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Pip for carer with anxiety and depression
I'm the carer of a son with moderate to severe learning difficulties, epilepsy and autisim. I've had anxiety and depression for years, I took an overdose 2 years ago and spent a couple of nights in an icu ward. I take meds, but for the past few months have been feeling not good at all and I dont know what to do as any…
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Housing Benefit
Elderly friend who is on pension credit gets full housing benefit but paid one month in arrears. She has received letters from her housing association asking to pay a months rent to clear the recurring arrears. I would like to know if she can have the housing benefit be paid so she does not go into arrears. The benefit…
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How do you work out tax payable on a Salary sacrifice car?
Hi, I am in the process of ordering a new company car through work. I wondered if anyone knows of a calculator to work out if I would be better off with using the company car scheme or getting via the company salary sacrifice scheme. I know I have to pay BIK on both schemes. The company give £330 gross towards the car on…
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Tax-free Childcare Account
I usually pay for childcare through salary sacrifice via my company but were now moving to a new nursery due to working from home and they are part of the tax-free childcare scheme. I have set up the account - awaiting approval. To get the most out of the account ie. £500 per quarter - how much do we need to pay in per…
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Foster carer claiming benefits
I’m trying to work out how much benefits we will be entitled to as my husband may lose his job due to redundancy. I am a foster carer therefore self employed. I have looked at the turn2us website and it asks if I am a foster carer and tells me not to put in my fostering allowance as this is ignored, but it doesn’t let me…
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JSA, seasonal contract and shielding
I work a job that has a seasonal contract in the education sector, that runs from late September until early June every year. The work is part time and I am officially contracted for 10 hours per week. I will sometimes sporadically work more hours as overtime, but that is never more than 5 hours per week. My employer will…
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payments
a person is on esa and is paid every 2 weeks approx £102 per week ,the next few payment dates fall on , 19th june , 3rd of july and would be 17th july however they are about to start there state pension , this kicks in on the 6th july , all paperwork is done and bank account sorted etc etc , paperwork states paid in…
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JSA / Signing On
I’m on JSA and haven’t had to sign on since March because of the lockdown. Does anyone know when the jobcentres are going to reopen and people will have to sign on for JSA?
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From ESA SG to UC. Reg 35?
Hiya. I've changed over to UC from ESA SG and have received the UC Capability for Work questionnaire. This looks the same as the ESA CfW questionnaire if I remember correctly but is it also covered by the etc handbook? So, before I e used reg 35 due to living a life of isolation and wondered if that still applies. Thanks.
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Working tax credits
Help needed, tax credits have said am not entitled anymore due to being on unpaid leave because my employer couldn't claim the job retention scheme, however I am still employed and will be returning once it reopens next month. I have been left with little money to provide for my 4 children. I have read on here that tax…
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How do I find out now if I qualify for Universal Credit when I become student in September?
I am currently a working single parent of 2 kids - working part time and claiming tax credits. I plan to give up my job and become a full time student in September and will apply for an Advanced Learner Loan for the Level 3 diploma course ( its a fast track ft course Sep - Feb). As the Advanced Learner Loan covers the fees…
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Text from tax credits
Has any one else received a text credits asking to ring and confirm circumstances? I rang them and all he said was are you still living alone, I said yes which I am and he reminded me I need to renew ASAP. I suffer badly with anxiety and this is really playing on my mind even though I haven't done anything wrong. So just…
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PIP telephone assessment
I had my telephone assessment yesterday 15/6/20, all I can say it was, 1hr 24mins if complete torture. I had to ask on two occasions if she had read my forms as she didn’t know a Thymus from a Thyroid and after reading it back to me had still got it wrong, Then I was asked if I was at the traffic lights, who would press…
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Maxuim Age Child Tax Credit gets paid till at Collage
HI my Son turns 18 this year and is due to leave 6 th form to start a two year collage course in September all being well , what age dose the child tax credit payment and child benefit stop . I cant find out anything online as it all seem a bit vauge and I would like to know as it will be a drop income so I would like to…
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I am stuck on previous earnings question
I am stuck on a question in my todo list the question is "In the 12 months before your job ended, were there any gaps in your employment?". I started my recent job in 18th may 2020 and finished in 1st June 2020. I finished my previous job in 18/03/2020. Should I say yes to that question or no.
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NI -understanding your state pension account with missed years from being in full time education
So I am doing the right thing and checking my NI contributions. I am 50years old and have 5 years where I haven't got full years of NI contributions due to being in full time education. So I am trying to work out if by the time I get to retirement age will I get the full amount of state pension currently £175.20 a week?…
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PIP and Debt
Just a quick question. My mum started receiving PIP of approx £480 every 4 weeks in Feb. We have put in place care arrangements and use PIP to pay for this. She is left with about £32. I know PIP isn’t designed for debt but to help towards costs etc. she owes about £400 in debt and it’s affecting her mental health…
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Private home rent deposit return counting as Universal Credit income?
Hi, I'm moving from one private rented home to another. I have to pay a deposit for the new place and hopefully get the current deposit back soon. Will this count as income for Universal Credit purposes and mean a reduction next month even though when compared against paying a new deposit means I'm not better off? Thanks
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My brother may lose his job this week, need advice as to what benefit he can claim
Until 3 months ago my brother was self employed and had a contract with a large company. He was travelling all over the UK on a daily basis and to be honest the hours he needed to do to earn enough were getting too much for him. He decided to look for employment with a 40 hour week, paid holidays type of thing and was…
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WTC renewals now automatic?
Did I read WTC renewals are automatic if forms advise so?
