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Help with income drop for working tax credits?
Hi all, I start smp on 15 th feb so my income for the coming year will be a drop of approx 7k. When I renewed last yr I earnt 2 much 2 receive any payments and obviously when I renew this yr because feb 15th is so close 2 the end of the financial year I don't think I will be entitled 2 anything as I will have earnt up…
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Can JSA tell from your national insurance when you start work?
Hi all! I have been out of work for about 12 weeks. Last week I got a job with an agency who placed me with a company full time. I didn't sign off straight away as I was asked to start the same day and didn't have time. I did 2 days and the work folded. I am really annoyed because I had only just been recruited. My agency…
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Benefits debit card - best idea EVER!
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Redundancy benefits
Hi everyone, Basically me and my partner both work for the same company, and I've recently found out (I'm not supposed to know) that the company is in trouble and is VERY likely to go under. I just want to know what will happen? We have rent, bills, and a loan to pay, and while I know we will both have to find new jobs…
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Cold Weather Payment
Can anyone comment on this, please. My elderly Mum gets cold weather payments and had one last week. The letter said £25 (and that's what was paid) but she reckons she's been 'short-changed' by £5. She said she used to get £30. I've checked back through her bank accounts and the last time she received one (late 2010) it…
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Wife living with me again, will E.S.A.stop?
My wife has moved back into the family home with me after a brief separation. She has been on E.S.A. for ten weeks. What i am asking will her E.S.A.payments cease because of this? We have one child and i work earning about £21,000 per year. We phoned the E.S.A.and the person said he didn't know if it would stop.Tried again…
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Employment Support Allowance - Medical Certificates
Hello guys, not sure if this is the right place to post this but it's my 1st post so if I've posted in the wrong place go easy on me!:D Bit of background on me first, I have Aspergers Syndrome and I am already claiming DLA if either of those things are relevant. I applied for ESA on December 20th and received a letter in…
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Single parent considering University, benefits advice please...
Hi, Since my ex left me and our daughter, I am just about surviving, he's a good Dad and buys her lovely things for his house, I'm not really able to do that, she wouldn't have much at all if he wasn't in her life and I don't want it to carry on like this. Since we split I've had to move back home to my mum, which isn't…
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Benefits confusion
Hi, Wife being made redundant :( Two of us and 2 kids ( 7 & 3 ). she will now go on to jsa for up to 6 months but what happens at the end of that? ( this might end up under universal credit by the time but thats even more confusing ) does she then get anything else? she will happily go back to work if we can find something…
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Can someone check I am right Re benefits?
I have had a phone call today from a "friend" not close but know them well ish. Their OH has been made redundant today from a well paid job (so over the Tax Credit limit until April). 3 Children, mortgage and she works 12 hours a week earning £130. I take it other than CB JSA they won't get anything until April? He hasn't…
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Housing benefit and lending money out - please help!
Hi there, I am in a situation where my sister, who I am renting with, is moving out to live with her boyfriend. I am a single mum on a part-time income and only claiming tax credits, however I now cannot afford to live on this and need to claim for housing benefit. After my divorce I had a lump sum quite a bit over £16000…
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Return to work credit
After 5 months of claiming ESA (contibution based) after an operation I have now been offered a 16 hour/week job. Will I qualify for the £40/week return to work credit and how do I go about claiming it? Are there any other in work benefits I might be able to get? I dont have any dependants and wife works 21 hours/week.
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Another JSA question
Partner signed off on monday and started work today, while he was at work he had a missed call which turns out to be the benefit centre, was just wondering what they was ringing for and if their is a problem, also worried he wont get his last 2 weeks money, is this normal for them to ring you?
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Help- Had Carers Allowance, I.S and SMI taken off me!!!
Hi all, :) Newbie here so be kind! :D Sorry for the long post but it's a bit complicated. My 92 year old Nan has mild-moderate Vascular Dementia which was diagnosed in 2011. Her condition started to worsen a bit, to the extent where she could use some help at home every day with meals and personal care. In January last…
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esa appeal
just won my appeal any one know whot happens next as ive not being on benifits before thanks
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Confusion about benefits/household contributions
Hello all, I'm a single young adult who moved back home in July last year. From July to October I was out of work and claimed Job Seekers Allowance, and since October I've been working full time. My mum lives at home as an out of work single parent, and she claims both Child Support and Housing Benefit. I was not aware…
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WTC & CHTC help - please
Hi, I have a little problem with claiming for Working Tax Credit. Here is my situation. My husband has been waiting for his Residence Card for more than a year so he was unable to work - no income for 2011-2012 for him ( we were just managing with his savings which are finished now). I have been self- employed (since 2010)…
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ESA (Contribution based)
Can I ask for some advice please ? My wife is waiting on a claim for above.She worked p/t for (14hrs p/w) from 1.4.11 to 31.12.12 .She paid no tax(under the personal allowance threshold) and no NI contributions. Will she get NI Credits for her period of work which covers the 2 preceding tax years ? This would seem to be…
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Is there any point in knocking myself out?
I'm self employed (sole trader) and completing my 2011-2012 Self Assessment. I only ever have to complete the short return as I don't earn much, so I only have to state three figures - income, expenditure and net profit. Having been quite ill for most of that year and with various domestic crises (worst year of my life,…
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Child tax credit help
Hello, My wife and I need some help with child tax credit entitlement, we receive £140 per month child tax credit, and my wife would like to go back to work for a couple of days per week. Now we would like to know if we would still be entitled to the child tax credit if she went back to work. The problem we face is that I…
