GYH and Expenses

Marker_2

2 questions, if anyone can help ...

How far back can you claim Get You Home allowance?

and

Can you backdate claims for storage expenses?

James_Dunbar

Claims for gyh is on an agreement with your admin office on how far you can go back depends on circumstances.
Storage claims can be back dated upto 2 years.

melipona

I once supported a claim for one of my lads, he had been told that no claim would be paid if it was over 1 yr old, (his was already 3yrs). I asked them to explain why the statute of limitations did not apply, they paid the claim.

Money_Hunny

My boyfriend has been claiming GYH since May this year (it was also backdated to Sept '07, to when we first moved into our rented home together.) This was a great help financially as our house is 150 miles from his base.

He's now been told that the criteria has been changed for GYH and it won't be paid - because we are tenants, not home-owners! Apparently, if we had a mortgage, he could still claim. Is this right?

How can this be justified? He/We pay all the Utility bills, Council Tax, due on our home, yet that's not consider that enough?

Can any of you guys help? Anyone have similar experiences?

Cat695

Money_Hunny wrote: »

My boyfriend has been claiming GYH since May this year (it was also backdated to Sept '07, to when we first moved into our rented home together.) This was a great help financially as our house is 150 miles from his base.

He's now been told that the criteria has been changed for GYH and it won't be paid - because we are tenants, not home-owners! Apparently, if we had a mortgage, he could still claim. Is this right?

How can this be justified? He/We pay all the Utility bills, Council Tax, due on our home, yet that's not consider that enough?

Can any of you guys help? Anyone have similar experiences?

Who's name is the one on the rent book though? you or him because if its you then he can't claim

Money_Hunny

No, both our names are on the Tenancy Agreement. Not that it means very much, but he is even down as the "Lead Tenant" in the Agreement. Everything is in joint names - tenancy, bills, council tax, and their all paid for out of our joint bank account. He provided a copy of all the relevants documents when he first claimed GYH. (Including "Journey Planner" from three different websites, as evidence of the distance from our house to his base!)

Would it make any difference where he is based? When he was able to claim GYH, he was on a 2-year posting in North Yorkshire. Now he's based back down South with the rest of his Battalion, it's goodbye GYH!

Who decides these policies? It makes me so angry!

gt568

'T' letter 321/08 changed the entitlement from privately maintained property to privately owned property, so if you are renting you are no longer eligible.

Sorry.

Money_Hunny

gt568 wrote: »

'T' letter 321/08 changed the entitlement from privately maintained property to privately owned property, so if you are renting you are no longer eligible.

Sorry.

Grrrrrrr!!!! and I supposed only those people that own their homes, ever wish to travel back to them, huh?

Sorry, just venting - not blaming you.

Thanks very much for the info. Much appreciated.

Williams_2

I've been flying from London to Edinburgh for the past few months and have not managed to claim on JPA for any of my flights because I am a bit of a spoon and did not realise I had about 12 warrants I could use. I have now transfreerd to a different unit. Can I retrospectively claim for these flights?

Marker_2

OH has been told he cant backclaim for GYH (even though he didnt know he could claim until after the fact). Is there anywhere he could refer to when being shown the elbow?? Please say yes

I think admin have told him max of 3 months?? Surely it cant be allowed to vary from camp to camp?

Money_Hunny

Marker - When he found out he could claim GYH, my OH claimed back 9-months worth (from May 08 back to Sept 07)... Don't know where you'd get the "offical" info from though.... sorry.