Please could you have a look at my SOA

redfraggle76

Hi all,
I have put up our I & E, please could you have a look at it for me to check ive included everything that is allowed & not included things that are disallowed.

Income:
My wages 0
OH wages 1744
CTC 456
CB 277
Total: 2477

Expenditure:
Rent 900
Food 700
Gas 50
Electric 80
Water 35
Council Tax 180
Contents insurance 15
Phone 50
Tv Licence 12
Hairdressing 45
Clothes 150
Holidays / Christmas 70
Dentist & Opticians 15
Prescriptions 10
Pet Insurance 10
Children's Activities 25
Transport 100
Total:2447

This is for 2 adults & 5 children aged 11,11,10,6 & 15months.
Thankyou in advance xx

Waspeze

One thing that stood out for me is that you've got no transport expenses? (car, bus etc)

redfraggle76

We had our car repossed in April & not ben able to afford a new 1. Hopefully we should be moving in 2 weeks time to rented house which is just round the corner from childrens schools therefore i wont be needing to catch the bus every morning. Could i still put down travel for buses each week for going shopping, visiting family etc?

Waspeze

Worth putting it down .. the OR shouldn't expect you to be house bound

redfraggle76

Thanks, how much would you suggest? If i visit family it's £4 return & if igo for any shopping it's £3.50 return. x

Waspeze

Just put down a reasonable amount that should cover most of your journeys. I can't say an exact amount as what's allowed will vary on your situation and the OR.

Maybe take a look at some other peoples SoA's to get an idea of whats allowed? (just do a search on this forum for SOA or I&E and see what comes up)

Jaks

We do not have a car and we would need to use public transport if we needed to go anywhere out of town etc.

We are a family of 6. We were advised to put down £100 for transport on our SOA forms.

Also you could put a bit more down for your house keeping, we have put down £650 for this, perhaps you could put down £650-£700 as there are 7 of you.

You might be able to up your clothing allowance a little as well, maybe £120- £150?

You can also up you hairdressing to £45. I think you are allowed £10 per adult and £5 per child.

Have you got or will you be getting life insurance and home contents insurance?

redfraggle76

Thanks for the advise, ive updated the SOA with the amonts that have been suggested.

redfraggle76

Any more suggestions???

redfraggle76

Just bumping for any more suggestions xx

tigerfeet2006

redfraggle76 wrote: »

Hi all,
I have put up our I & E, please could you have a look at it for me to check ive included everything that is allowed & not included things that are disallowed.

Income:
My wages 0
OH wages 1744
CTC 456
CB 277
Total: 2477

Expenditure:
Rent 900
Food 650 up this to 700 and see what the OR says
Gas 40
Electric 80
Water 35
Council Tax 180
Contents insurance 15
Phone 50
Tv Licence 12
Hairdressing 45
Clothes 150
Holidays / Christmas 50 put this as holidays and put to £70
Dentist & Opticians 15
Prescriptions 10
Pet Insurance 10
Children's Activities 40 allow £5 per week per child
Transport 100
Total:2382

This is for 2 adults & 5 children aged 11,11,10,6 & 15months.
Thankyou in advance xx

Hope some of that helped.