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Housing Benefit overpayment need help
Hi,to cut a very long story short,i was recieving council tax benefit,whilst i was a casual employee for approx 8months,then got taken on full time in june 10,moved house may11 and now they have said i owe £638 from the old house,been to local council offices today and they said i have to goto court and pay the summons fee…
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JSA- Customer Compliance Visit
Hi. I am currently claiming for JSA, and this morning have received a 'Notification of a visit' letter from the JCP. It says: 'We need to see you in order to discuss the benefit we are currently paying you because a query has arisen on your claim. We need to ensure your payments are correct and it is important that you are…
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Tax advice / company car
Had to remove this....
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Tribunal advice
Hi everyone, Just looking for a bit of advice. I received two letters today telling me that my IB appeal and my ESA appeal will be heard next month. Is this just done as one tribunal or will it be two separate ones on the same day? When I put in the IB appeal (Oct 2010) and the ESA appeal (Jan 2011) I was definitely not…
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Housing and Council Tax Benefit now back to work??
Hi MoneySavers Have just gone back to work 16hrs at minimum wage,been awarded £530.00 per month working tax credits and am waiting to have my housing and council tax benefits re assessed (am a lone parent) HMRC say there is a 4 week delay receiving my paperwork which i need for Benefit assessment! I just wondered if…
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really desperate for some info and help
hi guys. i was made redundant on the 9th of september (the day i got back of honeymoon) im 26 years old and have been working since leaving college 9 years ago in this time i have had 2 jobs working constantly beside a 3 week period when i signed on about 6 years ago. i have only been with the firm for 18 months so i get…
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Changes in Employment - no longer eligible for tax credits
Hi Hope someone can help me. Im a single parent and was earning 38k a year and getting £10 a week tax credits. Ive just been promoted :jand including a 'car allowance' of 4500 my wages will increase to approx 49k a year. Im aware that I am no longer entitled to any payment of tax credits, but was wondering whether I will…
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Do I provide Bank Statements?
Hi, I'm hoping to apply for Contribution based ESA. Will I need to provide bank statements with my application or are these just asked for with Income based ESA? Thanks
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17 year old kicked out - advice needed urgently
My sons girlfriend has been kicked out of home by her mum - its the result of ongoing family problems . I have said she can come and stay with us for a while , but i need some advice for her really . She is in college studying full time , she has a part time job for pocket money. Her mum is in reciept of benefits for her…
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Dla question
Hi there just wondered if anybody would be able to help me out here. I am on maternity leave from my part time job at the moment and due to go back in a month or so. My OH is on Incapacity Benefit long term rate. He has recently also qualified for DLA low rate mobility and low rate care due to his condition worsening. I am…
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tax credits
how many years back can they make you pay any overpayments to you guess it is more than the 3mths they can backdate a personal claim
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Husband giving up work to mind children...
I'm 38 and my husband is 50. Hubbie is giving up work completely to look after our 2 and 1 year olds as we are getting more and more in debt trying to pay for full time childcare. I've worked out that we should be able to manage as we should get housing benefit. I earn 19,000 annually. Our LHA rent allowance is 138.40 p/w.…
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quick question
just out of interest, a family of 6,( 2 adults and 4 kids) hubby earns £24000 before tax, how much would child tax credit would the mother get?
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Clarification of help with mortgage interest and ESA!
Hi there, just wanting some advice re: the situation my friend is in at the moment. He is claiming ESA at an assessment rate having failed his medical assessment (0 points when everything suggest he should be in a support group due to his disabilities and illnesses) however, they've put him on the assessment rate again…
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Am I entitled to JSA?
Hi, I was just wondering if anyone out there could help with my question. I finished university 2 weeks ago and i am waiting to start a new job. I have trained as a midwife and so i have to wait for my professional registration number to be allocated to me before i can start work in the hospital. I have been told that this…
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DLA debacle
Of late i've been receiving DLA due to illness. Then in February this year thanks to medical treatment, i felt well enough to return to work. I wrote to the DLA to tell them i was now well enough to return to work and thought i no longer met the criteria to receive it. I expected my DLA payments to stop. I received no…
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Carers Allowance and Tax Credits
Hi, Hope you can help me, Im a single parent who works 16hrs a week earning minimum wage, my son recieves high rate care disability living allowance,Am i entitled to Carers Allowance? How much does it affect your Tax Credits? Thanks for all your help, Janette xx
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Want to do voluntary unpaid work whilst on JSA, but have a question
so just recently I was made redundant (depressing) but I dont want to be stuck in the house I just want to get out and do something during the week, If I do voluntary unpaid work, would the job centre pay for travel expenses or is it the charity/company that does that? I'm not exactly sure and just need some help. Many…
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Starting a business on JSA - help!
I've been on JSA for almost 15 weeks and have a review at 9am tomorrow - haven't had a meeting since my first one 13 weeks ago, have just been filling in forms. I've decided to start a business teaching classes - I did a test cladding yesterday which people paid for, but it cost me more to hold the class than I was paid so…
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Incapacity to Esa advice
Hi all, Im new to this forum. I have to return my ESA 50 by October 7th 2011. I have found out that ATOS hasn't contacted my GP or any of the Consultants involved in my healthcare. They have left it all to me even though I have complex mental health illness, and chronic pain from a spinal injury. I have just obtained a…
