please help :-)

lisac1978_2

Good Evening All

Im hoping for some wise advice, i have just been given a £300 bonus and 3% cost of living rise, last year when i spoke to OR they advised if i were to receive a bonus after discharge which i now am i would not have to pay it, i currently pay IPA do i have to declare it ? or do i just tell them about cost of living rise ?


Lisa xx

McKneff

"you know someone who got away with it" so you are actually saying that you do realise that you do have to declare it. Are you seriously asking us to help you "get away with it" too

lisac1978_2

no actually i am not asking for your help to " get away with it" i actually had not finished my sentence typing mistake, i do apologise your moral high ground ....... i was wondering what checks they put in place to check people that have huge salary increases but do not pay anything, thank you ..... i have more than paid my dues and do not appreciate your snotty remarks.

Simpsona

Hi Lisa,
Dont know if this helps hun but I was talking to someone recently who is still undischarged and he had a temp contract which was to bring him in just over £2k for 3 weeks work. He rang his OR to be on safe side but they said with it being a temp job and not a permanent change of circumstance that he could keep it! Maybe same with bonus too as they are one off? Maybe someone else with more experience in all this than me can help advice. Hope you get sorted! x

Dodger61

Lisac,
I would declare the cost of living rise as you have to notify the OR of any changes in your income. As for the £300, if it was me I wouldnt bother, it isnt a regular thing, and it can be absorbed into day to day living. As for the reply by Anniehanlon, sorry Lisac, some people just judge with without thinking. Ignore those uncalled for comments.

McKneff

lisac1978 wrote: »

no actually i am not asking for your help to " get away with it" i actually had not finished my sentence typing mistake, i do apologise your moral high ground ....... i was wondering what checks they put in place to check people that have huge salary increases but do not pay anything, thank you ..... i have more than paid my dues and do not appreciate your snotty remarks.

If you were wondering what checks they put in place why didnt you just post exactly that. Read your post again
and ask yourself why i posted as i did.

Simpsona

Lisa,
I read your post as a genuine request for advice in this confusing world of BR. Didn't think you were trying to beat the system in any way what so ever, just like most of us worried about not doing things correctly. I would have asked the very same question! ((h))

McKneff

Simpsona wrote: »

Lisa,
I read your post as a genuine request for advice in this confusing world of BR. Didn't think you were trying to beat the system in any way what so ever, just like most of us worried about not doing things correctly. I would have asked the very same question! ((h))

Maybe i am biased, i have been screwed on more than one occasion from people who went BR and at one time saw one of them laugh there head off as they came out of court, then they got blind drunk at the pub next door.
Bitter, yeah, i do try not to be. but its difficult at times.

jenni75

Hi Lisa,

I would have asked the same if it applied to me, as Simpsona said already i read it as a geniune query. There are plenty of people on here who will offer advise and support.

Anniehanlon,
I understand it is difficult not to be bitter when screwed over, but I do think that having read many posts on here most of us are in the worst postion of our lives and do not deserve to be judged as if we are taking out the easy route followed by a trip to the pub to laugh our heads off. There was no suggestion that that was Lisa's intention and I find it quite sad that you felt it appropriate to reply as you did.
Jenni

Simpsona

I too know people who abuse the system and are 'wont pay' rather than 'cant pay'. I've been ripped off for thousands by so called business people and am also suspicious at times of peoples motives. I do still try to take people at face value and see the good in people. In my short time on here it feels that most people are in need of help. I do appreciate that everyone has their own experiances and I dare say I maybe bitter to some I know at the end of this journey but for now I'll try to be as supportive as I can as that's what I really need in return.

DON79

Hi annie

unfortunately it is the people like you have described which give the genuine BR's a bad name and that contribute to the stigma of BR for those that are not untrustworthy deceitful people.

we are not all out to cheat the system, just trying to find a way to survive through our own personal hell.

Donna