-
Council Tax Summons - HELP!
Hello there, I'm new to this forum and I hope to have come to the right place. I shall come to the point right away: Situation: ======= I received a Council Tax Summons and have to appear in court (petty sessions) to explain why I haven't paid council tax at my former flat. Last year I used to live in a flat as a permitted…
-
Work & Child Tax Credits
Hi, Please can someone tell me how this works and how much money is paid? I'm not familiar with benefits at all. My reason for asking is I have a prospective new tenant. It's a couple with a newborn baby - a few months old only. Mother is on maternity leave at the moment, returning to work in a couple of months. Her salary…
-
Tax credits and dentists
Whilst I wholeheartedly agree with Pam Ayres, the fact is I need a fair amount of dental work completed (about £400 worth). Has anyone had any experience of tax credits and help meeting dental costs? We are a family of 5, parents and 3 kids, with only one income (approx £1900 a month) and we receive tax credits of £355.…
-
UK residency and tax credits/mortgage
My partner has been living here in the UK for a number of years and has been working legally paying taxes and NI.She had no idea that she was required to fill out a form for a "worker registration scheme" until one turned up the other day. Apparently you have to be working here in UK for one year after signing this form to…
-
I have a predicament.
I'm in a little bit of a predicament here. Currently Im diagnosed as psychotic adn have just been accpeted for DLA. Now also currently I spend a lot of time building websites, that don't generate any income for me but there is a guy who has his head well strung up in the air and is insistent he will report me to the fraud…
-
At a loss...
Im currently on sick leave from work with a back problem. I will get full pay for another 3 months then half for 6 months, but after that i dont know what i can do. The injury to my back means i cant sit or stand for long periods. I need the ability to move around at any time if i need to. Also driving anywhere is very…
-
Is my Oh earning too much for working tax credit?
Hello, I've been googling away and looking at old threads on this forum but still can't seem to "get" it, so an idiot's guide would be greatly appreciated. :D I keep getting told by all and sundry that we should be getting wtc as various friends are earning more than my OH and getting it, but we keep getting told we are…
-
Housing Benefit ---NEED TO MOVE
I was wondering if anyone has any advice or idea, i am currently getting housing benefit as i am partially sighted. However i am being victimised where i live, i want to relocate to another city. The location i want to live in is mainly private rent, i was wondering if anyone has any suggestions about finding money fir a…
-
Is she entitled to anything?
Hi, My partners 18 year old daughter is moving back home soon after living away for the last 6 months. She is moving back as her 6 month lease is up - the landlord cannot renew it as he selling up to move abroad - and she cannot afford any of the other available rental properties. She has had to hand in her notice at her…
-
Paying back my previous employer
After finishing work for my my previous employer, I had noticed that they had continued to pay me by mistake for the last two months. At first, I thought that the payment may have been for overtime, holiday pay ect. But after the the secong payment I was pretty sure that they had made a mistake and I was very careful to…
-
Benefit Protection - How Long?
I have been on IB now for 5 years due to mental illness and have attended all PCA etc. At these the doctors have confirmed that I am not fit to return to the workplace as I could not take the pressure. I have come across some SE work that I feel I could manage. I could do it from home and only need do it as and when I want…
-
Back problems/arthritis
Hello, Im currently on JSA, income based. However, over the last few weeks my spinal pains have got even worse. Ive had it for several years, but it has never been officially diagnosed, just 'suggested' that it was Rheumatoid arthritis. I had different types of scans, but never heard back. Some time last year i stopped…
-
Lone parent going self employed - Help needed
Have been a lone parent with 2 children for 10 years. Was on income support untill 3 weeks ago,then put on income based job seekers allowance. Kids ages are 13 and 18. Both at school still. I have gone self employed today,and have also inherited a house which is being rented out today. Yealy income from these will be about…
-
Holiday whilst on Job seekers allowance
We have a holiday abroad which was paid for before i was made redundant in January, i am currently on Jobseekers allowance, and why not after 30 years of contributing but also to maintain my NI and morgage protection insurance, if taking a holiday abroad i am told that i must sign off and then sign back on, my question is…
-
Wage/Tax Credits
At the start of the financial year my OH was on JSA from April until August 2008. He then started work - 32.5hrs/week at £6/hour. I rang tax credits to let them know he'd started working and they wanted to know how much he was going to earn for the rest of the year. I calculated he had been on JSA for 19 weeks, leaving 33…
-
csa -when both parents are still living together
I am writting on behalf of a family member. They are going through a divorce (just started). but both parties still live in the same house . The child is nearly 4. The wife has applied for csa - but is she entitled to it if they still live together ??- both parents are resident parents. All help appreciated plse
-
DLA & Carers allowance
I wonder if anyone can help me with a query please? Single mum who gets IS and DLA (HRC &HRM). She gets DLA for mental health problems and has back problems which affect her mobility. She has a daughter aged 6 who also gets DLA (HRC, LRM) as the girl is autistic and partically deaf. No-one claims carers allowance for the…
-
self employed, pensioner,sick pay
my mum is a pensionerwho is part timeself employed seamstress. does not earned a lot but has not been able to work due to ill health and was in hospitalfor3 weeks . Would she be entitled to any state sick pay if she has savings ?. Any advice appreciated thank you
-
Worng Tax Code?
HI, I work for a chairty on a salary of 20k and my tax code just says BR (basic rate). Is this correct as at my last job I was on the same package but paid considerably less in tax? Any help you can give would be great! O+
-
social fund/crisis loan repayment
I had one of these years ago during my 6 months on JSA :D As I then got a job the money could no longer be retrieved via benefits and I had no further contact until a debt management agency had been passed on the outstanding amount (which I am paying off). Now the DPW are taking off £2 odds from my MA, but no one can tell…