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Tax Credits Above 26k
Hi all, Had a letter saying everything was to stop in march (quite rightly in my opinion) and they've made a payment at beginning of April! Has this happened to anyone else? And do you know if you can just "pay it back" or whether they will adjust your tax code? Many Thanks
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EMA coming back for London kids?
Apparently Ken Livingstone has pledged to re-instate the EMA for kids staying on at school in London -my son's bus fare to school is now six pounds return daily and sometimnes we don't actually have it. On days when he only has one lesson, maybe twice a week, he just can't go in - saves twelve pounds! I try to get him to…
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Council claiming we owe money...again. help?
Hey everyone Im posting on behalf of my Mum, was wondering if anyone had any advice. My mum has been receiving benefits and tax credits for years. She began working full time again years back and informed the council about it and did everything by the books, everything has been fine. Last year, she received letter after…
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Being done for Benefit Fraud!!!
Received a card in the post today saying theres a letter waiting at the sorting office with no postage paid, thought I better go and check its not important so popped in to pick it up (after paying the £1.36 fee) anyhow its a good job I did. To my surprise they've had reason to conduct an investigation into my claim for…
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Housing Benefit Question
Hello everyone! Right, in a big pickle. We've decided to move out of this house, after 2 years of renting and lot's of problems. Our rent here is £475, of which they pay around £430 of. We've found another house, of which we are putting the deposit down in a couple days so we can secure it. This house is £465. On our…
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P45 Question
Hi All.. Please can someone who knows about P45's help me with regards to my husbands P45 confusion?.. He started a new job on the 19th March 2012 and he's only just got back his P45 from the job centre. He knows he's got to retain part 1A for himself and give in parts 2 and 3 to his new employers. (This is where it gets…
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ESA Cut off
"If you live abroad you are not entitled to income-related Employment and Support Allowance when your contribution-based Employment Support Allowance ends. You are also not entitled to receive National Insurance credits. Your entitlement to other social security benefits in the country you are living in may also change…
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Help....what am I entitled to.
Hi all Hope you can help......:) My husband has walked out on myself and kids....and I have no idea what i am entitled to regarding benefits. This is my situation.... We live in a 3 bedroom council house paying £527.08 a month and £136.06 for council tax. I work a 20 hour a week job which brings me in £526.00 a month. My…
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tax cred it overpayment help urgently needed please!!!
Hi, as the title states, OH was previously unemployed for a short period of time 2 years ago. He is working in a great job, but they use the previous years tax returns and this is where the problem has occured... OH was able to do plenty of overtime, so we informed then that it would be quite a bit more, they said to…
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incapacity benefit and moving home
I'm on long term incapacity benefit and I live with my partner of 8 years but unfortunately it looks like we're breaking up. I will have to move out and I'm wondering if anyone know the process of doing this? Is it just a case of finding somewhere and telling whoever it is who pays me or do I have to make a fresh claim?…
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DLA rates 2012-2012??
Good afternoon Please can anyone confirm if the DLA rates have increased for 2012/2013? My disabled son receives High Rate Care and Low Rate Mobility, and although received his usual amount on Tuesday just gone, if this have increased when should he expect to receive the increased amounts? Thank you. (He receives his DLA…
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Graduate JSA + JSA Abroad
Hey! Im graduating university this summer and was wondering when can you actually claim JSA from? So many sources say different things, some say when you finish your course (i.e in May), some say in July and others Septmeber. Ive applied to probabaly around 100 graduate jobs to no success :( Also, I am planning on going to…
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Child Benefit for Jan-Mar 2013
The new income tax on child benefit comes in from next January 2013. As far as I know the total tax liability is calculated on an annual basis with every £1 earned in each tax year resulting in a tax liability of 1% of child benefit received. For example in 2013/14 tax year earn 55k, child benefit 2400, tax charged 1200.…
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Is there a cut off age for getting help? (antritis)
Hi, Not sure if in the wrong forum, so please move if need too. My MIL has very bad antritis for the last 2 years, since she retired. It has taken ages to get help from the GP and now being refered to someone. She is 68. But finds daily things a little tough now. We not upto date on all the benefits she may be entitled…
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Child tax credits mistake- maternity pay
Please bear with me , I get very confused with all this. We claim child tax credits. Last November my Wife went on maternity leave, I phoned up and updated the tax credits office with our new estimated annual income. I have recently discovered I should have deducted £100 per week of my wife's maternity pay for this figure.…
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another esa50 form
applied for esa march 2011 failed medical appealed won tribunral in dec 2011 just received another esa50 form which after a year i have read is normal ,but i have just been to atos for my medical for industrial disease benefit so a doctor not a nurse and my condition has not changed and have been given te benefit for…
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JSA - contribution based
Hi My better half has just had her contribution JSA application rejected, can anyone tell me what the mimimum contribution amounts are before she would get it? Thanks
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Quick tax credit question
I started getting CTC and WTC last April when XH and I separated. I gave my 2010/2011 figures of about £8,500 and have been getting CTC and WTC. As some of my work is self employed I have only just been checking over my figures for 2011/2012 and looks like I have earned about £14,000. Have been trying to call HMRC but…
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Working tax credit help please.
I am a single mum and I work part time doing 20 hours a week I have been reading all this new tax credit stuff but can't really understand it! Am I still gonna get working tax or do I need to up my hours?
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Appealing Against a JSA Decision
Hi, Basically I was on Job Seekers Allowance from October. I had a temp job in December for 3 weeks, then went back onto JSA. I had an interview on 18th January 2012 and got offered the job and to start on 23rd January. I forgot to let the Job Centre know as I was in a flurry about my new job. On Monday the day I started…
