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SOA, really confused and worrying, BR date 31st March

horseypony
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Please help me again folks!! I am so confused with the SOA. Both me and OH are going BR so do i half everything on each of our forms or put the whole amount down?? I am on Incapicity benefit due to accident resulting in breaking my back, do i put all of this down on form and also do I have to put SOA without our debts or do I fill it in with our current debts???? Sorry for all the questions, it's just i need to get this completed asap. Many thanks!!
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you do yours oh does theirs,so put the full amount down but in the income you put their share of the expences so eg if you spend £400 on food for 2,on your form put £400 but on the income you should be showing getting £200 from your oh to balance it out.0
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ah right ok thanks Sniggings, also my daughter has a pony (which grandparents paid for for her) I pay for it each month, can i put this down or will it not be allowed?? Obviously I can't tell a 7 year old that she can no longer have her pony???0
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thats a hard one,as kids are allowed,i not sure on this i think its £5 a week for stuff like that,yes tyou can put it down as its an expence you pay but whether its allowed is another matter,the OR might allow some,say £5 a week or even all or may say some needs to come out of any excess you have left,but by all means put it down,you might not even be looking at a payment order anyway.0
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well this is another thing, we have £500 surplus after doing our SOA, this is obviously without any debt, so with that amount left over, are we likely to have to do a payment order?? I sorry to be thick i just don't get this!!!!0
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any amount over £99 you pay half so if £500 half of that but its not a straight forward as that,some benifits caant be inclued,have you done a SOA form yet if so post it on here and you will get some feed back,you never know you might not have £500 left?
(tried looking for te soa form for you to fill out but cant find it maybe someone will post it)0 -
hi ther use this link to try and do your SOA and post it and we will have a look sizzler:)
http://www.makesenseofcards.co.uk/soacalc.html0 -
Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet
Household Information
Number of adults in household........... 2
Number of children in household......... 2
Number of cars owned.................... 1
Monthly Income Details
Monthly income after tax................ 1214
Partners monthly income after tax....... 0
Benefits................................ 1120
Other income............................ 398
Total monthly income.................... 2732
Monthly Expense Details
Mortgage................................ 0
Secured/HP loan repayments.............. 0
Rent.................................... 650
Management charge (leasehold property).. 0
Council tax............................. 160
Electricity............................. 90
Gas..................................... 100
Oil..................................... 0
Water rates............................. 40
Telephone (land line)................... 78
Mobile phone............................ 0
TV Licence.............................. 12
Satellite/Cable TV...................... 0
Internet Services....................... 40
Groceries etc. ......................... 480
Clothing................................ 100
Petrol/diesel........................... 150
Road tax................................ 20
Car Insurance........................... 35
Car maintenance (including MOT)......... 10
Car parking............................. 0
Other travel............................ 0
Childcare/nursery....................... 80
Other child related expenses............ 0
Medical (prescriptions, dentist etc).... 20
Pet insurance/vet bills................. 0
Buildings insurance..................... 0
Contents insurance...................... 13
Life assurance ......................... 36
Other insurance......................... 0
Presents (birthday, christmas etc)...... 0
Haircuts................................ 25
Entertainment........................... 0
Holiday................................. 0
Emergency fund.......................... 0
school meals............................ 30
Total monthly expenses.................. 2169
Assets
Cash.................................... 0
House value (Gross)..................... 0
Shares and bonds........................ 0
Car(s).................................. 0
Other assets............................ 0
Total Assets............................ 0
No Secured nor Hire Purchase Debts
Unsecured Debts
Description....................Debt......Monthly...APR
Total unsecured debts..........0.........0.........-
Monthly Budget Summary
Total monthly income.................... 2,732
Expenses (including HP & secured debts). 2,169
Available for debt repayments........... 563
Monthly UNsecured debt repayments....... 0
Amount left after debt repayments....... 563
Personal Balance Sheet Summary
Total assets (things you own)........... 0
Total HP & Secured debt................. -0
Total Unsecured debt.................... -0
Net Assets.............................. 00 -
i've just found this info:
The percentage the OR can take for an IPA depends upon the excess:
Between £100 and £249 = 50%
Between £250 and £349 = 60%
Between £350 and £499 = 66%
£500 or more = 70%
70% is the max the OR can take so even if you have £2000 DI the OR can only take 70%.
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we have 2 cars infact but do i put this down as the one my OH uses belongs to his dad who pays for tax, insurance and my car is owned by my mum but we pay tax insurance etc etc. My oh is retained firefighter so hence why we need 2 cars.0
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horseypony wrote: »Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet
Household Information
Number of adults in household........... 2
Number of children in household......... 2
Number of cars owned.................... 1
Monthly Income Details
Monthly income after tax................ 1214
Partners monthly income after tax....... 0
Benefits................................ 1120
Other income............................ 398
Total monthly income.................... 2732
Monthly Expense Details
Mortgage................................ 0
Secured/HP loan repayments.............. 0
Rent.................................... 650
Management charge (leasehold property).. 0
Council tax............................. 160
Electricity............................. 90
Gas..................................... 100
Oil..................................... 0
Water rates............................. 40
Telephone (land line)................... 78
Mobile phone............................ 0
TV Licence.............................. 12
Satellite/Cable TV...................... 0
Internet Services....................... 40 This is too high £20 max needs to be for work and/or homework
Groceries etc. ......................... 480 £550 was OK for us ans we have 2 adults and 2 kids 5 & 14 could go for £600!
Clothing................................ 100 we used £150
Petrol/diesel........................... 150
Road tax................................ 20
Car Insurance........................... 35
Car maintenance (including MOT)......... 10 Too low £43 TAX + MOT + REAPIRS tyres are not cheap......... price one up?
Car parking............................. 0 Do you never use a car park?
Other travel............................ 0 Do you kids use buses do get to and from school? and may be you as only have 1 car?
Childcare/nursery....................... 80 Is this enough?
Other child related expenses............ 0 After school activities you are allowed £45/month covers both kids? do thay have any activities after school swimming etc
Medical (prescriptions, dentist etc).... 20 Optiticans?
Pet insurance/vet bills................. 0
Buildings insurance..................... 0
Contents insurance...................... 13 £18+ may go up once BR? Use Tesco best we found by far......
Life assurance ......................... 36 What does this cover?bith of you? critiacal illness and disability?
Other insurance......................... 0
Presents (birthday, christmas etc)...... 0
Haircuts................................ 25 £30 (a womens hair do is about £50 ish.....)
Entertainment........................... 0
Holiday................................. 0 £80 for UK holiday
Emergency fund.......................... 0
school meals............................ 30 we used £80 for both kids/month
Total monthly expenses.................. 2169
Dry cleaning?
Proffessional body memebership?
Assets
Cash.................................... 0
House value (Gross)..................... 0
Shares and bonds........................ 0
Car(s).................................. 0
Other assets............................ 0
Total Assets............................ 0
No Secured nor Hire Purchase Debts
Unsecured Debts
Description....................Debt......Monthly...APR
Total unsecured debts..........0.........0.........-
Monthly Budget Summary
Total monthly income.................... 2,732
Expenses (including HP & secured debts). 2,169
Available for debt repayments........... 563
Monthly UNsecured debt repayments....... 0
Amount left after debt repayments....... 563
Personal Balance Sheet Summary
Total assets (things you own)........... 0
Total HP & Secured debt................. -0
Total Unsecured debt.................... -0
Net Assets.............................. 0
Try using this and see how it goes repost it and PM me and ill take a look again for you as I am sure others will to some truly great people on here and very helpful tigerfeet, philnickamy to name but a few......
Also try using this link or goolge income payment calculator
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=income+payment+calculator&meta=&rlz=1R2ADFA_enGB336&aq=7&aqi=g9&aql=&oq=income+pay&gs_rfai=
VERY USEFUL AND WE USED IT AS IT MAKES YOU THINK AND YOU CAN EDIT AND ADD STUFF SO YOU KNOW WHAT IS WHAT ETC AND WHAT YOU NEED TO PUT IN THE OTHERS AREA ON THE BR COURT FORMS.
Tech2If Carling made web-sites this would proberly be the best website in the world :T
Get your SOA done here.... http://www.makesenseofcards.co.uk/soacalc.html0
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