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Don't know what to do!
I am currently on smp and receiving child benefit. We have applied for WTC and CTC but we were waiting to be awarded. My partner was dismissed from his job on 9/8. He went to the job centre and they told him to apply online for JSA, well he's now been offered a job that's only 16 hours. He's accepted it but now I don't…
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Include Car Benefit in Child Tax Credit Calculator?
Hello all First Post here so please go easy on me! I'm looking at claiming Child Tax Credit for my child (Married with one child) I receive a Cash Allowance every month from my employee for Car Benefit (£400 a month) Because this is a benefit i wondered if i need to include this in my total earning for the year or is it…
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Child Benefit not gone into bank?
My Child Benefit has not gone into the bank this morning,is anyone else having this problem? It normally goes into the banking system about 10pm on the Sunday night and this has never happened before.
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Working Tax Credits
Thinking of getting an ice cream van. If I do it to go self-employed would I be able to claim Working Tax Credits? Can they also tell how many hours I've worked? Like would they want a tachograph or something in the van?
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misclaiming spd council tax
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Contribution Based ESA
Hi everyone, I have a question regarding Contribution Based ESA. I first claimed ESA in 2011 and was placed into the WRAG in Oct 2011, I got contributory ESA for the 365 days and reverted to Income-Related Based ESA in Oct 2012. However, In July 2013 I made an appeal against WRAG and to be re-considered for Support Group.…
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Final JSA Payment and P45
Hi there, Wonder if anyone out there can advise me. I started work on 5 August and tried to use the 0845 number to sign off JSA a few days earlier, however I kept getting cut off with an automated message to say they were busy and call back. After about 10 attempts, I finally gave up. Once I started work, there was no way…
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JSA - Tax credit run on and Housing benefit
A friend of mine is likely to be loosing her job on Friday She is a single parent living in a council house. It looks like she would get the WTC/CTC run on for four weeks. She intends to make a claim for JSA on the day she looses her job (if that happens) and also get the claim in to the council offices that day as well…
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return to work credit problems
im wondering if anyone has been on the return to work credit. I was on it for 2 months, then told i was earning too much and taken off it. Im on a zero hours contract, so my monthly wage varies from 800-1300. I was told that as long as you earned less than 15.000 a year you would qualify, but now they are saying its…
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A right mess
Hi. We are trying to claim working tax credit but it is a nightmare! My husbands ex boss is in prison for fraud and his son took over the business until he had enough so his dads girlfriend took over. We've got no wage slips, no P60 or anything else for 2012-2013 but the son has signed letters, no letter heading or company…
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Carers and child tax credit whilst studying
Wondering if my son can claim carers allowance for his dad who is on the appropriate level of dla. Whilst studying 17 hours a week at college on a BTEC course My son is 17 and currently I claim tax credits and child benefit for him. If he claimed the carers. Would my child benefit and tax credits be affected He cares for…
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Am I entitled to anything?
Hi all I'm looking for advice. I am highly considering leaving my job. I work in our local shop, which is very stressful, understaffed, over worked and a horrible atmosphere. Recently since my brother passed away in April I have been experiencing panic attacks, which made trying to stand on the till unbearable. I…
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Help with housing benefit for disabled person.
My friends daughter is now paralysed from the waist down and in a wheelchair after a car accident. She lives in a private landlord apartment and receives help with her rent. She would love to move nearer her mum, so she can get more help. Her mum doesnt drive and lives 2 bus rides away. Would she still be entitled to…
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Pension credit and help with mortgage
Currently my 'wife' (we separated a few years back) gets help with the mortgage on our home (we both live in it) as she is paid pension credit...she is shortly to move out and live with her sister and the house will be put on the market a few months later, in the meantime is she still able to claim help with the mortgage…
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Universal Credit help
Hi All I have just started to claim JSA and this is being done via universal credit as I live in Oldham. My previous job was weekly pay and I was laid off on 30/7/13, I have been told I can expect my first payment on 11th September! This will be my monthly payment date. Now obviously this has created a huge problem for me…
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Why is my JSA only £20
Hi there. I just finished university and have applied for JSA, which came in about a week ago (only found this out from the housing benefit people as I've haven't received a letter from JSA yet) However when I checked my balance it says that I only received £25 How is this possible? I've received no correspondence from…
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child tax credit strikes again!
I am a single father, and my (then) 15 year old daughter was living with me. She went to live with her mother fora month ,so I immediately I informed thechild tax credit. About 2 weeks later I received a letter telling me they weregoing to carry on paying me, and would over pay me by just over £300. Which I would then have…
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Tax credit overpayment - credit search ?
Hi all: Have a couple of questions re tax credits overpayment. (1) Do they let you pay back overpayment in instalments ? and if so, how many months do they generally let you pay it back over? (2) Do they do a credit search if you want to pay in instalments ? Ta
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Why am I missing my ESA payment?
Hi, I have been receiving ESA for 2 years and DLA for 9mths. I moved to a new address 3wks ago and informed both relevant departments by letter. I was due my next ESA payment 2 days ago but I have had nothing. At first I thought it might be the bank as I am with NatWest and they have had these problems before but it is…
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Sanctioned but want to claim hardship.
The DWP are sanctioning my JSA for one month because I fell short of meeting my JSA agreement. I will have to claim hardship allowance because I have no income. I may have to got to a food bank also. But this all culimated when the woman at the job centre gave me uncompromising treatment Spanish-Inquisition style. I made…
