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Confused!?!?
Hi I am looking for some advice. I work full time and have claimed tax credits since 2003. I received a letter from tax credits on monday asking me to complete the forms enclosed and to confirm what my situation was in between April and July of 2006!!! I honestly cannot remember and I put a covering letter in stating where…
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ESA medical and home visit
What is the legal standing regarding home visits for ESA medicals.I know i will be asked for one as i'm not 6 foot under but i have had to cancel numerous doctor and hospital appointments due to being ill and not being able to get out.
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severe disability
Just been advised I'm entitled to severe disability. I have been for two years bit esp haven't paid me. Am I entitled to backpay?
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Can a 16 year old student get benefits?
My sister has just turned 16 and wants to leave home in the summer as she starts college in september. I can't see her being able to afford it. I know you can get housing benefit at 16 but not income support (I think?), so what would she live on? There's a £100 a month bursary (now you can't get EMA) but that's not enough…
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Tax Credits - Need help
If there is a tax credits guru out there, please can you explain this to me. I am trying to find out what I may be entitled to toward the cost of childcare when I go back to work. On mat leave since May last year, returning to work end of Feb 2012. Current p60 figure is 11937 for me and I have estimated 20,000 self…
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Want to return to work - term time only
I am a single parent and have always worked. Due to my son's disability, I was forced to give up work and become his full time carer for a year and subsequently go onto benefits. My son has now been placed in the appropriate special needs provision and attends a special school. I would like to come off benefits and return…
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Tax credits/Housing benefit etc Change of circumstances ..
Hi sorry for posting yet more questions I wondered if anyone can help, I have just gone from being on Income support (just switched to support ESA), Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit, Child Tax Credit and Child Benefit, to working 16 hours a week earning £97. I just wondered how long the change of circumstances take/how…
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ESA - the work programme.
If in the work-related activity group, and not caring for young children, you can be in addition to the Work Focussed Interviews (a few minutes every several weeks-months at the job centre) be put on the work programme. Where you can be asked to do pretty much anything except applying for work, doing work, or undergoing…
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Tax Rebate
Hi, I received a letter from tax saying I was due a rebate of around £400 so was waiting on the cheque and then I received a new tax code...... can anyone tell me if I can push to get the refund in full or just have to go with what they say? Thanks
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housing benefit & moving home
hi, im looking at moving house and currently get housing and council tax benefit, do i need to make a new claim if move or just inform of change of circumstances? if anybody knows id really appreciate some advice as im struggling to find advice anywhere else. Thanks
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incapacity benefit
Im on long term I.B. After years of homelessness, got a flat, there was no help available 4 me 2 get any items of any kind 4 my new place, cos im still on I.B and not E.S.A. I now need help wiv travel costs 2 visit my Dad who has mnths left 2 live, he has no otha family and neitha of us have the funds 4 me 2 visit him, it…
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UK - ROI Working Parents
Does anyone know if our family is entitled to childcare tax credits - my daughter is in a registered nursery and both me and my husband work full time. The only difference is that one of us works in the UK and the other works in the Republic of Ireland? Any help would be apprecaited as we are havong an ongoing dispute with…
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Can anyone offer any advice on income support and how earning affect it
Are money coming in counted before or after tax. I applied for income support last year but was turned down as we had too much coming in as my husband received a phi payment. Our payments have now gone down taking us under the limit need but it's after tax. If they use payments before tax it's not worth us reapplying but…
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Offered new job! Effect on tax credits?
Chuffed to be offered a 12 month temp job today - would love to know what my 2012/13 tax credits award is likely to be, if anything. Perhaps someone can help me as the calculators I have found aren't set up for the new tax year yet. Income 2011/12 £9500 approx 2012/13 £28000 after pension costs number of kids 4 no partner…
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At what stage do I lose my Housing Benefit?
Hi. I am currently unemployed, and in receipt of JSA, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit. To stop me going completely out of my mind whilst not working, I have been volunteering with a charity for people with Cerebral Palsy. One of the residential sites where the service users live have been having a lot of staffing…
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CT benefit and "deprivation of capital"
:TDear Sirs/ladies, I am emailing on behalf of a friend. She has been living off her savings for a number of years. Every year she donates a lot (i.e thousands) to charities. January this year she donated £18,000 to charities. This brought her savings to around £6k. Her clain for CT benefit might be turned down due to the…
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self employed, low income and have just had a baby....
Hi everyone, Looking for a little bit of advice. I'm self employed as a linen at home sales consultant and I have a 4 month old baby. At the moment I am on 'maternity leave' as I am bringing up my daughter. I'm married and my hubby works full time. Ssince I'm spending time bringing up my daughter I'm not working at the…
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Housing Benefit - Is my nephew committing fraud?
My nephew started claiming housing benefit whilst he was searching for a job after graduating from university. He has since found a job, and cancelled his JSA payments, but still recieves £260 a month from Housing Benefit. I have told him he is committing fraud by not declaring his new job specifically to the council, but…
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HMRC SA form
I have been advised to register for self assessment for my income tax and have downloaded the form from HMRC (http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/sa/register.htm#4) - however, the form already has a dirty great big "05 04" in the YEAR ENDING bit Why ? Could it be that I have somehow travelled back 8 years in time, without realising it ?
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DLA becoming PIP etc.
Is this guaranteed to happen, or is there a chance of a defeat so that the existing system is kept? I am on indefinite DLA for Asperger's Syndrome and will never be cured. Hence my indefinite award. However, under PIP I would regularly have to reapply, and I might get less money. For example, I am currently entitled to a…
