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Working Tax Credits
Need to ask a question for a friend who is a single parent and is currently working 16 hours per week and receives a weekly payment of £118. However her boss has asked her to take on more hours - is there a maximum hours you can work and still recive this payment or would it stop if she took more hours at work. :confused:…
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How much Tax should I pay
Can anyone help me? I was made redundant in November and earned a good wage in the current tax year. I am now looking for flexible, casual work and it is unlikely that I will earn more than my taxable free amount in the new payroll year from April 2009. My dilema is how will the new employers know to record me as a non tax…
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is she entitled to carers allowance?
hi all, My cousin looks after her grandaughter who suffers from epilepsy, also her son suffers from diabetes does anyone know if she should apply to be their carer? thanks
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esa pathways to work interview
tommorrow, what to expect?? thanks in advance
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Can I claim now.....
Hey Everyone I have been told by a friend to re-apply for IS as I was refused it a few weeks back because I was on SSP and My partner is on JSA and we had a combine income of over £100 a week coming in, but my SSP has now stopped and only having my partner's £60.50 a week coming in from his JSA, can I re-apply for it?? Now…
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my 16y old
hi my daughter is going to be 16 in july and she is the eldest of 5she is going to college in september will i still get tax credits and child benefit for her if so till what age and do i have to call someone to tell them she is going to college or do they call me
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Is she entitled to anything?
My mum-55 recently had to give up her job-well she is classed as self employed eventho she is a foster carer for the local council, but they dont get any esp, ssp etc. She had cancer a few years ago and has never been healthy since,altho continued to work but is now exhausted and takes one virus after another. She has paid…
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This cant be right?!
I am currently 30wks pregnant with my first child and due to finish work on 29th April, when assessing our finances I went onto entitledto.com and as myself and my partners earnings for tax year 07/08 were a combined £11k (partner was at uni and still hasnt managed to find FT employment) it showed that we were entitled to…
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ESA Claim Time......
Hey Everyone Basically my worked has stopped my SSP without notifying me on the 11th March and only just found out today, Job centre said my workd should of notify me or sent out my SSP1 form 5 weeks before my SSP is due to end..... Anyway basically put in my claim for ESA today and they are going to backdate it from 12th…
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DLA Advice Needed
My husband is in receipt of DLA, he gets the low care component and the high mobility component. He has recently had a laryngectomy and I am his carer. Would it be worth submitting a claim to see if he can get either the middle rate or higher rate of care component. I don't know what to do as I am worried that if we submit…
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Warm front question
Hi, don't know if anyone can help or has a similar experience, but i've been searching for hours and getting no where. I'm about to move into a property that has NO heating at all:rolleyes: -yes, i must have been mad to take it on, but i was/am desperate. Theres only electricity available to the property. Can warm front…
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My parents are losing out £100 per week benefit because of me!!!
I would appreciate any advice on this situation. I live with my elderly parents who are both disabled and receive DLA at the high rate mobility and also the high rate care component. I myself receive IB & DLA low rate mob & low rate care. Based on their income they just qualify for a few pounds per week pension credit…
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JSA(IB) & Health Costs
Hi all, I am receiving JSA(IB) and understand from some research I have done that I can claim for; a free eye test optical voucher travel to hospital costs My question is, where/who do I speak to to get these? The various documents that I have read do no explain the process. Any help would be very much appreciated. Kind…
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tax credits help needed!
im really confused! tax credits again... more hassle than its worth at times... in oct 2006 i split with my now ex husband, and ended our tax credits claim. this claim therefore ran april 06 to oct 06... my exs income was always the same (he never did extra hours so as not to confused the inland rev ;) ). at this time i…
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JSA and council tax
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1576381 I was told i would get a better response here about Jsa contributions and what else you get, He wouldnt get housing benefit as he doesn't need that, council tax he will
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working tax credits
I always thought that the threshold for WTC was that you had to be earning £15,000 or less to qualify but i was told it was more than that could anybody tell me what this is ? Also i rang tax credits and they said the threshold from April for WTC is going up to i think he said £24,400 can somebody confirm this . I forgot…
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Income Support - how long to process claim?
Hi guys, I put in a claim for Income Support two weeks ago as my husband and I have separated and he has moved out of the marital home, I have two children aged seven and one, and am currently a full-time mam. I was just wondering how long it normally takes to process a claim? The whole benefits system is a bit of a…
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Hobby - New Business - JSA
I am actively seeking work and claiming job seekers allowance. I am currently working on creating a little business, selling my homemade crafts, advertising locally to start with. I am sure that I would be earning less than £50 a month from this. I have had a couple of orders already, and thinking that I should really…
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Will i get paid?
To cut a very long story short, my fourth application for LHA was accepted, and on Monday i was told on the phone that it'd be paid for this month tommorow. Received a letter saying this as well, which i showed my landlord. The claim letter said it had been granted because i am on JSA. He said somebody would be in touch…
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Have I been overpaid?
Hi, I am currently unable to work due to health problems. I receive £121 a fortnight income support, and claim no other benefits, I have moved back to parents home while unwell, and imagine I will be here at least until 2010, I am aged 37. I was told I had not paid enough stamp for the last couple of years, so was put on…