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child tax credit
i have just been on the hmrc website and it said that i will get more money when my 16 year old goes to college is that correct. i know that i still get child tax credits when she is 16 and going to college but didnt think i would get more
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Help for my mum
i'm posting on behalf of my mum. my dad passed away very suddenly at the age of 87 on the 29th of april. my mum has asked if i can get some info for her. she is 66 and gets SDA (since 1988) and also pension credit to the value of £130 a week. my dad was in a care home since feb 2005 and he got state pension and also…
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Working tax credit
If i have two jobs, one self-employed, total hours 30, single person, can i claim for tax credits? thanks for any replies.
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tax credits my income changes every month
hi, i am currently getting a small amount of tax credits. my problem is that i put down that i earn 600 a month but infact i very rarely phisically each month. sometimes my moneytakes up to three months or more (i am self employed and still owed some from february!!!!) i was wondering can i actually put down that i am…
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£15k overpayment So they say
Ever since claiming CTC we have had nothing but major problems with them. Overpayments they have demanded back, double payments etc. In 2006 they said we had been overpaid by nearly 8k. We got onto our MP and the eventual outcome was we had been underpaid by £640. As they couldn’t somehow manage to pay us directly into our…
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help and advice needed
ive been unemployed since dec 08, its the 1st time ive been out of work since i left school in 1996, paid my taxes ect all those years, ive been signing on since dec but can only sign on for my stamp as bee self employed all my working life, my wife is still working but had her hrs cut to 23hrs per week due to credit…
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council tax - help
Ok please do not judge and go mad - am only asking a question My mum and dad r split they both live in diffrent houses My brother is at the fishing sunday nights - friday nights/sat morning My brohter live with my mum, all his mail goes there, he is on joint tennacy, pays part of the council tax etc... Odd saturdays nights…
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Parent Centre forum
Does anybody know what happened to it? It vanished, then returned before christmas and then vanished again :confused:
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Parents won benefit appeal but will take about 2 months for backdated money
Is this just an excuse? My dad was called for a medical in the first week of December 2008 but the interviewer was swamped and called my dad 2 hours late and 5 minutes before closing, so my dad said he went there and they called him in and just asked his name then sen t him home. A short while later he got a letter…
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JSA and Tax Rebate
Hi Everyone Wondered if you could help as i am useless with tax issues. Ok so I was a student last year, and when I finished my degree I signed on JSA from October 2008 - April 2009. I now have recieved a letter from the Job Centre advising me that I am entitled to £181.00 tax rebate. They also sent me my P45 which has the…
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Time from ESA medical to decision?
I attended my ESA medical about ten days ago. The doctor indicated he had to prepare two reports. One for the "decision maker" and one for use at "pathways to work interviews". He said I would be sent a copy of the second one and could obtain a copy of the first on request. I attended the "pathways" interview today and…
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Child Tax Credit renewal award
I rang yesterday to renew my tax credit. My OH is self employed and we worked out that we thought he'd earnt £4000 more than we said he would do for 08-09. I told them whilst on the phone that those earnings he received wudnt be likely 09-10 and that it wud be what we had first predicted initially as it was a partically…
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help with disability aids?
FIL is terminally ill & we want to keep him at home as long as possible. He finds it increasingly difficult to get upstairs & unfortunately, the toilet is upstairs. MIL cant really cope with a commode, so we are considering installing a stair lift. FIL gets DLA at highest level plus mobility. They also get pension credit.…
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JSA Help Needed
Just need a question answering. If I dont qualify for Income based JSA, can I still sign on and get confirmation that I am unemployed? I ask this because I have an income protection policy that requires confirmation from the job centre that I am unemployed, but I wasnt sure that if I didnt qualify for IB JSA that I could…
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just been on my online bank and my tax credits have not gone in ..
i renewed my tax credits saturday 2nd of may , i phoned up yesterday and they had not been processed , i usually get my tax credits payed into my account on a monday , but it shows in my bank on a saturday .. just a bit worried , has anyone had this problem before ? thankyou for your help in advance ..
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Confused about LHA and income support
I have been reading other peoples posts about LHA and I find them confusing so I am starting this new thread to see if anyone can advise me please. I am thinking of moving to a shared place. I get income support, incapacity benefit, disability benefit medium care rate. At the minute I get income support cos I live alone,…
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am i entitled to the sure start grant?
Hi there I am a single mother of one with one on the way and i am panicking how i am going to afford the basics for my new addition. I currently work full time and i am recieiving woek tax credit and child tax credit. Just done my 2008/09 income declaration to tax credit office and they have sent me out an estimated award…
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council tax
Hi guys Not sure if this is correct section. I am single and get 25% single occupancy for my council tax. My eldest son is 19 and council have taken away my 25% discount. Is this correct, as he is my son not my partner. Thanks Judy
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Working, disabilty but what benefit ?
I had an accident at work 3 years ago. Employer admitted full liabilty and the whole thing is currently being dealt with through my lawyer. I applied and got confirmation from DSS that I had indeed suffered an Industrial accident. My latest medical (for my lawyer) has stated that I have a permanent disabilty with severe…
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Stressed and need URGENT help - JSA & IS
Hi there, im new to all this so please do bare with me, it may go on so sorry if it drags! I got made redundant on the 19th of feb and straight away made a claim for JSA, thankfully that all went smoothly but unfortunately being pregnant ment i didnt manage to find a job. So i got to being 11 weeks before my due date and…