Can my girlfriend claim for tax credits?

marshy27

sh1305 wrote: »

You support her like couples do.

How do i support her? I do her favours by taking her to work and taking her shopping, i wouldnt call that supporting. But again... yes we are a couple but not living together or living together as if we were married

Indie_Kid

marshy27 wrote: »

How do i support her? I do her favours by taking her to work and taking her shopping, i wouldnt call that supporting. But again... yes we are a couple but not living together or living together as if we were married

You do family stuff together too.

marshy27

sh1305 wrote: »

You do family stuff together too.

So that means we're living together as a couple?

sh1305 wrote: »

You also give her money for your child.

Ah so i guess thats wrong too then and that it also means im LIVING with her as if we were a couple? The money is for our daughter not for her. I do it through the bank so that if we have a massive argument she cant turn round and say i havent been paying anything. It seems to me that you yourself dont know either and you're assuming that because we do this and that together that we are living together as a couple. Im trying not to be rude here but it seems like im repeating myself time and time again.

Anyway, i've just got off the phone from the tax credits people and they said she can make a single claim as i have my own bills and dont pay anything towards hers and i dnt live there. He also said there's no limits as to how many times i can visit her during the week either. The guy i spoke to said he was in exactly the same situation and stays at his girlfriends house 4 times a week. He said if she is worried about it then when applying just say i stay over on the weekends and visit most days during the week so that nobody can say she didnt inform them.

Kaleidoscope27

Kaleidoscope27 wrote: »

It'll be classed as living apart. You just visit. Unless your name is on the tenancy agreement / mortgage, you don't live there. So she can claim as being single. (If your name IS on any paperwork with hers (e.g. a joint tenancy agreement) and she uses it to prove her living arrangements, it'll be classed as you both living there. Just so you know.)

dmg24 wrote: »

Nonsense, it is not nearly as simple as that.

I found that response a bit harsh I was only trying to help based on my own experience with JSA and living as a couple (not the same thing I know but I thought it might be similar.)

Especially when:

marshy27 wrote: »

Anyway, i've just got off the phone from the tax credits people and they said she can make a single claim as i have my own bills and dont pay anything towards hers and i dnt live there.

More or less sounds like my original thoughts. Okay so not in the same words and I realise I didn't explain myself well but still...

Indie_Kid

marshy27 wrote: »

So that means we're living together as a couple?

Well, how many people do you know don't live together, have a child together and regularly do things as a family?

cabbage

Hi

General benefit rules are that if you maintain separate households then generally you are not classed as living together as a couple.

If I was you, instead of posting and getting insults back, just ring the HMRC tax credit helpline and ask their advice. They are the ones who will decide whether or not you are a couple. Phone calls are recorded for your protection against overpayments.

bestpud

Coming at it from a completely different angle: could you not try something like relate and see if you can make it work?

You clearly want to be together so it seems mad for you and your child that you can't/won't get over your difficulties!

Maybe it's time you both took a good long look at yourselves and started acting a bit more grown up now you have a child to think of?

Sorry if that seems harsh but I find it hard to believe two fully grown adults, and parents at that, cannot get their emotions in check and either live together, or part.

You sound like a couple of spoilt teens!

karenx

marshy27 wrote: »

How do i support her? I do her favours by taking her to work and taking her shopping, i wouldnt call that supporting. But again... yes we are a couple but not living together or living together as if we were married

I would say that was supporting her yes. If you wernt supporting her you wouldnt pick her up for work etc and just leave her to do everything herself on her own

iamana1ias

marshy27 wrote: »

The problem is i dont want to be 'forced' to move in with her again as it'll put strain on our relationship and a few months down the line we'll end up splitting up again. Forced seems harsh but that what seems like is going to happen. Im going to end up being either forced to move in to provide for her as she wont be able to afford to live without the extra benefits and there wont be no point me paying to live up her mums. Or the other solution is to not go there at all which to me seems quite unfair.

It's not for the tax payer to fund your lifestyle choices. She's not single, neither are you, and your living arrangements are a farce to claim additional benefits.

Many many working couples see each other and their children for less time than you do, but can't claim extra benefits.

marshy27

iamana1ias wrote: »

It's not for the tax payer to fund your lifestyle choices. She's not single, neither are you, and your living arrangements are a farce to claim additional benefits.

Many many working couples see each other and their children for less time than you do, but can't claim extra benefits.

Sorry but you're talking crap. A farce? She doesnt claim benefits i was simply asking if she could. Take your head out of your !!! and read the post properly.