would we be entitled to hb 7 ct?

caris

Hi

Do you think its worth us applying for hb and ct benefit?

We have been on entitled to and that is coming out completey wrong it saying on there that my hubby would NOT get ANY wtc, but he has been getting this for years so we dont understand.

We have the following weekly income at the minute (this may change imminentaley, due to hubbys position at work)

£225.00 wages (bring home amount)
£53.41 ctc
£26.81 wtc
£20.00 cb
£96. 00 incap
£6.00 csa (mothers contribution
£22.00 csa (fathers contribution)
£28.00 industrial injuries

Our rent is £99.95 a week and council tax £98.00 a month

Thanks
caris

cattie

Why not just apply anyway? Then at least you'll know for definite.

flea72

we need to know gross family income, number of children, any childcare fees and hours worked to sort out the wtc side of things

Flea

caris

flea72

thank you for your reply, however i do not understand why you want our gross incomes for wtc, we have been receiving wtc for 7 years, they have all the info they need to work out out tc, and there has never been a problem with us having it and we have never had problems with overpayments, so this benefit seems to be ok.

caris

flea72

caris wrote: »

flea72

thank you for your reply, however i do not understand why you want our gross incomes for wtc, we have been receiving wtc for 7 years, they have all the info they need to work out out tc, and there has never been a problem with us having it and we have never had problems with overpayments, so this benefit seems to be ok.

caris

you were saying that entitledto is stating you arent entitled to wtc, so for anyone to clarify whether you have been paid in error, means we would need to know your gross income, before we can make any confirmations

based on the information you gave above, i would say you werent entilted to wtc, so i asked for the additional information, incase there was a reason why you might be entitled, ie paying childcare, have disabled child, etc. as that would up your levels, before income taper kicked in

Flea

OrkneyStar

flea72 wrote: »

you were saying that entitledto is stating you arent entitled to wtc, so for anyone to clarify whether you have been paid in error, means we would need to know your gross income, before we can make any confirmations

based on the information you gave above, i would say you werent entilted to wtc, so i asked for the additional information, incase there was a reason why you might be entitled, ie paying childcare, have disabled child, etc. as that would up your levels, before income taper kicked in

Flea

I agree with Flea.
Sounds like you are not entitled (to HB, CTB or WTC!) based on the figs above, but would need to know bigger picture to help figure it out for sure.
It's not prying, just hard to answer without more info.

caris

flea72

our gross incomes are:

taxable ssb (incap) £4852
wages £16090

working 39 hours aweek
hubby gets disability element aswell

we have no childcare costs

caris

flea72

caris wrote: »

flea72

our gross incomes are:

taxable ssb (incap) £4852
wages £16090

working 39 hours aweek
hubby gets disability element aswell

we have no childcare costs

caris

gross joint income = £20942 (does this include the industrial injuries payment?)

based on an income of £20942, no disabled children, no childcare, you would not get any wtc, just ctc

Flea

OrkneyStar

flea72 wrote: »

gross joint income = £20942 (does this include the industrial injuries payment?)

based on an income of £20942, no disabled children, no childcare, you would not get any wtc, just ctc

Flea

I thought that too Flea, was not sure about the disability element of WTC- is it only DLA (middle rate or above) that attracts that ? I have heard of people being (wrongly) told they qualified for DE of WTC, if they considered themselves disabled (but not receiving DLA).

flea72

OrkneyStar wrote: »

I thought that too Flea, was not sure about the disability element of WTC- is it only DLA (middle rate or above) that attracts that ? I have heard of people being (wrongly) told they qualified for DE of WTC, if they considered themselves disabled (but not receiving DLA).

as long as the OPs other half, has claimed a qualifying benefit within the last 6m, then they are entitled to the disability element

Flea

caris

Hi

Thanks for the replies.

This is getting very complicated.

When we first applied for tc we had help filling in the forms from DWP, as we had gained residency of our grandson, and hubby was returning back to work after an accident, we were told that his industrial injuries (which is completely different to DLA) is a disregard benefit so would not come into any calculations, this is mentioned everytime we do our yearly review and we are still told that we do not need to declair this income as it is disregarded.

My husband is registered disababled but he does not qualify for dla

So as far as we are aware all declarations are made any changes are notified to tc immediately and we continue to receive wtc and ctc.

caris