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Redundancy, SMP & Working Tax Credits
Please advise if you can. I was made redundant on 8 Dec and due to start maternity leave on 17 Dec. The company has paid me my SMP in one lump sum but I am in receipt of Working Tax Credits, previously I contacted the Tax Credits office who informed me that if I was in receipt of SMP they would still class me as being…
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HB payment early?
Hi there, I get my housing benefit every other Monday with the next payment due on Mon29th. I've just checked my internet banking and seen that they've already paid it, dated tomorrow. Does anyone know if this would be next week's payment going in early due to holidays?
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Carer and effect on Council Tax
Hi all, I'm not sure if this is the right place for this but you all seem very knowledgeable.... By way of history, my hubbie has just moved to live in my Dad's house to care for Dad after surgery. He will be staying there to build an extension whilst I stay in our rental house 90 miles away until March and I'll then move…
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What benefits am i entitled to if living with parents?
Me and OH are due our little girl in Feb and currently live together but in Jan we are moving into our respective parents houses in order to cut our outgoings and save for a mortgage. Our joint income is less than 25k My mum and dads household income is more than 35k and my income alone is about 4k Which do they use to…
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Work focus interview
I have had to give up work to care for my husband as he needs alot of care with the illness he has. I have been awarded the underlying carer's allowance which entitles us to income support. They said I have to attend an interview on the 5th January. Do I have to attend one if I am looking after my husband full time? I do…
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Incapacity Benefit
Ive been on this benefit for a year now and was wondering how long I would qualify for it? I gave up work last year due to health reasons and was awarded this straight away and only had to hand in a few sicknotes from Doctor. I have recently been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia with numerous associated symptoms and my quality…
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LHA and other benefits London
A couple with 1 baby who are now living with parents want to move to London. They are both out of work claiming JSA and CTC. If they move to the city centre they can get up to 540 LHA for a 2 bedroom place. As well as CTB what other benefits would they get if they cant find work?
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Advice for parents pls
Hi all, my Stepdad has recently had to go part time, he was working full time but due to health reasons had to drop to three days a week instead of full time. I was wondering, can he claim Working Tax Credits or anything? In their household are my Stepdad & Mum (Both 59) & recently my unemployed 25yr old Brother who has…
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Is this legal? (Incapacity Benefit cut).
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/welfarereform/raisingexpectations/chapter5.pdf "5.48 For all those on contributory Incapacity Benefit with an age addition, the Green Paper proposed that many would receive no cash increase in their overall benefit because their benefit would be higher than the amounts payable to people on ESA.…
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EMA stopped for being a late for school
Hi, My daughter has had 3 of her weekly payments stopped recently due to lateness. The school are saying even if she is 10 mins late for any reason they will stop her money for the whole of that week. I had read somewhere on the net that you were allowed to be late twice in a week unless it was deemed a "very late" for…
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Benefits - Rock and hard place
I'm unsure where this post should be located ... :o Health issues have precluded me from working Full Time for 5 or so years although I have/do manage intermittent agency work (temping) with an income of around ~ 7K per annum incl of JSA. I claimed zero benefits for more than 3 years + relying on savings/assets with…
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housing benifit
my brother has a counsil flat, and i plan to move in with him, im disabled and i get highrate mobility and care dla my brother works full time and pays all the rent, if i go on the tenency as a joint tenent will i be able to claim half of the rent with housing benifit?
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anyone been fined by tc for not informing
has anyone here been fined by hmrc for not informing of a change? i have gotten a payrise of £2600 per annum but wifes gonig to earn £2300 less this year,should we inform them or wait until april/ as yearly total wont be much more than expected,and if we dont inform them will they fine us??
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My Polish girlfriend has been made redundant
She only came to the UK once she had been offered a job and now the company have closed it's offices due to the downturn in the economy. She was only there two months !! I was paying full council tax as I am fully employed but I wondered would I be entitled to some reduction now that I am the only worker in the household ?…
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Are we entitled to claim anything?
I work 25 hours a week, my husband works full time as a contractor, he is paid through an agency for fitting electricity meters and is paid per meter. If he doesn't work he doesn't get paid. He has been taken off the road until appoximately the end of January but his contract hasn't been ended so is technically still…
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Child benefit when second child arrives query
Hi guys, hope you are all well. Need some advice please; From January our Child benefit for my daughter will be £20 per week (£80 a month) - Since we started getting this, it's paid into the Halifax 10% account and i make it up to £100 per month. Now next year our second will be born :) - but i have heard that it will not…
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Mortgage interesr
Hi I received notification from DWP that they are going to start paying our interest on our mortgage on the 21/10/08 paying £126.54 and then the money is reduced on the 11/11/08 to £116.93. Is this to do with them reducing the rate as I thought they had to keep the rate at 6.08% for 6 months. Also when they send the money…
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Tax Credit Query
Hi Im currently unemployed an looking at starting a new job in January - its about £14,000 a year pro rata and Ill be doing part time hours (20 per week) so not sure of exact salary - abour £8000 i imagine - I qualify for tax credits - over 25 and disabled so how much am I looking at getting roughly? Just wondered if…
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tax credit loans
can people who recive working tax credit s apply for a loan like ya can when on income support
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Is there somewhere I can go for genuine proper and accurate tax credit advice?
My husbands hours were reduced a few months ago, from a 5 day week to approximately 3 or 4 days per week, which made around 25 hours. Called Mr TC, to have £130 taken off us a month. Nice. He then got himself another job, on top of his normal job, and I called back the other day to tell them his hours and pay were roughly…