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Housing Benefit Advice
Hi all, I am in desperate need of some advice and wonder could anyone help me or point me in the right direction. I am going to be renting for the 1st time and have been trying to get an idea of what HB I would be entitled to. I have done all the online calculators which give me a different answer every time I do it! Are…
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Claimants over 80 yrs old
Someone I know who is over 80 is claiming Housing Benefit. They have also let slip that they have over £16K savings. I said that I thought that the savings would affect the benefit received. The other person said this was incorrect as the elderly are 'untouchable' and the benefit will continue. No questions asked. I don't…
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Pastdue Credit Solutions - HMRC
Hi everyone, My wife received a letter on July 9th from Pastdue Credit Solutions, apparently acting on behalf of, and claiming a debt of £700 owed to HMRC for Single Tax Credits. The letter doesn't give any info about the debt, but just threatens further action if not paid, giving a payment date of yesterday. We have not…
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Hard of Hearing, money off bill(s)??
Hi My uncle just asked me to try and find out whether, as a person who is severely hard of hearing, he is entitled to money off any bills. A friend had mentioned something about it but he's forgotten the specifics. He's not good with computers at all, so thought I'd put my feelers out. Does anyone know anything? or where I…
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Job offer to start in 2 months - how will ESA be affected?
Question for a friend......He was offered last week to start in September. Currently receiving ESA / Council Tax allowance and was studying (job centre knew this) and the qualifications obtained have resulted in a job offer that he is capable of even with his illness. He is scared that if he tells the job centre now they…
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Part-time work & ESA
My partner claims ESA support group income related. I'm currently on his claim, however I want to start working part time. I'm just looking for something around 20-25 hours a week. Obviously I can't give details of wages as I'm not in work yet however I'd just expect it to be minimum wage, around that. How much would this…
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HMRC asking for payment from 4 years ago !
After we got divorced I remember HMRC sending a letter to me and the ex wife saying that we'd been over paid child tax credit...my half was £186. Now she kicked up a fuss over this so I paid up pronto. Now four years on I've just had a letter from HMRC again saying that I owe that amount as their records say that I haven't…
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Tax Credits Overpayment! Help please!
Hi, I've just received a letter from tax credits. It says I owe them £1453.86. Can someone on here please help me understand if this is right or not? The letter is dated 8th July 2015 and is a final tax credits decision for 6/4/14 to 5/4/15. It says I am entitled to £233.14 tax credits and that £1,687 has been paid to me,…
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Advice re CH1 form
Hi, not sure if this is the right board, but basically, I wondered when a married couple living together want to apply for health costs, if they have to fill in separate HC1 forms. (Or if both of them go on one...) My sister is currently on a very low income and her husband is on a fairly low income, and they used to get…
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Will myself and my girlfriend by entitld to housing benefit?
Hi, I currently live with my girlfriend in a private rented house. My girlfriend works part time and I currently work full. I cover the rent and bills with a fulltime minimum wage job and we use my girlfriends extra money for savings and spending. I am hoping to soon go into fulltime education at a local college to enable…
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ESA Appeal questions
Hi, I have just had my MR in the post, still giving me 0 points. (very quick actually, only about 5 or 6 working days) Sorry, lots of questions. I just want to ask, when the appeal is sent off and they tell the DWP, the ESA will continue to be paid at the assessment rate as long as I still send in fit notes? The man at the…
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Link too long for mobile users
I was asked to remove a link by a poster when posting on the housing and renting forum as it was too long for mobile users. My links tend to be long as I often quote government legislation. Is there something that I should be changing when I give a link?
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Better off not working...
Hi All, To cut straight to the chase my girlfriend who currently lives in a council owned property has recently found a job, however the rate is minimum wage and shifts are short and little of them - in the past month she has earned over £300. This is her first proper job and she is expected to nearly spend her whole wage…
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Separation and Benefits
My wife and I want to go into separation. She has a very low income and can't maintain our current house which we are bounded with for the next half a year with a tenancy agreement. I'm happy to stay where I'm and offer her a reasonable money for child maintenance but It won't be enough for her to rent a flat. From my…
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Partner going back to work after maternity
My partner is due to go back to work in 8 months after maternity leave. she was full time before but will only be able to do 2 days a week as we can only get cover those days and her wage would not cover childcare if she worked full time. Will her work have to offer her 2 days a week or will they make her redundant. If she…
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Inheritance problem
My mother died 5 years ago, pre-deceasing my grandmother (her mother). Before she died she asked me to give 50% of the inheritance that I will receive from my grandmother to my step-sister. This made sense to me because if my mother had still been alive she would have got all the inheritance and would have left 50% to both…
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Working Tax Credit Overpayment
I receive Working Tax Credits, I'm single and work over 30 hours a week. I filled in my renewal form a few weeks ago and sent it off and I haven't received any payments since May Just had a letter from WTC which is kind of freaking me out. It says they're going to collect £83 from future awards and £670 is due to them now!…
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Changing area - effect on UC claim
Hi, Thanks for any help anyone can give. As of tomorrow I shall be unemployed and available for work. I plan to stay in my current flat in Sheffield until my tenancy ends on 26 July, after which, if I haven't found work, I will have to move back home with my father in another area. If I start a claim for Universal Credit…
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Working tax credit and apprenticeship
Hello everyone I am 29 and unemployed (for a year now) and I am thinking about doing an apprenticeship, even though I know it will be hard due to my age. What I have an eye on is a 1 year apprenticeship that pays £150 pw (not training allowance), doing 8-5 5 days a week. 1. Will I be able to claim working tax credits if on…
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NIC overpayment - best to pay now and claim back?
I have a request to pay my 14/15 NICc2 contributions but due to low earnings (unknown to HMRC yet) I should be eligible for a reduction or refund. Am I best off paying the full demanded amount now (deadline 31/7) and then later, when I submit my tax return, claiming it back? And will that be refunded, if I qualify? Or am I…
