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ESA and Occ Pension: PIP treated like DLA?
I've tried finding the answer to this everywhere but without success; it's quite technical so please bear with me! From around 2006 I was on IB with DLA, and received an Occupational pension of over £85 per week, so my IB was paid at a reduced rate. A few years later my DLA care was increased to Higher Rate, and so the…
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Joint ESA claim.
Hi, me and my partner moved in together about a month ago and I receive income related ESA and I'm in the support group. My partner stopped working to look after me due to my mental health and was claiming income support and carers allowance before we moved in together but my PIP has been stopped so he stopped getting this…
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Housing Benefit question
Hi. I am trying to work out if my step-son will be entitled to Housing/Council Tax benefit when he starts work, but the online calculators all assume you are already earning. He will be working 30 hours a week and earning £225. He lives in a two-bed house in Enfield with his 5 year-old son, and is currently unemployed…
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Rent account and capital
I've found out i have been overpaying my rent. My income officer said i have 400 in my rent account. Just wondering that because i can request it back, will it be counted as my capital if i just leave it in my rent account?
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esa / law: why do the dwp stick to their version, regardless ?
hello, please can anyone help with; (foreward: i am on esa, has been the case for some duration, i have had 2 seperate successful tribunals in that time) the "dwp" (hcp/mr persons), every single time has presented information that doesn't make sense, i point out they are incorrect, they just respond with rhetoric and will…
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JSA & HRT Advice
Hi all, I’d like some advice on claiming JSA. Been told conflicting advice by DWP staff so I’m confused as to where I stand. This summer after finishing Uni I travelled to the USA to work at a summer camp and go travelling. In total I was there for 11 weeks and 4 days. On return I have applied for JSA but been told that I…
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Attendance Allowance award period
My father 73 years old has just been awarded AA at the lower rate. His award letter details payment rates and when it is paid, but no mention as to when it will be reviewed. Is AA awarded for an indefinate period or is it looked at again at some given date. I realise any change in his condition will need to be reported and…
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Entitlment To Contribution Based ESA?
Hi My wife has received carers allowance for many years looking after our autistic son, before that she worked as a nurse for about 15 years. Now due to her failing health, she now receives PIP enhanced care/mobility. She and I are not entitled to any benefit that is means tested. Recently at a meeting at our local CAB…
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HMRC demand for a missed payment 5 years later!
Hi So today both me and my husband received letters from HMRC stating that we were overdue with our payment plan by £29.28 and we need to bring this up to date in line with our payment plan contract or face outside debt collection collection enforcement. We don't have a payment plan!! I called them to ask for clarification…
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LCS Demand
Hi I have had a tax credit overpayment situation since around 2012. The debt was initially for over £6000. Not sure how that happenned but I was made redundant, unemployed for a while then returned to work. I recently became self employed and due to workload I failed to claim this years award. I had no letters from HMRC…
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Housing benefit capital
I've just had my new claim for housing benefit turned down. I live in a rented house but own another that I rent out. According to housing benefit calculations I have more than £25000 of equity on the property after the 10% deduction. As I put on the claim form, the house badly needs new windows and a new roof, which I was…
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New Company Car Rules
Evening all I've recently taken a new job role that has a car allowance. It is noted as £5500 per year. I am a higher rate tax payer. In my previous job I had a company car where BIK came into play. Hence easy to calculate how much take home pay I'd loose etc. I've not dealt with having a sum added to my salary each month.…
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Confused by dividends for CTC calculations
I'm struggling a bit with declaring dividends for our child tax credits calculation. Basically, I submitted estimated figures for 2016-2017 which included my accurate salary for the year and the previous year's dividends amount (2015-2016). Because the dividend amount isn't calculated until after the tax year is done, I…
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No info on Credit Only ESA??
Hi all, I'm due to move in with my partner in a couple of weeks and will no longer be entitled to ESA as my partner works full time. I spoke to the Jobcentre in preparation (for poverty) who said as I'm in Support Group, I'd be put on a 'credit only' type of ESA - Does anyone know what this is exactly? I have googled it,…
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New style JSA or UC?
I just heard I'm being kicked off ESA and should claim JSA immediately. I'll likely contest the ESA decision but will put any questions about that in a different thread. This is about deciding between JSA and UC. They were emphatic I should get that claim in whether I intend to appeal or not. Because I've been on ESA up to…
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Second PIP reconsideration.
Hi I'm new here so please excuse of I'm doing something wrong! I was getting PIP standard daily living for my bipolar and I notified them of change of circumstances and my bipolar had got a lot worse and I was needing a lot more help, after being re assessed I was told I scored 0 points and my money had been stopped, this…
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ESA(CB) help
Any help appreciated please. I started getting ESA (CB) support last year and was placed in the support group. After 9 months I started to get back to some permitted work. In May I informed the ESA helpline that I would be increasing my hours worked meaning I no longer qualified for ESA under the permitted work limits.…
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Is my stipend taxable?
I have been working part time and paying taxing on my wage while studying for my PhD. I am very lucky this year to have been awarded a bursary that helps pay my fee's and provides me with a stipend. I am working and studying part time and still paying tax on my wage but wondered if I needed to pay tax on the stipend as it…
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Query about tax credits
Hi, been reading the pages to try to understand tax credits and am confused, it reads as though there are two types - child tax credit (TC) and working TC. But then it speaks of the Child Care Element of Working TC and says this is NOT the same as Child TCs. How do you know if you are eligible for the latter? Can you be…
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DHP for bank overdraft went to Landlord (benefit cap)
After 3 months on benefit cap the Landlord demanded payment, i used my overdraft to pay £20pw benefit cap for 3 months as a lump sum, about £250...same thing again after 2 months, payed lump sum from o/d.. I applied for 3 months backdated DHP and for council to pay for future benefit cap. They sent Landlord £543 for 6…
