claiming Incapacity and IS and have always been completely honest with all details. I know that as I've nothing to hide I shouldn't be worried, but…
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Friend in need of advice
Hello, My friend is in need of some advice over her benefits - her situation is a follows:- She was working P/T but because of serious health problems while she was pregnant (she suffers from hydrocephalus and had to have emergency brain surgery at 29 weeks pregnant in April 2010, thankfully all went well), she was signed…
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My teenage son wants to get a job,will i affect my tax credits and housing benefit?
My teenage son (18 next week) who is still in full time education has been offered a job paying minimum wage. The job would be for 4 hours a night, 5 days a week @ the current rate of £4.92 an hour. I still recieve working tax credits, family tax credits, housing benefit & reduction on my council tax (due to my low income)…
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Working Tax Credit Confusion
Hi There. Every time I ring the tax credits helpline I get more confused, so I'd be REALLY grateful is someone could clarify what my boyfriend and I are likely to receive. My boyfriend turned 25 in January and we applied for Working Tax Credits. The application form asked for our 09/10 income, so this is what we provided,…
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Amended tax credits 08 to 09???
I have received a letter this morn dated 09/05/11 for an amended tax credits award for 08/09. It states that there is still £1410 to be paid to me but it doesnt say when it will be paid. It then goes on to give a payment schedule from 06/03/09 and then says the provisional payments for 2009-2010. Has anyone else received…
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This must be a mistake ?
TC has paid me 4 separate payments less than a day after I received my weekly amount. (this must be a mistake). I telephoned their helpline just now and was told It's because I rung Monday giving them details. (which the guy on Monday told me they couldn't update system until I received my claim pack). If anything I would…
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If I take childcare vouchers...disregard?
I have not been asked by the Inland Revenue to give estimated figures for this year but it will be £11,000 higher than last year. Now if I was to take the childcare vouchers offered at work then my income that I need to tell tax credits will drop below the disregard. Would I be able to do this? Or should i just call and…
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Reclaiming Tax - or what i Can reclaim !!
Folks, I have been unempoyed for approaching 3 years now, and the only job i have is a part time job which pays me £40 a week and although its csh in hand, the tax man is aware of it and my employer pays my tax for me... My quesiton is - surely I should not have been paying any tax for this period as i'm way under my…
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Tax Credit Investigation?
Hi All I renewed my tax credit award by phone today, I informed them of a change in circumstances in that I would be no longer be paying for childcare and the other change in circumstances was that my income for 2011-2012 would be higher than that the previous year. They wanted to know the date I stopped paying for…
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ESA and Dental Care!
Hello, I am in need of some help and advice, hoping that you might be able to clear up a worry I have. I currently receive Employment and Support Allowance and have a dental appointment next week. I've tried to contact a benefits shop for the past two days without any luck (always busy, due to having one phone) and I am…
