Benefits & tax credits

Archives for June 2013

Do I count as a Student?
hi I am working full time and doing a degree part time online. I have to put in 12hrs a week for my studies. I paid my tuition fees and enrolled on 1st june 2013. I will get this refunded if I pass the course, by my employer. I have a few questions, and I was hoping someone would be able to help me with the answers. 1. Do…
inheritance
I am about to inherit a wodge of money (about 60 thou) from my mums estate. I am recently divorced and part of the court agreement is that i use that money to pay off as much of the joint mortgage as possible and in effect buy out my ex husband. However having read the details it seems that it is considered as income and…
Council tax benefit. Advised to evict my friend, Would he be better off.
My mate who is now over 60 was evicted 2 years ago so I took him in. But I have been on esa for 13 weeks and may now have to go on jsa. I cannot get ctax benefit as I am being honest and that he is doing a few jobs like a paper round, collecting glasses at a club an earning around £120 a week. He gives me around £40 per…
Bank charges when receiving benefits; against legislation?
On another forum I browse, someone mentioned the possibility of bank charges being against the Social Security Administration Act of 1992 if the account holder is in receipt of certain benefits. Being a curious individual, and one that was in receipt of ESA for a while (and is, indeed, still on DLA) I decided to look up…
Universal Jobmatch CV security worries
I am seeking advice with regard to my doubts overthe DWP ‘flagship system’ Universal Jobmatch. A brief history: I’m in my mid 50s and until 3 years ago had maintained full employment. There then followed two health issues and claiming (a)ESA, (b) contribution based JSA ,(c) then ESA again. Once fit, I started to ‘sign on’…
My council tax reduction I pay, was refunded?
My council tax reduction I pay, was refunded? Earlier today I was refunded the council tax I pay. Just one payment I made, was in my bank account. I haven't received any letters or emails. As it is a Sunday, I cannot ring the council concerned. Anyone have any knowledge or reasons, why this may of happened. Any feedback…
Childrens DLA
My Daughter who is 2 gets DLA.Please could anyone tell me what other benefits that she or me maybe be entitled to,Or any other things that she can claim for
Advice needed re low income
My husband works around 30 hours a week at the moment but part of his job is seasonal so come October that will go down to 22 hours a week. I have had to reduce my working hours to 21.5 due to mental health issues (I simply cannot cope with longer hours and still struggle with these hours - I take a lot of time off sick).…
Finished PGCE but job doesn't start until September...
... can I claim JSA until the job begins, given that technically I'm not a job-seeker?
JSA, part time work, wage slips etc
Hi everyone, Yesterday I received a letter which said, 'We have looked at your claim following a recent change We cannot pay you job seekers allowance from 14 June 2013 If you want a full explanation of why your jsa has changed, please get in touch with us' along with more information, including, 'If you think our record…
government help with mortgage...how is it worked out?
Can anyone tell me how the government help on mortgage payments is worked out pls? I know that there is a qualifying period of 3 months but after that what is it mased on. Is it based on the monthly payments of the amount borrowed? Thank you
Will my DLA application be denied because I havn't been back in the UK long enough
I applied for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) about 6 weeks ago. About a week after I sent it off, I received a letter saying that they had received my application and will process it. Since then I haven't heard anything back yet. I am A UK citizen but I lived in the USA for just under 3 years, from February 2010 to…
Employment and support allowance
I receive contribution based ESA and have been placed in the support group. I also receive an occupational pension of £99 per week. My husband is my full time carer and receives carers allowance of £59.75 per week and also an occupational pension of £45 per week. I am aware that my ESA has been deducted as my pension is…
please advise me for my brother
He is very ill at the moment and is receiving ESA, CTC and full Council Tax benefit. Due to the fact that he is seriously ill, he had confirmation today that he is going to be receiving dla high rate for both components backdated until may of this year. Now I am correct in saying that the dla payments will not effect his…
In a right mess on sick.
Hi i have had an illness for 2 years the doctors and consultants can't put a name to it yet. Last year i had to have 5 months off work because of in and out of hospital. Then april this year it flared up really bad again and i'm off work again.. there is only me working part time ,i live with my husband and son.we have…
HMRC say I owe £2k!
Today, I received a letter from HMRC saying that I owe £541 from the 11/12 tax year. I called up, and while setting up a payment plan was told I also owe £1k from last year and £300 so far from this year!!!! As you can imagine I wasn't amused! All this because of my income! And now I won't receive anything. My question is,…
Contribution ESA / DLA
Hi, Just a couple of quick questions I'm sure someone on here will be able to answer, myself and CPN can't find an answer. I'm on contribution based ESA (in support group) and have just started receiving DLA HRC and LRM. I'm married (he works) and have a child. 1) Does contributions ESA continue when in support group? Or…
New claim for JSA
My mate has finished uni and went to make a claim for jsa. All of the relevent forms were filled in and they told her to sign on this coming wednesday. In todays post she has received a letter saying she cant claim until the end of july as she is still classed as being in full time education!! Can they do this?????
'We cannot pay you jsa' no reason and not done anything wrong
Hi everyone Wondering if you can help me, I have been on jsa since last year and never had any problems. I have just received a letter saying 'We have looked at your claim following a recent change We cannot pay you job seekers allowance from 14 June 2013 If you want a full explanation of why your jsa has changed, please…
Tax Credits Overpayment Help
Hi I am hoping somebody can help me understand why I have a tax credit overpayment. In the tax year 2011/2012 I was working 16 hours and earned £7500 In 2012/2013 both me and my partner worked 16 hours and 14 hours I rang the tax credits immediately and let them know of our changes and estimated a joint income of £13435…

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