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Universal credit and self employed
I know that if you are self employed your earnings are assessed monthly on a cash basis. But two questions, 1. Expenses. If you had sales of £20k and you bought a van for £19k, would your monthly earnings be £1k, or would your expenses be the yearly writing down allowance for the van divided by the number of months in the…
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Received state pension for my wife - but how do I check it is correct?
Reading this https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2020/06/tens-of-thousands-of-married-women-could-be-missing-out-on-p1-00/ My wife will start receiving £73.21 and looking at my pension letter it says the following Basic state pension: 122.17 Pre 97 additoinal state pensiopn £113.50 Less contracted out deduction of…
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Universal credit and temporary work
Hello, my daughter has recently started claiming universal credit as she lost her job due to COVID-19. I may be able to get her 5 weeks work as a chaperone , although she would not be paid straight away (Up to 3 months later). 1. Does she inform universal credit straight away or does she inform them when she get paid? 2.…
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Universal Credits, Employed, and Starting a Business
Hi there I was hoping for some guidance. I currently receive Universal credit and work (employed) 16 hours a week as I have 2 young children. I have recently been looking at starting an online business working from home, perhaps an extra 3-4 hours a week in an evening when the kids are in bed, which would not offer a…
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Claim child tax credits and working tax credits for. A 16 yr old
I claim working tax credits, child tax credits and child benefit for a 16 yr old who is just entering 5 th year and in full time education - can they work part time fir 14 hours a week ? - will this affect any of the above benefits? - do I need to tell HMRC? - and is there a cap in the amount of hours they work each week ?
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Tax credit change and job.
Hi im a carer getting 67.25 a week. My husband is also carer getting the same. We are getting ctc for our child... We get tge family element, chikd element, disability and severe disability element. Totalling around £8000 a year or £150 a week Our income last year was £8000 My husnand has got a new job he will be on £17000…
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nursery free hours 15 or 30
Hi, Son works full time and his partner is deaf and claims PIP. Granddaughter who is 3 currently gets 15 hours a week funded hours in a pre school/nursery. Looking at the criteria for 30 hours either both parents need to work 16 or more hours each or one be in receipt of carers, esa etc but no mention of being on PIP and…
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What support options do we have?
Hi all, Like many we find ourselves in a very different financial situation than we were in last year, and wondering if anyone is able to help us understand what financial support we may be able to receive? Quick summary: - couple with 2 year old daughter - I was made redundant in January and now working self employed 2…
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PIP form
I filled in my PIP form (new claimant), last month. I had a text message, they have received it. How long do I have to wait for paper based, F2F, etc. I realise it's covid-19 and things are held up. Thanks
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UC advance payment not paid back in full after claim closed
About 2 weeks ago my UC claim was closed, but they didn't notify me via email or letter when they did it and I haven't heard anything about the advance payment that I still haven't paid back as I was only on UC for 3 months. How long does it take them to ask me to repay the remaining amount and is it my responsibility to…
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Can I leave my job due to mental health issues?
I have emotionally unstable personality disorder and have been signed off work for 3 months so far. I don't really find that I fit in to conventional work places, I end up having time off sick and always feel like I'm letting my team down, which has a detrimental effect on my mental health when I'm already not well. I am…
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Child Tax Credits In Final Year of A Levels
My daughter finished her A levels this year (2020). I have been receiving Tax Credits. This years award gave payments until the end of August so I presumed this was the standard entitlement for anyone completing their course this year, giving a short transitional period before hopefully entering the world of work. The form…
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switch to UC
My adult son who lives with me is on income related esa and is thinking of claiming UC as his payment would be about another 80 pounds per week and he would be in a position to claim housing costs because he wants to rent a flat His ESA is currently unser review sent form in ages ago and he has had an assessment for PIP…
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Council tax after graduation
The category selected is wrong - my query is about council tax but that wasn’t on the list of options. I have received 25% discount on my council tax since by husband died 10 years ago. My 21 year old son has graduated from uni this summer and is now living back at home. Therefore there are now 2 adults living here - do I…
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Rebates
I received a cheque from online tax rebates ltd and it bounced
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Universal Credit when savings over £16000 reserved for house purchase
I would appreciate any help that can be given please? My son left university last year with a good masters degree, but cannot get a job anywhere. There does not seem to be much demand for zoologists. He has no money to live on so after his six months of JSA applied for UC. His application was refused since he has more than…
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DWP made a huge error, what can we do?
My partner is disabled and in Jan this year we won an appeal for enhanced rate mobility and recieved a letter from them confirming this and that it was awarded until 11/2/2022. We wanted a car on the motability scheme (our car is old and costing us hundreds each year to keep going) but decided not to rush and build an…
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PIP claim... need advice
Hello everyone, A family member of mine suggested i should start a claim for PIP, i am wondering if i would be eligible to do so, a bit of back story, I had a femoral osteotomy operation a few years ago and it was going okay and last year i started to get pain again and now it has become unbearable, my GP has put me on…
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Over payment
Me and my partner have just been told by HMRC that they haven't taken my wages into account for the last 12 months even though it was a joint claim. They said we now owe them around £10,000. Do we have to pay all this back even though it was their fault or is there anything we can do about it?
