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Please help
Hi folks need some help here my mother in law is retiring from work at the age of 77 bless her She has worked for same company for 30plus years always on minimum wage she has never had housing benefit or council tax benefit although we felt she would have been entitled to it she never claimed working tax credit She has…
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Additional Paternity Leave - apparent gap between old and new policies
I've read the government policy on 'additional paternity leave'. A new policy called 'shared parental leave and pay' is due to come in in April 2015. But if you read the government policy there appears to be a gap of a number of months between the old policy being in force and the new one starting. It states: 'You'll only…
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Maternity Pay
Hi, I am writing this on behalf of my fiancee. She currently works 16-17 hours per week, on £6.50 p/h, in a job she absolutely hates. She has been in this job for around 3 years. Right now my fiancee is seriously thinking about leaving this job. However, we have just found out she is 7 weeks pregnant :) . If she was to…
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13 year old tax credits bill
So my mum has recently received a letter from a debt collection agency claiming she owed 2 years worth of tax credits from 2001-2003. She reckons she was entitled to the payments as it was when I was still a kid so most likely child tax credits. The debt collectors will not give her any information as to why she has to pay…
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Esa . ex moving back in
Hi everyone hope this is in the right place my first time posting ! OK so I'm on esa support group plus I get DLA . My children's dad is moving back in as I'm unable to cope on my own . He is going to give up his job and care for me full time . Can anyone advise on who I need to contact to tell them he's moving back in…
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Benefits entitlement
Hi, I have been on Income Related Employment Support Allowance (with support group component) for around a year and a half after being diagnosed with Agoraphobia, Depression and Anxiety. I live alone and have no real support network where I Live. My illnesses not only severely hinders my mobility as I struggle greatly with…
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Got screwed over by DLA/PIP please help!
Hi all, hoping someone can help - Been receiving DLA higher rate care/mobility since 2011 Care was granted for 2 years (which I was unaware of at the time) and mobility for an indefinite period - Care component stops in 2013 - I ask them why and they say it''s because I'm in the catchment area for where PIP is being rolled…
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Tax mix up
I have given some invoices as self employed and got paid for them, but I was not at the time registered yet as self employed. All these invoices are for a very small amount of money (less than £400 per year) and this is why I thought I didn't have to register... Now I want to register but I'm afraid if the HM Revenue can…
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Term Time Only Nursery and Tax Credits
Morning, Quick question on behalf of my sister and my BIL and their tax credit claim. She is a term time only worker with a child in a term time only nursery, he works full time. She wants to inform tax credits to see if she will be entitled to any extra help. How do you work out the hours attending nursery for term time…
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RETIRING EARLY National Insurance Help
Hello I'm a lady of 56 years old and have paid my full 30 years on National Insurance contributions. My health is poor and i have decided to give up work in december and live off my savings for the foreseeable future. Question...Do i still need to pay any further NI contributions? Thank you very much Izzy :)
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3rd party tax claim company.
Hello. First of all; this is my first post on this forum so hello everyone :beer: My story: Earlier this year I decided to apply for getting my expenses back from my tax (uniform laundry) from the last 3 years. I applied trough the website uniformtaxrebate. Being very inexperienced and careless in my choices I used that…
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Working Tax Credit Underpayments
Hi, As part of the Working Tax Credit application, I was asked to estimate my earnings for the current tax year. What happens if my earnings fall below the figure given, will I be credited an underpayment next renewal? Thank you for any help.
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Moving to another town and benefits?
Hi all, Back story please bare with me :) My parents are in a sticky situation at the moment, they have had to put their house up to auction at the end of October and have to sell it, the reason for this is that my father has been made redundant and my Mothers part time job will not cover mortgage or paying off a large…
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carers allowence and work
Hello, I have put in a request for carers allowence however I havent heard back yet I was only working one day a week on a temp contract but I have been offered more hours. Basically I have three children and I would be earning £214 per week before tax,childcare and pension. does anyone know what exactly they take into…
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Tax credits and company pension payments from net pay
Hi I am having some fun with tax credits at the moment as they will not accept my pension payments and deduct this from my gross pay as it's a company pension scheme. I paid through my employer into my pension in 2 ways. One method tax credits accept, the other they don't. I will give you an example. I paid some pay into…
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Need help with HMRC services I should register for
Hello. I came to the UK a year ago with an Entrepreneur visa. I started a limited company and at first I registered it with Companies House. As for registering with HMRC, I didn't do the process myself. What I know for sure is that I have a government gateway account and I can use the Corporation Tax service. My question…
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Help please re benefit amount change
Hi, hope someone can help me. I was on esa in support group, until I got a letter last april, saying from April my money was £101 a week as I was in the work related group. I received that amount for six months and was asked to go to an atos medical a month ago. Today I received a letter saying from April 2014 I will…
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severe disablement premuim
hi there!! i applied for Pips 4 months ago and received the high rate. so then i got a letter today saying i may be entitled to the severe disability premium. from what i can gather i am eligible. does anyone know if i will get the SDP backdated to when i applied for pips? many thanks .x
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child benifit?
Hi all, My son now lives with me and his mother was having child benefit for him. I have filled in the forms around 9 weeks ago now and rang up an they said it can take up to 12 weeks for it to go through. I explained I am a bit concerned because he been living up here since July and she is clearly still claiming for him.…
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council tax benefit
Hi just wanting to know if anyone on here is any good with council tax benefit?
