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administraition, missing redundancy & notice payment, jobseekers
I have recently been made redundant as the company I worked for has gone into administration. I have been told that my outstanding wage, payment in lieu of notice, and redundancy pay will have to be applied for through the administrators - which I should be doing tomorrow. I believe it takes 4ish weeks to come through (can…
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Haa HB deducted tax credits twice?
Earlier I realised that I've started to receive working tax credits but forgot to inform the council (housing benefit) so realised I should check my award notice to see if it's been included. Luckily it is. I have noticed that it seems to have counted my WTC twice in the calculations for my earnings and am now confused.…
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Pip + atos = nightmare
HI all, Quick history, was on dla indefinitely, changed to pip, went to assessment and was refused. I have been in a long battle with the appeal, where atos admitted they had made some 'mistakes' when i proved this, then i was unwell and just couldn't manage to continue the battle, so just gave up whilst getting myself…
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Working on ESA?
Hello! I am in the support group of ESA and I was wondering if I would be able to sell some craft items on sites like Etsy/Ebay without it affecting my benefits? It would only be around 5 hours a week actually making the items. Also does anyone know if the income cap is inclusive of the costs of material or would you take…
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Working tax credit help
Hi, New here so apologies if this is not the right forum? I'd like some help with tax credits please. I'm currently on maternity until October and am in receipt of maternity allowance of £560 a month. Up until 2 weeks ago my partner worked full time. He has been made redundant and we currently only have my maternity wage…
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Car Allowance
Hi, I have been offered a new job with salary of £33,000 pa and a car allowance of £4800 plus 26p per company mile. I estimate tthat I wil do around 20,000 miles per annum on business and 8-10,000 private mileage. As a basic rate tax payer does the additional £4800 get taxed at the higher rate of 40%? Also is the mileage…
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Marriage tax Allowance
Thanks to Money Saving Expert we applied for this last month, and received the back dated cheque for 2015/2016 2 weeks ago. We have not heard anything about 2016/2017, will a cheque be sent for this at a later date? If so does anyone know how long it will take? thanks
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Housing Benefit Payment
Hi all Recently I've had to claim benefits :( I applied for housing and council tax benefits in February and have been waiting to hear about housing benefit since. I've been able to pay my rent and council tax from money I had saved up but that money is now all gone. I received a letter a few weeks ago saying that I was…
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Working Tax Credit and illness (self employed)
Hello, I am currently self employed and receive WTC (incl. disability element). I also receive Carers Allowance for taking care of a disabled family member. I am currently unwell myself, and would be off sick if I was employed. Having read about sickness & WTC I see that it can still be paid for up to 28 weeks, whether…
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Notify tax credits of dla how long does it take
Hi my daughter recently started recieving dla middle rate. When I got the letter from dla I notified the tax credits (20th April 2017) how long does it take until my tax credits change also rung again to give them the details again . I have tried ringing the 03000550673 number but it is always engaged made over 500 phone…
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Manage my tax credit site
Tried to look at payment schedule and it says auto renewal do I have any changes the only way you can get to look at schedule is by clicking yes or no, So I clicked no and it then shows them and says my renewal will be processed but not trying to do renewal as my pack hasn't come. Does anyone know a solution to this
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Child Tax Credits
Hi Have filled out the form, and am ready to send off. But......I'm a bit confused about this because the form only asks about my earnings for the 16/17 tax year. I was on maternity leave (SMP) for 24 weeks out of that period, so my income was obviously a lot lower than usual (and certainly lower than it is now). But there…
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ESA ending what do I do next?
Good afternoon everyone thanks for your help in advance I was seriously ill this time last year had a month in intensive care then a further three months in a rehab ward. I luckily thanks to the staff and a lot of hard work managed to get home to a sort of normal life. I still have troubling walking, a lot of pain memory…
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Housing Benefit Fraud
I havery a quick question on this scenario. Person A claims benefits including HB as a single mother. Does not work. Person B. Officially lives at their parents and is on the electoral roll there. Works full time for government organisation But in effect lives full time at person A house. And has been for years. Person A…
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Atos assessment for PIP, I know they are gonna trick me but how?
What do I have to expect they are so underhand and care only about money not truth. HOW DO I PASS THEIR UNFAIR ASSESSMENT WHAT DOES THE PIP ASSESSMENT LOOK LIKE? I HAVE SOME QUITE EXTREME MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
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Pension credit overpayment
Hello everyone, this is my first post. Does anyone know what the maximum the DWP can ask someone to pay back per week for an overpayment of Pension Credit if their only income is State Pension and DLA. They are also over 65.
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claiming carers allowance?
Hello, I am hoping somebody on here will be able to answer a couple of questions I have regarding carers allowance. I am not sure whether to put in a claim for it or whether to leave things as they are. I've been caring for OH for many years, and we're both living from his means-tested ESA and also DLA. Now of course, DLA…
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PIP confusion, advice needed please
Hello A little background first...I am in my 50's and have been in receipt of DLA "for life" low care for the last 20+ years A month ago I received the DLA to PIP change letter and requested a home visit for the face to face as I no longer go outside my flat, the last time I went out anywhere was October 2015 The…
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How do tax credits reclaim overpayment?
Hi I hope someone can help me with this query. I don't know how I missed it but tax credits didn't take into account my husband got a new job and I went back to work after maternity and so our income was increased. I told them the changes but they didn't implement them resulting in us being overpaid for quite a few months.…
