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Father-in-law staying over a few nights a week – do I have to inform housing benefit?
My partner and I receive housing benefit. His dad lives in Berkshire but is soon to start a new job that is based at sites across the south east, including one at London Victoria. When he has to go the Victoria office he wants to stay overnight with us. This will be 2-3 times a week. He stays in Berkshire the rest of the…
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WTC min hours to change to 24?
Did i just read that right? From next april the minimum hours you must work to qualify for WTC will be raised from 16 to 24?
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carer's allowance
I have been reading the entitlement criteria for carer's allowance and it says that if you earn over £100 per week you do not qualify for CA. There are various deductions allowed like tax and NI but it also mentions "other expenses you have to pay because they are a necessary part of your job" I am wondering what these…
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Over payment!
Hi, I suffered a badly broken ankle 18 months ago, I was/am self employed and was off work for 3 months during that time off I started a claim for incapacity benefit for what is was worth. Just before the 3 months were up I phoned up the benefits office and cancelled the incapacity benefit. I thought no more of it until I…
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housing benefit confusion, please help
hi My daughters entitlement for LHA is £103.56 Her rent is £450 per month She gets £207.12 every two weeks into her bank account (HB). The benefits decision notice given to her said "amount you must pay weekly is 29p. So if rent is £450 per month. But shes getting roughly £414 per month (every 4 weeks via two payments).…
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Housing and council tax benefit: Any point in applying?
Hello, I was in a job getting a good salary until April when I left. I am now claiming JSA. My boyfriend works full time for just about minimum wage. When I applied for JSA I was told they wouldn't apply for housing and council tax benefit for me at the same time because my boyfriend was working full time. They didn't ask…
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tax credits ALERT for people on incapacity benefit
I have just found out that for the last 5 years i have lost out on £50 a week in tax credits ! this is because my other half is on incapacity benefit and i have been putting this down on the forms as acountable income when all this time i did not have to! having read the small print in the renewal notes i descover that…
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Can 2 people claim job seekers allowance in one household
can you claim jsa if you share a house with someone else who is also claiming jsa? will this flag up when the newer claim goes through? as it will be under the same address?
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Appied for job online, not given chance to enter jc code thing
Hi I just wondered if anyone had any experience of this. I signed on yesterday and was given a printout of a job with Asda, I had to apply online via their website, I have been told at the jobcentre that when I apply for jobs that I have to reference the jc number that is on the printout, however on my application to Asda…
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WTFC Confused.com
I phoned on saturday WTC benefit people to discuss my claim, as my money went down £77 in April, and when I phoned them about this they said it was the budget. They said a payment would go in on the 10th May, which it did of my usual (but lower than that past months of £792, this includes child tax credit.). However,…
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How do you know if you've been signed off of JSA?
I decided I no longer wish to claim JSA. I dont like signing on and I especially dislike the career help people that I must see each week. I was told that if I miss a signing on, then I am automatically signed off. Is this true? Shouldn't I get sent a letter or something confirming this? I missed my last signing on last…
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Becoming a student - effect on benefits?
Hi all I really want to get a degree with the open university, but I need to know if it will affect any of the benefits we have we get child tax credits working tax credits (cause I am self employed 16 hours a week) hubby get incapacity benefit for his narcolepsy and cataplexy he also gets DLA I get Carers for him child…
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Working and claiming pension
Hi everyone I was just wondering if someone would be able to clear something up for me. My mother is currently 61 and in full time employment. She chose to defer her state pension. However both she and I are getting very confused about her tax codes and how much she should be getting. My mother earns around £200 per week…
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Tax credits and a lodger
Hi I am currently in receipt of WTC & CTC. My eldest will be going to university in Oct (I hope). Of course, I will lose his Child Benefit and element of the CTC which will be a big reduction in my income. I work full time but only earn a low income so things will be very, very tighter when he goes. I am thinking of…
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tax credit renewals (again)
are the renewals sent in alphabetical order cause i have not got mine yet and my surname begings with w...:rotfl: if they are when can i expect to recieve mine
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To take my redundancy and go on benefits?
I've worked all my life, got offered the chance to take voluntary redundancy so I phoned up and got a benefits check done on what I would get if I took my redundancy. Between JSA, Child Tax & working tax, Child Benefit, Housing Benefit and with my partner working her usual part time hours we would get £490 PW and at the…
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Claiming all at once?
Delete please, thank you!
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white or brown? (tax credits)
hiya i got my tax credits renewal today :j lol and got a white envelope. when i rang up to renew they said press 1 if you have brown envelope or 2 with a white envelope whats the difference?
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no income! desperate!
I am hoping someone will have some advice on what to do. My mum was receiving child benefit for me until a few days because she informed them I had moved out and left education so I applied for job seekers allowance which I will receive until 6th June as I will then go on income support due to being unfit for work as I am…
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A bit worried, why can't I renew my tax credits over the phone?
Can anyone help? I just tried to renew my tax credits and the advisor put me on hold, and then told me I had to speak to a specific case worker/team to do it and that they'd call me sometime before July Any ideas why this could be? I have to admit it had really worried me
