criminal injuries and tax rebate

mommypig

having posted a couple of times i need some more advice,in nov of last year i was attacked and had my nose broken this was by one of a group of 3 men who had made my families life hell for 2 years and followed our car being petrol bombed and our familiy threatened,thus being the reason we gave our keys back o the bank and now places us in this position of bankruptcy!anyway i hav just been informed that i hav been awarded £2000 for this attack,ths should arrive within 4 weeks ,with this we plan to pay the bankrupcy fees and fix our car,i also plan to do my husbands tax return in april and expect approx 1000 from this , will we lose this i do not expect the br to go through til may

dreamcatcher73

Not if you spend it before BR, you can't lose what you don't have..

skylight

If its for injuries, then no. Make sure you keep all the paperwork though!

Repair the car though - do you work, so you would be able to keep it in the first place? I would hate for you to spend the money for the car to go.


The tax you would lose. (I assume you are both going BR?)

dreamcatcher73

If they get the tax rebate before BR and spend it on living expenses, BR fees, then they wont lose it will they? Or I am not looking at this right? It is still early for me! lol

skylight

After thought.


How about using the tax rebate to pay for the BR fees? Its spent then....... And ORs tend to turn a blind eye to how their fees are paid for anyway.

The injuries money - it wont go anyway, BUT the OR may decide that you used that to pay the BR fees, as it will all be in the same pot so to speak. So withdraw (slowly) what you are not going to spend on the car and keep the rest under the mattress until after BR - it will be spent on day to day expenses anyway.... won't it???????

skylight

Dream - you posted while I typed!!!

dreamcatcher73

Snap! lol :rotfl:

mommypig

will be using the 3000 ie tax and compo to pay for br and cars ,i look after adults with ld and travel is 50 miles round trip,so do need car (money good )i work 30 hr pw and come home with 1100,and hubby not working,im so bitter about the bankrupsy as these b******s hav destroyed us , we were in debt but not to this point we lost 50,000 in neg eq on the house ,police didnt seem to be able to help, think it was because those that were abusing us were of the travelling kind! anyway not bitter i hav my health and family!!!! and 2 lovely kids ,will now stop ranting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!