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Universal Credit - Going on holiday
We are currently receiving Universal Credit and planning to go abroad, on holiday. However I am a bit confused when it comes to the time limit we have for it. Some websites say you can go abroad for up to a month, while others say it's 4 weeks. Even if its the extra 3 days, it would be very handy for us, especially now…
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Suspended Pay - can I claim anything?
My daughter is currently going through a tough time, she works for an NHS Trust has been off sick following a hospital admission in March and her employer has suspended her pay, not becuase she has exhausted her contractual sick pay allowance, but because her manager has said she has breached the trusts sickness and…
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Universal Credit- Tenancy Agreement Help
My partner and I are looking into renting via a landlord that accepts housing benefit claimants. Due to bankruptcy, the tenancy agreement will be in my partners name only and I will be a permitted tenant along with my kids from previous relationship. I understand in order for us to claim universal credit we put in a joint…
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Tax credits and Capital Gains
Hi all I'm self-employed and claim working tax credit (i'm still on the old system not Universal Credit).Last week i made a large capital gains sale which is over the £12,300 limit and this capital gain will put me in the 'higher tax rate' band (£50,001 to £150,000), so believe i will have 20% tax to pay on it.Will this…
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Housing benefit review
Hi. My tenant is/was on housing and council tax benefit but this was stopped 3 months ago as they sent him a review form which he didn't receive. He has been battling ever since to get this repaid and the benefits reinstated. Initially he was told that he would get the 3 months back but has since been told that he won't…
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If I cancel a private medical plan that is an employee benefit, will I pocket the difference?
I don't find that I get a lot of value from having this private medical plan. One time it allowed me to get an appointment at a private hospital within about a week, but there was an excess payment I had to make. That was about 4 years ago. The NHS is so good that I don't think I really need it. On my P11D the "cost to you…
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Maternity allowance and universal credit
hi, I am aware that a judicial review was due to happen on 24/25 June to overturn the current system of classing MA as extra income for the purpose of UC and to treat it equally to SMP. Does anyone know the outcome of this as I am just claiming MA (not been with employer long enough) and this £1 for £1 deduction will leave…
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Desperate for Advice Re Child Benefit/ High Income
Hi, really need help desperately. Sorry its really long but I hope you can bear with me... I have claimed child benefit for years. When DD left in the middle of A levels deciding she wanted to attend college instead, I dutifully informed HMRC and the payments stopped. When she started at college a few months later I phoned…
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Living with parents on UC!
I know the situation is organic and is changing by the day but I was hoping someone maybe able to shed 'any' light on to this question. I have been claiming UC for around 3 years now and whilst I have been fortunate and not had any major problems (I will send Voodoo Dolls and pins out), I now have a rather 'peculiar'…
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Are job centres contacting people to attend again?
My mum missed a call from the job centre today as she was at a medical appointment. With the news that sanctions are to restart and job centres to reopen as of Wednesday she was worried they were ringing to give her an appointment but no message was left. She did email the work coach but got no response so decided to ring…
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CAN I SELL OUR HOME?
My husband is currently in a care home because of his physical and mental health and because my own health means I cannot care for him. His care is currently paid for by the NHS which was due to end in a couple of weeks and the cost of his care then to be paid in part by ourselves. However, we have now received a letter to…
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Tax credits and P11d
Hi I have renewed my tax credits as requested. I spoke via web chat last week to renew them and the agent needed a figure from the my husband P11d form. Now i remember this happening last year, but I could not find the form (i hadn't actually received it) my agent said it might not of been issued - so just come back when i…
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rental income and tax credits
when submitting my income from a rental house do you submit the amount after management fees and mortgage payments etc in my tax credit claim?
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Pensioner benefits with cancer
Hi my father has recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer, he is 86, my mother is 74 and they both live on a non working farm. My question could they receive help to install a new heating system as the current one being a fire heated system is not working and with no running hot water it would cost alot to install.…
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Moving house and benefit changes
Hi all, looking for some advice and hope you can help. My father is currently in receipt of the following benefits; Universal credit, PIP, ESA and Child benefit. He has been classified as being unfit for work. Due to personal circumstances we are looking at moving house in the near future. We currently rent through the…
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Redundancy and no idea where to turn
Hi, Having just been made redundant, I have no idea where to turn now. A little bit of background to where I am now... Having been a single parent for just over a year and finances with my ex not being finalised. I stayed in the family home with a pretty large mortgage but about the same payment as renting in this area. In…
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Looking for work on UC
I've started a new thread to save confusion because unfortunately other people had asked questions on my original thread. So, my situation is I'm a single mum with an 11 year old son. I'm a Teaching Assistant but currently not working (handed in notice before lock down started and had every intention of finding a new TA…
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Leaving work and UC HELP!!
So this is a long one so bear with me and I need some answers ASAP. Due to our current family circumstances and my s/o work being idiots my partner is resigning from his job in the morning. At present we have the following benefits coming in monthly: Child benefit = £195.80 Carers allowance = £269.00 Tax credits: =…
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Leaving Universal Credit
I am hoping to go back to work next month and this will be during an assessment period. How will I receive my final UC payment. To complicate matters I still owe money from an advance payment. Thanks for any info.
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Housing benefit
Hi, I am currently on child tax credits and working tax credits living at my sisters house ( she has no mortgage and has bought house outright) as she lives abroad, I have just been staying here temporary, she has recently been made redundant in Dubai so is now looking to maybe rent her home out, as I couldn’t really…