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0 hour contract/JSA
I have been offered a 0 hr contract also claiming jsa, can i keep my jsa claim open, what are the rules? I am currently doing commitments that i have through a crown court. community service 200 hrs also i have to attend a course over 3 afternoons a week, basically my days Monday to Friday are committed to these court…
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Advice re Carers Allowance Please
Hello, My mum claims DLA, of which she gets a care component. I have increasingly had to care for her at home, doing all housework, cooking, all shopping, gardening and even helping her bathe as she struggles to climb in and out of the bath. I am not currently well myself, recovering from a severe breakdown last year, and…
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Entitlement Advice
Hello everyone!. New here so hope this is in the correct place on the forum, was just wondering if anyone could give me some advice about working and tax credits, my other half earnt around (25k) last tax year, there was lots of extra shifts available than there usual is, anyways those shifts have gone and she is back down…
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Tax Credit - unexpected amount
Morning. Apologies if this has been asked before. Unusual amount in the bank this am from TC. Unusual day. Not a Bank Holiday on Monday (usual day) and I haven't completed year end forms yet. Any ideas please? Thanks in advance, BiB x
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Should we have had our TC renewal papers by now?
Just wondering if we should have received our TC renewal papers by now? Thanks F x
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Universal Credit & Hours Required to Work
If a household has husband, wife and 3 kids 7,5,1. Only claiming child tax credits how many hours are you required to work to be entitled to Universal Credit.
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jSA (anyone got a letter about sending your declaration to Wolverhampton?
Hi, got a question, I was working for 3 months, temp, back on the JSA for now... I normally post in to musselburgh jobcentre, few days ago got a letter saying from the 14th, send to Wolverhampton, today got a call, what I missed, had to call back, that says, don't send it to Wolverhampton send to the normal address, anyone…
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P60u
Hi there, Im currently on ESA and have recieved a P60U. Any ideas what this is for? Should I be worried? Thanks
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Child Tax Credits - Huge Bill!
Hi - I have been contesting a massive bill from HMRC. They say I never sent paperwork proving childcare costs whilst I was in my first year of teacher training. I did, sent everything to them by the deadline and assumed it was all fine because they paid the credit and then applied the next year same way. Had a bill saying…
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What benefits am I entitled to? Pregnant and Unemployed.
Hi, I have recently found out that I am being made redundant from my assignment I was employed on a FTC on. I am due to give birth in August to my first child and will not be working for a few months. The problem is that my husband who although earns 29k a year, has a lot of credit card and loan debts he is paying off. He…
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Stay at Home Dad with FT Student wife
Hi there I am going back to college FT in September to do an access course, with a view to going to Uni next year. We have 3 kids and I am wondering if we would be better off for my husband to give his job as a s/e taxi driver and stay at home with the kids, rather than paying out for childcare. Does anyone know what…
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Self Employed & Working Tax Credits, Business Viability Audit?
From what I understand, the self employed on WTC, may need to provide proof of their accounts and viability of their business, if they are making less than £8112 a year (the NMW, National Minimum Wage for 24 hours a week.) My question is whether that includes everyone, or only those who are required to work 24 hours a…
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ATOS assessment PIP
going for an assessment next week and with all the news coverage over the years with that company. what can i expect or know in advanced for going. ive already phoned them saying i need a taxi from the train station to 500 yards away as there is no public transport or seats down the business.. so looking for tips etc if…
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Single Person 25% discount with two registered to vote?
A while back I lost my job and moved back into my Mothers place. This meant she had to pay a little bit more Council Tax and Rent, as Housing benefit was reduced slighlty. I however got Jobseekers so was able to offset the added costs she had. I've recently found work in London and moved into a flat share on a temporary…
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Am i being overpaid?
Hi guys, I currently claim working tax credits from April last year for roughly £21 a week, I was entitled to around £1050 for the year. I thought that this april, that would stop. But somehow it's carried over and I'm now getting £18 a week. Am I being overpaid or is this common or what? I don't want to be overpaid and…
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Penalties for over payment of Tax Credits
Please can anybody advise me on how harsh the HMRC are likely to be over the issue of over paid tax credits? This has come to light after I read through my tax renewal and noticed I had made a mistake on it. In a nutshell I over-estimated how much my childcare charges would be and when I calculated it properly over the…
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Declaring self employment hours
Can someone tell me if this is a satisfactory way of keeping a record of my self employed hours for tax credits I have basically done a table which has 3 Columns titled day, time taken, what for.for example iv got as my first entry Wednesday 6th may 20 minutes writing out 15 order forms to go inside brochures and putting…
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How to work out benefits when I change my working hours
Hi I have 2 four year old children and currently work 37.5 hrs per week, I recieve some housing benefit and tax credits but my children are starting school in September so will need to reduce my working hours to 25-30 hrs per week. I'm really struggling to find out what benefits I will recieve and how many hours would be…
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Child tax, working tax and inheritance?
I received a little over £7000 in May 2014 which all went into renting a house, getting furniture & baby items for our arrival in the September - none went into savings and therefore never accrued interest in my account nor do we have any of it left (it was in the solicitors account for 3 years prior to this and accrued…
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PPI refund
Hi all Currently on HB and getting ESA for myself.... Today I've had a letter from the a credit card company advise me that they are refunding PPI due to me and they that already work deducted a certain amount for the tax man and are in the process of sending me out a cheque, I did phone them today and ask if they could…