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totally confussed by the under 16hrs a wk jsa rule
im really very confussed by the under 16 hours a week jsa rule. i have been offered 13.5 hrs a work a wk and will end up being £90 for this. but i was wondering how this would effect housing and ct benefit as there is no way i could live on £360 a month. any help would be greatly appreciated as i have looked all over the…
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Confused About Benefit Entitlement
Good Evening All, I have a friend who is 19 yrs old, pregnant and in full time education. She is currently in temporary accommodation after being kicked out by her parents. She applied for Housing Benefit and has been refused because she is not on any other benefits. I have a tiny bit of knowledge about the benefits system…
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stay at home help - mostly jsa
Hello & thanks in advance for any advice given. I have a 6 month old baby and have just had my last SMP payment. I have to give up my job because my job is in Bristol & since having my daughter I now live in Wales so cannot go back there. My husband works for Tesco 37 hours a weeks at £17K a year and never has set days off…
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Move from JSA to ESA
can anybody help please with this am on JSA but been ill ,almost near the end of my two weeks (so didn't need drs note) but suffering with stomach ulcer and still not well, its a very long time since i had a drs note and i understand they are called fit notes? if the dr gives me a note what do i claim ESA? i understand…
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Income Based JSA
My brother has just gone onto JSA (Income based). He was on JSA (Contribution based). He was made redundant, and then became a single parent. Whilst employed he had an industrial accident losing the top of his thumb, he gets an allowance for that of about £30 week, (he got this even when he was working) Since going onto…
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I'm over 25, work 40hrs a week, tax credits i get per week are
£51... or something like that. How come I get this much yet others seem to get so much less? Does it increase with hours worked, or is it due to my appallingly low earnings for what i earn right now. I'm self employed btw. Thanks in advance for any advice, help.
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Contribution based ESA
Just wondering about contribution based ESA. I have been on Contribution based Incapacity Benefit for some years having worked before becoming ill. If I am put on ESA will I still qualify for Cont, based. In otherwords, what makes me still qualify for Contribution based if I haven't worked for so long, is it the…
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Tax Refund Help
Right so my last two jobs started mid way through the tax years, once in September 2007 and the other last November. And in both tax years I have been paying tax from day 1 despite the fact I didn't receive any benefits in the 07/08 tax year, and only 8 weeks in 10/11. Now I managed to get the 10/11 one sorted out thanks…
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What are NI contributions ?
Sorry for dim question BUT I really am not at all bright :D I started work last year, And I pay no tax am in the K tax bracket, (average PA 4-5k) I also notice I do not pay NI ? Why is this? And what does it mean for my future? :D
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including pension payments for tax credit
Hi Have read many threads on here regarding taking off pension payments from the gross wage, we never realised this was taken into consideration so have never taken pension payments off the figures given to Tax Credit and the amount is around £1500 a year paid to this and is not through the employer so never showed up on…
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Disability Living Allowance
I am on the lowest rate of care allowance as I cannot stand to make a meal etc due to foot problems !....I had yet another operation on the 13th of April and have been off my feet ever since, with the prospect of not being fit to walk for another month or two yet !....should I have informed those who need to be of my…
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Could claim benefits...but choose not to! Why?
i have read more and more often on this forum people saying "I could claim benefits but I choose not to" Can I ask the reason why you choose not to? Is it pride? do you feel like the government is stretched enough already? If it is the CTC that you don't claim...do you not think it would be a good idea to claim it and at…
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Gift aid and income for tax credits
When you complete a tax return, you declare the amount of gift aid giving you have made over the year. They then deduct this amount from your income to come up with your taxable income and then charge you tax. On your tax credits form you are asked what your income for the year was. Is this the income before gift aid, or…
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Losing tax credits?
Hi All, My husband has had a pay increase and our combined wage will now be 43990. Just wondered if this would lose us our tax credits? We get £42 pm currently. Thanks Louise
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Rent a Room scheme/housing benefit
Hi all I have a mortgage and live alone. I therefore get a reduction in my council tax, think I pay about 25% less. I am thinking of renting out my spare room under the Rent a Room scheme, where you can charge up to £4250 tax free. If I got somebody in it would mean the household would pay the full council tax as I…
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Single parent benefits.
I am asking this question for my Friend who lives next door to me. She has a child who is 10 weeks old . She tells me that she wasnt entitled to SMP from her Employer and so while she is out on maternity leave she is receiving MATERNITY ALLOWANCE. Now this isnt much because she only worked a few hours a week before she had…
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A bit a advice
First I will tell you what benefits I am getting for my son then you will see my question: a dependent still in full time education over 16 child benefit CSA money for dependent over 16 EMA He has been doing a full time college course which he is in every day of the week. He has got on another course not with college for…
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Job seekers
Hi, my wife has been signing on for two months without getting any money as they have been looking into her case. After all this time they say she isn't intiteld to any because she hasn't payed enough class 1 . This has been taken of 2009- 10 where most of that year she was a self employed child minder . So my question is…
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ESA query - what do I do????
I have been off work for a while, I am a nursery nurse (in special school on a casual basis which is usually every weeks I'm in for a few hours) and claimed ESA coz my earnings weren't high enough for SSP I have been diagnosed with spondylosis - my neck vertebrae are crumbly and its trapping a nerve that despite lots of…
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Steps Back into Work?
Hi All I’ve been in receipt of ESA for over 12 months, I haven’t got to have another assessment for 6 months. I live alone and I have a mortgage. During this period I have been seeing a psychologist to help me combat my depression. Nine months down the line I’m feeling a lot better than I was. So much better that I want to…
