living expenses sheet

sniggings

sorry but tried looking for the living expenses sheet for BR but can't find it anyone know the best one to use,gone BR already but waiting for my OR phonecall and as the expenses on the SOA was so short,it just included the bare min expences I would like to be ready for the OR with a fuller expenses list. cheers

Merry_Gentry

Is this what you mean?

http://www.makesenseofcards.com/soacalc.html

peachyprice

Unless the OR sent you another I&E form with your wlcome pack they will work off the figures you gave them on the court forms and may already have made decisions re IPA ect. If you need to add more it might be worthwhile emailing it to them before the interview.

HTH

sniggings

yes cheers looks a good 1,you wouldn't have a link of the amounts that arenormaly allow for each expense,I ask cos when I spoke to cccs ages ago we did a expenses sheet and when she ask for an expanse amount eg shopping ,I would say a figure and then she would say well we normaly put this amount,this went on for nearly every expense she asked about(no wonder I've ust gone BR:o)so I don't want the OR phonecall to go the same way and risk upsetting them, cheers

sniggings

Just saw the post 2 above. maybe I'm too late then? anyone know round about what the figure for a single person is? I don't think I put too high amounts in had about £20 a week left, O wait a min I might as well post it here then you could let me know if I need to change it before I get my OR phonecall, I forgot I have a copy,are these amounts fair and have I left any expenses I'm allowed to claim for out?cheers

I get £1100 a month

this iswhat is on the SOA

rent 375
food and cleaning 240
gas and elect and other heating 120
water 40
phone 60
travel to from work and other essential 40
clothing 80
council tax 80

total 1035

any one would liketo help would be great

fermi

This is a long long read, but worth it.

OR's Technical Manual - IPAs Assessment of real disposable income

tigerfeet2006

Use the link in Merry's post and the one in Fermi's. Then pop up your new SoA on here and let us check it for you. Then email it to the OR as per Peachy's post.

sniggings

thanks,took a look at those links and think that yes I have missed some expenses that could have been included eg car tax,hair cuts and a few others but as my "excess" income is only £20 a week I think it might be best to leave any corrections until the OR phonecall and then bring up any missed expenses then?

tigerfeet2006

Well I would hazard a guess that the OR will say your groceries, phone and clothes are excesive. Might be worth having the SoA sorted so that when you have the interview you can say tat you have a revised SoA if he does query the amounts and reduces them. Better to be prepared than not.

sniggings

yes your right will do that,as for the food thats low for me:o but I know what your saying I was including all those other things that didn'd have a place on the list eg haircuts,is £20 a week to much for cloths? maybe and the phone is also for a mobile at £10 a week but again I hear what your saying so will try and spread the expenses out on all the costs I missed off,thanks