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Dare I leave ESA support group
Really having a crisis of confidence. After a few years of major life events, I applied for university in January, at 48, was accepted on the strength of past qualifications, and am due to start in September. Went downhill healthwise due to dad's deterioration and family issues, and, to cut a long story short, was put into…
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Tax Credits Review earnings figure and SE payment on account
Tomorrow I am going to phone through our Tax credits review income figures. I have them all ready but i am confused about one thing. In January I made a payment on account for my Self assessment earnings for 2013 - 2014. Its the first time I have had to make a payment on account so I am not sure if I need to take it into…
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what to do after maternity allowance
I was wondering if anyone knew what I would be entitled to as I have a 3month old baby and am a full time mum and my partner works 55 hours a week im currently on maternity allowance which finishes in November and im on child benefit and am awaiting a reply from child tax credit I know I can't get jsa as can't work and…
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Self Employed - Am I entitled to a rebate?
Hi, I am self employed and filling out my tax return for the year. I have documented all my income and expenses and it looks like my income will be below the tax threshold, meaning I should not have to pay any tax for the year. However I have made quite a few expenses for my business during the year. As I won't be paying…
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Mix help
Hi guys. .. need your help again... So this is the situation, my mother in law is living with us, after having many treatments for her cancer and now few years has gone by and she feels like going back to work ,she has cleaning job offer but she doesn't know how to officially go about it,the job would pay maximum 16 hours…
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ESA Support Group/ Occupational pension?
Can anyone advise me as the whether an occupational pension is taken into account when someone is in the CB support Group of ESA and is also in receipt of DLA HRM & HRC? Many thanks
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[Help] Council Tax + Housing Benefit
Hello, My Mum has received Council Tax/Housing Benefit for years now, but up until recently they are asking for almost £4,000 from her, bearing in mind that she is on income support/job seekers allowance and simply doesn't get anything more than £5000 a year to pay for such an amount, so I don't know how they expect her to…
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H is leaving us. Do I claim mortgage interest payments or housing benefit pls?
Hello My H tells me he is going to leave us. We have a joint mortgage of £140K, currently interest only. We struggle to pay that tbh as he earns around £24K and I receive DLA and incapacity benefit. We have 2 children, age 6 and 8. The 8 year old has ASD but we do not currently claim any DLA for that. My DLA/incapacity is…
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Any benefits i could get?
Basically planning to get a part time job would be working 16 hours a week wanted to know if i could get any benefits?
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tenancy agreement and housing benefit
Hi, I'm renting a room at a friends house and now need to claim housing benefit and the housing benefit people have said that i need to provide a tenancy agreement. would a letter from him saying that i rent a room and how much i pay each week? be ok? or what should we do?
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Agency work
Hi Looking to work for an agency. Can someone give advice on what happens if when it comes to an end. say I worked for 5 months then the work stopped? also where I worked previously full time, they might have some workers in for a few months and then tell a few not to come in. how does jsa look at this etc? Is there a…
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Gap in work following Maternity Leave.
Hi All wondering if you can help. To cut a long story short I had a years Maternity Leave after having my first child. I had to leave my job following this Leave so have not earned in 4 months although I start a new job shortly. My husband has continued to work through this period in the Military (his posting forced the…
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Guide to completing ESA50 form
I am expecting another ESA50 soon. Had a look on the internet and found this walk through guide: http://www.nawra.org.uk/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/esa50guide2012-Sept-2012.pdf As the guide is in the format of the actual ESA50 itself, it looks quite useful. Especially to someone who hasn't experienced…
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JSA Sanction because i attended interview
Hi all I am claiming JSA and i attended an interview one day meaning i'd be late for an appointment i had been set up with Triage the same day. I turned up to Triage and informed them of where i'd been ... id actually got the times mixed up on the day thinking it was in the afternoon after my interview as i'd had such a…
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child benefit query
My sister in law split from her ex 3yrs ago, they have an 8yr old son. The child benefit was getting paid into their joint account. When they split she started claiming child tax credits and working tax credits, it wasn't until today in conversation that she mentioned her incomings and outgoings etc, I said what about your…
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Owe thousands to dwp but leaving uk
I owe over £20,000 to DWP for an overpayment of benefit, this dates back to 2005 and have been chipping away at it at a pathetic £40 a month but now they are asking me to increase payment substantially and I cant afford it. I am now a dual citizen of Canada and am considering just leaving this hell hole and getting a job…
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How will tax credits ask to be paid back past the £3k limit?
Hi all, For the tax year 2012-2013 we were claiming WTC and CTC based on my estimated income for the year. What happened though was in February/March this year I was given a huge pay rise at work with promotion to a management position and also given a large bonus at the same time as my boss felt that I deserved it as I'd…
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Working Tax Credit (childcare)
Hi Folks, I've recently had my awards notice and due to a change in my circumstances I've been awarded a small sum under "Working Tax Credits (childcare)" - this is the first time I've ever qualified for this. My question is does this lead into any other allowances or benefits? - I'm particularly thinking of free school…
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Tax credits renewal problem
Well time is running out and we still haven't managed to complete our tax credits renewal despite attempting to for several weeks. I have all my total earnings and my partner who is employed hasnt. The company he works for runs a system where you access your pay details on line which never works despite a whole password…
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Tax credit renewal has come through and I'm worried
My combined salary is 27500 and I have 3 children I recieve £100 a week from working tax credit. My elder son is going to university so he will be removed from the child element. They have sent me my new amount for the year and for my remaining 2 children will now get £40 a week. This will leave me £240 a month out of…
