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Severe disability premium
Hi, I'm currently onn ESA support group and have just been awarded standard daily living component. Would I be entitled then to the severe disability premium? I live alone with my 16 year old daughter who is in full time education and I dont have a carer or anything like that. If so do I need to apply for it seperatly?…
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Budgeting loan
I helped a friend fill in a form about 2 weeks ago , he has received a letter denying him a loan this morning. sickness and unemployment are not my strong points , please can you advise? friend was injured at work (mentally) after armed robbers attacked him and the till in approx. September 2012 , link to story here…
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House becoming inhabitable - help available?
*uninhabitable* Hi, my father is in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance. He is 62 and owns his own home outright. The problem is the condition of his house. It is in a very poor state of repair, and only getting worse. The issues are: * Leaking roof (buckets are needed to catch water) * Guttering broken or missing…
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Tax credits and me starting work, husband works 25hrs already
I was hoping for some help and any kind people who know about tax credits? My husband currently works 25 pw, we get wtc and ctc. I started work as a temp on Friday, working full time 37.5 pw. I have been calling HMRC since last week to inform of changes but keep getting cut off as they are too busy! I plan on calling them…
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Non dependant charges
I rent a 2 bed flat with a housing association and work part time and claim housing benefit. My daughter (20) moved out last september and then moved back in at the end of march 15, she has made a fresh claim for JSA and has had a couple of payment £70 and £54 in the 7 weeks since she moved back in. I received a letter…
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Career break from employment
Does anyone know if you take a career break/time out from employment for a few months, if you still get your child tax credits? I know you lose working tax?
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ESA Pension problems
I am a 37 year old man retired through ill health in 2011. I am receiving ESA (income related, Support Group). I also get an ill health pension of 338.09 after tax (84.52 a week). At the start of this year the DWP suddenly decided to take my pension into account against my ESA. I was always under the impression that I was…
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Child Tax Credit when Child reaches 20 Years
My son will be 20 on 7th June (He's in full time education until July). I received a letter from HMRC saying Child Benefit will stop on June 8th. However I have heard nothing from HMRC regarding stopping of Child Tax Credit. Does this happen automatically or do I have to inform them? I ask as I've tried about a dozen times…
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How to put a trading loss on working tax credit form
SOLVED. Hi, my name is Tess, I'm new here, and I need some advice on filling in my Working tax credit form (TC600) On page 8 of the claim form, is a small section for self employed earnings. Box 5.5 asks for income from self employment. I run a micro-business and have only been trading since June 2014. I actually made a…
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Tax credits application problem
I have recently had our second child and given up work which means we are now eligible for tax credits. I have received the form but it is asking for our income for the last financial year and if I give this information we won't get anything as I was working then. I need to know how I give the figures for the forthcoming…
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suffolk council - disability bus pass
dont know if this falls under benefits or not but does anyone know how long it takes to process a bus pass form.. my gp signed off on it for 12 months.
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C/tax, hb and inheritance
Hope someone can help I currently work part time and receive c/tax, wtc, housing and council tax benefit. My son recently turned 18, a student, and I have applied for student discount. My son also inherited £25k from my dad 2 yrs ago but was unable to access until turning 18... As of yet I have not told my son about this…
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query re carers allowance advice needed
I am currently receiving pip allowance and I have someone who gets carers allowance For me The carer can no longer come so her carers allowance is stopping and my query is I really need someone who can come in maybe once or twice a week to clean and iron as I am no longer able to clean my house properly is there any way I…
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tax credits and nursery fees worrying me...please help!
to cut a long story short last year i got into debt with nursery fees because tax credits with held my payments for 8 weeks!! have been paying it off every week since. my little girl is 3. her 3 year funding started on the 20th april so my nursery fees went down in accordance. i got a bill today to find that they havent…
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tax credit and isa capital
Hi all, Can I claim tax credit if I have £5000 or up to £60000 in an ISA ? Willy
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Pip
How difficult is it to claim PIP for ADHD?
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Rapid Reclaim ESA
Please someone with knowledge of ESA explain – How does the Rapid Reclaim for ESA work? What are the forms etc to fill in? Whether you need ‘Fit notes’ again? Which rate will she restart on? A friend was on ESA SG and tried working but it was too much for her health and quit. She is partially sighted and disabled wants to…
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need number for tax credits audit/investigations team!!!
Hi all, here is my problem. 1 Claiming wtc and ctc with child care, everything above board totally. 2 in march they did though claim i had an overpayment of £300 due to reporting child care change late -- so, they just took 2 months of new child care away. i tried to ring and argue that my year end income is lower and…
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Tax credit investigation concentrix
Did my renewal April since had a letter today dated 20th April from concentrix saying they think I'm being overpaid and are doing a full childcare investigation. Only had letter today dates 20th April but it says I have to provide 12 months bank statements childcare proof and invoices receipts etc. How can they say that…
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Pension Credit free dental care?
I have a neighbour who receives pension credit. He wants to have some dental work done, removal of some teeth and dentures fitted. Does anyone know if he has to pay for this or is he in any way entitled to have this work done for free? I read that some people are entitled to free NHS dental treatment depending the benefits…
