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Re council tax benefit
When I claim JSA will I be able to get some council tax benefit even though I live with my Mum.She is a pensioner and the council tax is about £120.00 per month. Thanks.
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signing on before graduation?
Hi, I'm due to finish my university course on June 15th, however I do not graduate till the end of July. I do not have a job lined up yet (...not through lack of trying), and was just wondering whether anyone knows if you can sign on before graduation, or whether you're technically still at uni until then? Thanks in…
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Help with CarerS Allowance please...
Hi, Can anyone help with this please.. Ive been caring for my mother in law for a while now for well over 35 hours a week and someone advised me before to claim carers allowance for her. Ive checked and am eligible BUT she gets Attendance Allowance and Industrial Injuries Allowance, my worry is that if i claim would she…
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on medication and off work , i failled to inform benefits
hi i was off work and on medication for stress, as a result of this situation i failed to inform benefits of my change in hours etc.. now i face overpayments with worlking tax credits and housing benefits help!!
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We owe nearly......
7k :eek: to TC (claimed for 2 kids, plus I get DLA M&L) Stupid person missed a digit when we first claimed last year... instead of putting in 28k they put in 8k (hubbies wages 2010/2011 this includes his company car too?).. Weird because we filled in a form and sent it off, and that's where they got the figures from, was…
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ESA and starting new business
I need some advice......... I am currently recieving ESA, council tax benefit and support for mortgage interest payments to assist with my mortgage....... I am currently unable to work for the short-term on look to return to work in 3-6 months........ In the meantime and where it gets confusing is: I incorporated a company…
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company car vs cash allowance
i am trying to decide between a company car and cash allowance. currently on cash at £4750, company car offered has BIK value of £2833. I am on a base salary of £36k, with bonus forecast of £8650 plus medical BIK of £750, plus either car or cash as above. how do i work out what is the best from a tax point of view. Another…
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Quick TC declaration question
Hi, just filling in my declaration.. in the past year I have received the following: Maternity Allowance Health in Pregnancy Grant Surestart Maternity Grant I can't see these mentioned anywhere, do they need to be included and if so do I just put the collective figure in the 'other income' section? Apologies if I am being…
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Is anyone else receiving their benefit payments early?
Hi all, hope everyone's ok today. I usually receive my DLA/ESA payments on a Monday but for the past few weeks I've been checking my bank accounts two or three times each week and I've now noticed that even though my "pay day" is a Monday, the money is always in my account the Thursday or Friday of the previous week!? is…
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Can I get LHA if I'm selfemployed?
Hi guys. Woould I be able to claim LHA if I am self employed? I'm paying myself £200 a week from my business account into my personal one - any profit from the business is currently staying in the business account to pay off the loan I took out to start up. I looked on the Carmarthenshire website and I couldn't see…
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how likely will i get a lump sum for underpayment
hi all we have had a couple of changes in circumstances this year last year we earnt about £17000 each so combined £34000 so only got basic 10.50 a week tax credits with our one child we then had our second daughter in july and i gave an estimate of my earnings as £10500 so combined £27500 and recieved about £146 a month…
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Does this sound right??
I thought I'd been overpaid housing benefit, I went into my localhousing office today to run through everything with them, and it turns out i've been underpaid!! I told them I don't think this is right but their pretty adament, they've awarded me full entitlement for housing and council tax benefit from today, however, I…
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tax credits help
hi sent of new tax credit claim 8-9 weeks ago when ever i call up they say its awaiting payment. recieved a letter last week from income tax office saying in order to update income tax records they need a letter stating how much jobs seekers i had for last tax year which is zero. is that whats holding up my claim? have…
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Self Employment Credit
Hi Have been on SEC for 7 weeks now - £50 per week. I'm expecting an '8 week phone call' this week - anyone know what this is all about ?
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When will they ask for these CTC overpayments back?
Hopefully this is a simple query, but having read some of the HMRC info I can't seem to find the answer. While waiting for our renewal form, we're receiving provisional CTC payments. Once we renew, our income for last year will mean that we won't be entitled to anything this year (as we'll be just over the new threshold)…
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failed ATOS medical, please help, next steps..
hi Ive just found out ive failed the atos medical (UK) for ESA. Ive called up my job centre to ask for the medical report. I cant believe i scored 0 points on both questionnaire and medical. This is not right, i filled in the questionnaire very thouroughly referencing the descriptors and i was confidant i would score over…
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Help, please!
Hi all, I was wondering if any of you could give me some advise as to what we may be entitled to claim for. I have started to look on the internet, but its all so confusing I was hoping to get some easy and sound advise from those who know what they are talking about!! We recently had our first child, 7 weeks ago infact.…
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Can my Mother Claim Disability?
Hi Folks I'm looking to try and make improvements to my mothers house mainly in terms of heating. She has a horribly antiquated storage heater system which costs a fortune and gives very little back in return. She is receiving nothing in the way of benefits that could potentially help finance a new heating system but I…
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what benefits is this person entitled to?
Young girl (21 ish ) is pregnant. Single mother and boyfriend not on the scene. The baby is due in July but there will be some problems with the baby apparently. It may be that the baby could be entitled to DLA shortly after it is born. She is living with her mum a the moment but she is trying to get a council house. I…
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Over Estimate
My sister earned £12k 2010/11, she told tax credits she would earn £14k, does anyone know the lumpsum amount due to her if any?
