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income support ---> incapacity benefit?
Hello, Im currently on income support due to medical reasons. I have been on it for 26 weeks now. I am not eligible for incapacity benefit as i have not paid enough towards my NI. On the directgov website (http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/FinancialSupport/DG_10016082) it states the following: If you haven't paid…
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advice needed please ..carers/jsa.
I currently recieve DLA for ds. I have claimed carers. My daughter has now moved bk home(she 20),she is now claiming JSA from this address. would it be possible for her to claim the carers for my son? Then I would be able to get a job. does this effect her JSA,as she has to be activly seeking work doesnt she?? sorry if it…
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1 week of money & 3 weeks of none due to od
hi i was just wanting a bit of advice if possible. i am currently on benefits.. i have an overdraft which i was given wen at uni bout 5 yrs ago which i ended up going into the overdraft and have never gotten out of it since.. unfortunatly when i went onto benefits i ended up going over my od because i had no money due to…
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Old "not entitled to benefit" story but still curious to know.
Back in 2002, hubby returned to UK after a long absense. Hubby's mum was not feeling very well and we thought it'll be good to be near her. Hubby first to arrive back into UK to look for a job. Me and our toddler followed 4 months later. Our savings is zeroed due to having to pay for move. So hubby's went to a job centre…
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Job Grant
Hi I wonder if anyone can help... My husband and I were on a joint claim for Contribution-based JSA from Feb 2008 until I started university in September 2008 and so I signed off. My payments stopped (as expected) and my husband carried on being paid Contribution-based JSA till his entitlement to that finished in November…
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Tax with two full-time jobs
I have two jobs, one at 32 hrs/wk, and one at 37.5 hours a week. I'm trying to figure out how much more taxes to take off my income so that I don't get dinged when it comes to my income tax returns. Any advice would be greatly appreciated
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threshold for working tax credits
Does any1 know what we are allowed to earn up to to gain working tax credits as a couple with 1 child. and if this is to be going up soon please
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WTC Repayment Demand Letters!
I have lost count how many threatening demand letters I have received from the Inland Revenue asking for repayment of WTC, firstly the mistake was their fault and not mine, and secondly they ignore you, and thirdly the do not give you a reason/explanation for the overpayment. They're nothing but stupid idiots who got it…
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how much tax credits could we be entitled to?help please
hi,i have tried all different benefit calculators on the net ,but each one has different answers! anyway heres a basic run down ,any rough estimates of how much tax credits we could get would be much appreciated. oh and i will be running our own business we split the hours and income ,both doing 20 hours each and earning…
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National Insurance contributions
I have a question that I'm sure is straightforward to the people in the know! I am self-employed and had a small earnings exemption certificate because my salary fell below the threshold of £4465 for the 2006/2007 tax year. The certificate applies up until 11 April 2009 unless my earnings exceed this amount, which they…
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National Insurance Whilst getting ESA
I wonder if anybody knows the answer to this question. I have a part time salaried job (PAYE) plus I normally do some self employed work on other days, so I also pay Self Employed NI by monthly direct debit. Sadly I have been off sick for 8 months (and not done any self employed work for about 10 months). My employer paid…
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anyone claimed children's tax allowance...
anyone claimed for it. i have heard of one person having been overpaid so she actually has to pay some money back. How does one know if one has been overpaid or not in the past??? thanks In Martin's email it says "making a claim does affect your current and future entitlement to working and tax credits" (relates to the tax…
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Reclaiming Child Tax Credit
Hi, I saw the following advertisement in the Mirror Newspaper today. Children's Tax Credit Reclaim Does The Taxman Owe You Money? Do you have a child who was born between April 1986 and April 2003? Did you or your partner earn £6,000 or more in the tax years and 2002-2003? If so, the Taxman could owe you up to £1000!!! The…
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Incapacity Benefit Pls help
A friend of mine is on Incapacity Benefit and wonder if she can get Free prescription. Can anyone please tell us as she is worrying about the amount of medicines she is on. any reply would be much appreciated. many thanks aimee
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More advice needed (panic,anxiety etc)
Hi all, I have another thread running atm,about my RSI and am grateful for the replies...Thank you so much. However there is something else bothering me and I'd like to get it off my chest and get some advice/opinions. Now as my name suggest I have a house of boys. Our daughter passed away very suddenly in 2004. At the…
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newbie needing advice please
hi there found your site a few days ago and it has allready given us the advise we needed and we sucsesfully claimed money back from hscb that they took from my daughters tax credit so very gratefull for that thank you i wondered if anyone knows if my daughter can claim housing benifit for a house that we own as we are…
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www.benefitsandwork.co.uk ANY GOOD?
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Working Tax Credits Overpayments
I heard from somebody I know who is a Working Tax Credits employee that they have been informed by Solicitors (I don't know if they are WTC's solicitors or not) that if somebody has been overpaid in Tax Credits then WTC are not to re-adjust future claims to get these overpayments back. What I would like to know is if…
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help please??
hello all. i am new here & desperatley need advice..really complicated im afraid. me & my ex have joint custody of our 2 children. i receive child benefit for 1 & he gets child benefit for the other. i was working up untill 18 months ago & receiving wtc + ctc for my son. i left work as i had a bad accident & went onto IB.…
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ESA & Income Support
Hi Justa quick question, my ex wife has just been told she is to get ESA @ £94.95 per week, she also gets DLA @ £17.75 per week (plus child benefit and child tax credit). She has been told she can 'top up' her ESA by claiming Income Support and could get approximately another £30.00 per week in Income Support. Is this…