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Childcare Costs Help Please!
Hope somene can help - our baby daughter will be going into childcare 3 1/2 days a week from 01/10/15 - she will be 10 months old at this point. My wife and I are on moderate salaries and the childcare will be costing approx £900 a month Which is a good chunk of one of our wages each month. Does anyone know if we are…
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Can my wife claim?
Hi I apologise if this question has already been answered. My wife moved here from holland last year, we got married a few months ago and she's 6 months pregnant. I work full time, she doesn't work. Is there any maternity allowance or any other benefit she claim? Thanks
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Quit my Job Voluntarily due to wife's health
I'm 63 years old, 20 months from retirement and a full state pension. I work 24hrs per week and also collect £8300 net pa from a private pension. 6 Months ago my wife was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer, is now recovering nicely and soon to undergo major reconstructive surgery which will lay her up for about 3 months. We are…
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benefits question
This is a question on behalf of a friend. (Yes really!) Sorry if it's a bit vague but I don't know all the details but she's so upset I would like to help if I can. Female, age 61, gave up work several years ago due to ill health. Has illness insurance from last employee which gives her a small allowence. She's just…
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CSA calculations and tax credit overpayments
For the last few years, we've received overpayments of tax credits - due to lots of turbulent job changes and self employment fluctuations. We knew it would be happening, and it has finally settled down and we're repaying the overpayment to HMRC directly as our income is now above the threshold so the overpayment can't be…
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Budgeting Loan
I am a single person eligible for £348 which I have recently applied for some essential items I need. I've just read a story online that you don't always get the full amount. I don't owe the DWP no money and this is the first time I've ever applied. I have been in receipt of income based ESA for 21 weeks and income based…
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Working tax credit confusion
Hi all, I have some questions regarding my working tax credit application which I send off 3 weeks ago. I am single, with no children and over-25 Disability element of working tax credit I am profound deaf in the right ear and severe deaf in the left. I can only communicate via lip-reading, can only understand speech by…
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Council Tax:
Not sure if this is in the right place or not, just a quick question, the council tax you pay on your house, is the amount you pay for the year based on two adults living there, I know a single person discount exists which is why I have asked this, do they assume there is two adults and the amount is for that as I think…
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DLA claim question
Hi, My 7 yo dd was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the end of May and I was advised to claim DLA for her. All websites are stating that you cannot claim until 3 months have passed, I phoned the benefits office at the end of may and the lady said she'll send me a form and said to send it now ( not to wait 3 months ) Do…
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Help with tax credits and overtime!
I've recently started work again after being off ill for 5 years... my contracted hours are 20 hours but we're also expected to do overtime when people are off or short staffed... which ridiculously seems to be every week. My average hours each week are adding up to around 28 even though I've mentioned twice about this…
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Combination of elements / Partner student finance.
Me: currently working part time / working tax credit, disability element. Low income, living with parents. My partner: Due to start final year of Uni, student finance, child tax credit/benefit with our 2 year old daughter. We really want to live together but will be penalised , as apparently her student finance with be…
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Self Employment and Maternity Allowance
Hi there :) I was wondering if anyone could clear up something with regards to self employment and maternity allowance. My earnings are currently quite low as I'm still building up my client base etc. but I have been paying my Class 2 NI contributions, and have not claimed any exemption at all. It says that I need to earn…
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Council tax application
Hi, I've just applied for council tax as I've finished being a student. I'm a single mum living on tax credits and HB. I've just received a letter from council tax saying I am unable to receive council tax support and the reason being: "unable to delete registered period" What does this mean? According to the sites…
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can some one help me with this? Tax credits
Hi, can some one help me with tax credits as im just going round in circles and i realy do not understand any of it. For the year 13/14 i earnt £3528 (carers allowance) For the year 14/15 I was paid carers allowance from april 14 to 26 jan 15 £2916 I started work on the 5th jan 15 at 30 hours and made a tax credit claim,…
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Struggling and desperate... Please help!
Help! We are a young couple, I am 20, he is 22, we have been together for just under 3 years now. My partner has worked on and off since he was 16 but always ends up stuck in part time work, last job was back in January and it was temporary. He has been unemployed since. I work full time (around 40 hours, every saturday…
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Tax Credit Online renewal
Hi, I renewed my Tax credit claim online on 30/06/15. I have not received my award notice yet. Last year when I renewed over the phone, the award notice came through within a week. How long its taking for online renewals? Thanks MS
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Childcare Vouchers Management Fee
Hi, My wife is self employed (No other employees just her) and wanted to sign up for chid care vouchers, we asked Sodexo who said she could enrol but there would be a monthly management fee of £17.50, does anyone know if there are cheaper providers? Thanks
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IUC help!
Ok, this is going to be long, but I really need some help! I was in receipt of ESA & HB for myself and partner, from 2007-2014. Due to Kidney failure, Dialysis and two kidney transplants. My DH started work in Jan 14, I told the tax office straight away, they swapped all my benefits over to the correct ones, no problems.…
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Job Offer: Will we be better off ?
Hello, I am self-employed and working from home making crafts. The work is very sporadic but as I'm a one-woman band I can only take on so much at once and honestly, it doesn't even pay the bills. My husband is also self-employed but his work has completely dried up and he hasn't earned a penny in months. He has been…
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I want CSA to take me to court.
How can I get CSA to take me to court? I had to quite my job last year as CSA were taking more than I could affford, and did not take into consideration my curumstances. The want to take near on £600 from my wages starting this month. This is 50% of my income. My rent alone is £600 and council tax is almost £200 (Im a year…
