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Housing and Council tax benefit
Can someone help me - I'm at the end of my teether. Local council has "assessed" my claim and after numberous admin errors (their end) I have been "awarded" 50p a WEEK!! Now bit of back ground: Have ALWAYS paid council tax on time. Became a single parent and submitte a claim may time. Was awarded £3.49 a week - I disputed…
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Best way to report HB fraud?
Hi A couple of weeks ago I reported someone for Housing Benefit fraud, she lives in a private rented house and has been (for the last few months) claiming housing benefit not declaring her BFs income and saying he doesn't live there. I reported her using the online form, but im wondering if I should've rung instead, or do…
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can job centre do this
my dh is now something called stage 4 job seaker he is desperatly looking for a job, and has now been sent to an outside agancy who should help him find a job attendance at this agency is compulsery, which he has no problem with, what he does have a problem with is that this company rents a room in a church, and that is…
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Council tax debt
My partner has his wages arrested every week for council tax debt, this has been on going for a while and I am not sure which years this is for. as this was accrued before I moved into the property. I moved in around 2008/2009 and I am paying off arrear for 2009 at £50 a month and this is due to finish in December. WE have…
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how much longer for a decision
.it is now 9 weeks since my atos medical and today i decided to phone the dwp about my results. there is nothing on their system and so they have still not reached a decision..ive read other posts where they knew within a couple of weeks..why's it taking so long.....
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ERGH council tax
We are renevating our house and not living in it, its not got water/gas/a bathroom/electric etc we have rang and rang and rang the council about this, sent letters asking about it we had a letter back saying that someoen would need to come and inspect the property... so i rang them n said come along and inspect please and…
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HELP! my tax credits haven't been paid
Hi everyone I always get paid on fridays but I haven't been this week? What should I do? Is there a reason for this ? Thanks
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Ill health retirement advice needed.
HI My partner may soon have to take ill health retirement from his job and can expect a settlement of approx £17,000 At the moment we get Child tax credit and child benefit for 1 child and my partner recieves DLA at the highest rate with the lower rate care component (I think, it works out at £70 p/w approx), he also…
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ESA Appeal - Time Scale
Hi, Does anyone know the Time Scale for an ESA Appeal? I filled in the form GL24 and sent it off within the 1 month deadline and a week later I received a letter stating they have received my Appeal Form and it will be looked at again, if they can change it they will; but how long does it take for them to look at it again…
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am i entitled to Council tax benefit???
hi everyone, i am new here and have just spent a few minutes inputting all my details into the benefits checker. my husband works full time and last year earned £31,500 gross. i am a stay at home mum with 3 kids and work occasional weekends for a bit of pocket money ( only earned £770 last year) we get £43.70 in child tax…
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16 year old gone back to here mum
Advise for my sister in law please. Quick background, Divorced her first husband over 15 years ago, was happy for the 2 children to stay with him as he had a much more stable life, the kids would have had to change schools and areas they both decided that they didnt want the kids upset even more than they where. Every…
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Tax Rebate Question
Hi does anyone know how you appy for a tax rebate at the end of the tax year? Do you contact the tax office and ask them to send you a form or do they just send you the rebate themselves? Thanks.
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18 yr old estranged from parents & IS
Hi, Can a 18 yr old claim IS on the basis of estrangement from parents during the school summer holidays halfway through FE course, or do they have to wait till 7th sept when they return to school, Thanks
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seeking advice please!!
Hi, Any advice would be really appreciated. Can anyone figure out if I am entitled to claim Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit? I was made redundant from my job on 31st August:( and have received £2200 redundancy payment:j. I currently receive around £63 Working Tax Credit per week and may be able to get that for…
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tax reference
how do i go about getting my tax reference number to pay back an overpayment? the girl i talked to when i rang up sounded a bit confused lol
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Mature student and income related benefits.
Hi, I'd really appreciate advice if anyone has any please. I'm about to go to college for a one year full time course with the aim of going on to university afterwards. I'll be commuting at a cost of £80 per week although I accept there is no money available for travel costs. I have a husband and two children (no…
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HB and irregular additional income
I work full time and am in receipt of housing benefit (partial). My employer has some extra work which has been offered to me. I have the dates and hours of work for the coming year but these are not divided equally each month. I know that this income will be offset against my HB but I will get to keep 35% of this extra…
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HB and Employer's Pension Contributions
I had calculated my likely housing benefit entitlement on www.entitledto.org.uk and it came back at around £80 per week. My calculation letter has just arrived and says £30 per week. I don't know what to attribute this to but am wondering how they treat my contributions to my employer's pension scheme? These are deducted…
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successfull dla appeal
i won my dla appeal on 25th august 2011 i had asked for lower rate of both components but the judge said they wanted to consider higher rate mobility as soon as i walked(well crutched) in the room, i didnt take a representative i did it all myself and was awarded higher rate mobility and lower rate care. my question is i…
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Quick Question
My husband, I and our two children are moving in with OH's mum. The plan is to build an extension we can adapt for the increasing mobility needs of our little boy who has DMD (her very generous idea!). Anyway, hubby and I are in receipt of a small amount of tax credits. Do you know if this would be affected when we move in…
