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housing benefit
hi dose any one no how much you can earn and still get full housing benefit i can't find the info online thanks
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Overpayment on tax credits, when does it get paid back?
I called tax credits when my mat pay stopped after 9 months to advise them that I would be going onto unpaid leave and what my earnings would be for the next tax year once I go back to work etc. I got a new award letter through and knew it couldn't be correct as they had paid me £700 from a previous monthly payment of…
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Income support and child maintenance
I am on income support as a lone parent due to having a two year old, I have finally won a court order from my soon to be ex husband to pay child maintenance. CSA are not involved due to the fact he lives outside the UK. Will the child maintenance affect my income support? I have been told that this will not affect my…
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tax credit overpayment help: told to ask bank for a loan?
Hi, i had to reduce my hours at work due to the afterschool club i was using closed and i had no one to take/collect kids from school. Anyway I informed TC and told them the change in circumstances straight way. The TCs i was receiving stopped immediately. I have received a letter saying I been overpaid. I have just…
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Child tax credit question
Hi all, I hope someone can help me here. There is a long back story to this question, but the essentials of it are this: My brother-in-law is due to move in with myself and my husband, he is in full-time education and we have used the child tax credit calculator which says we are entitled to some benefits. However, my…
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How long a wait for ESA backpay?
Hi, My husband won his ESA tribunal on 10th June after a long 14 months wait. The guy where the tribunal took place informed us it would be a couple of weeks until we received the 14 months backdate we are entitled to. My husband today phoned the DWP to enquire and we were told it could actually be 6-8 weeks!!!! I am…
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working 7 hours and jsa
Hi i wonder if anyone can give me some advice.My daughter was claiming jsa then started working 28 hours a week in a shop including saturday and sunday then her boss dicided it was not worth opening weekends so she had her hours cut to 7 a week so she has to have the wage made up by signing on for jsa.the problem is when…
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Tax Credits and son staying on school
Our new award has arrived and the payments are only till 31st August because my son will be 16, however he is stopping at school for a further 2 years,he is certain he is stopping on but do i need confirmation in writing from the school to give to the tax credits office, so that payments will continue after August?
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Help understanding tax credits VS childcare Vouchers
Hi All, My brain is all muddled now with figures and I'm wondering if someone can help us out! Our nursery bill is £560 per month (for 2.5 days a week for one child), and currently we pay £243 each from our childcare voucher work schemes, and the rest we pay by direct debit (£74). Our joint income is £ 35,725 (before tax…
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Free glasses - Tax Credits
I am on the disability part of working tax credits and have been sent a NHS TAX CREDIT EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE Do you have to pay for dental treatment and sight tests and claim the money back or do the dentist/opticians have forms you fill in there and you show your certificate meaning you don't have to claim back. It…
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help for working son
Son is under 25 and is about to move into a one bed flat at the cost of £350 a month plus council tax etc. He works over 30 hrs a week can he get any housing benefit to help with the rent. He earns about 14 thousand a year i think. Thanks
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15 hours free nursery
Hi. Not sure if this is the right forum but here goes. My boys currently go to nursery but I have to take them out of it next month as being made redundant so can't afford it. My older boy is 3 next month so wAs going to be getting his free 15 hours at the nursery. Is he still entitled to this as he will be away from there…
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Child Care
Hi, Wondering if anyone out there could offer any advice on this subject. I am currently not in work at the moment, I left my night job, working 8-8, 44 hours a week, due to complications and troubles it was having on my partners day job and childcare. My old job were not willing to help with hours or even give me a shift…
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Anyone paying back a tax credit overpayment with an ex?
Hi All, A long time ago (2004-2006) when my ex husband and I were still together, we somehow accrued a tax credit overpayment of about £2600. We split up soon after and I was told that the debt would be split down the middle with us each having a £1300 liability. Fast forward a little bit and I didn't start actually paying…
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Tax Credit & change of hours
Hi I am currently on maternity leave with my second child born March this year. I am trying to work out what kind of tax credits I will get if I stay off until Dec when my SMP will stop and go back reducing my hours from 31 per week to 20-21. Or if I stay off until mid march when my max mat leave ends. All the calculators…
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Jobseekers allowance delay... of a year.
Hello all, I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction. My partner has been out of work since April 2012, once eligible they applied for Jobseekers via telephone, however since then there has been nothing but trouble and excuses. They keep stating that the application is still processing or that they…
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Updating CTC
Evening all My wife and I have 2 children, male 19, female 16, we receive CTC, small amount of WTC, CB and small amount of HB. Now daughter has left school and is starting college in Sept, son is at college currently, finishes on 12th July and will be starting full time work on 2nd Sept. I have informed CB who pay the…
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Esa anyone heard of 3sc ???
hi, we had a phone call today [esa 6 monthly interview] as my husband is a amputee plus other health problems.my husbands personal advisor told me today that we would be getting a phone call from 3SC to ask if we wanted to go with them to try and find my husband work[god knows how he has so many health issues] or if we…
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Free Boiler - Pension Credit
Hi all, Not sure if this is in the right place - so if not apologies. My father is 64 and on Pension Credit. He / We have made an application 8/9 weeks ago for a Free Boiler as he is on Pension Credit. Someone came round immediately and did an assessment and said yes he is eligible for one. He also said he can have loft…
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Getting help with mortgage
Hi, wondering if anyone has got any advice into getting help with the interest on my small mortgage......i am on income support so i think i qualify......do you know if they take the amount from your income support and pay it direct to the building society.....or is it extra on top of the income support...i am trying to…
