Is my mum entitled to any benefits as my dad is working in Dubai for two years?

devildog

I do understand what you are saying and god knows I have read no end on this subject(and have approx 7" of correspondence/ paperwork) I am simply going by a reply that I received stating that the only way you can claim for being single is if you are single.
Going on what op said, that dad had 'relocated on his own' to work in Dubai suggesting that it wasn't a HM Forces/government move(different rules come into effect then) and was purely voluntarily(or it is the asumption I made-of course he could have meant on his own without the family) so based on that my assumption is that he will become 'not ordinarily resident' in which case a claim is as a joint couple with all income used in calculations. If you are insisitng that this is wrong then you have made my day- I am owed a lot of money!!
I apologise if previous post sounded harsh it was a nightmare period that I wouldn't wish on anyone and I was being sent around in everlasting circles.

jollyme

Don't forget there is a 25% reduction in Council tax if there is only one adult living at the property

devildog

real1314 I do realise that. I was just commenting that re council tax if oh is at home for any 6 weeks per financial year(in one go or broken up into shorter periods) there is no 25% reduction in council tax(as council will deem him 'resident'-go figure!!) and as I said I do not know anything about any of the other benefits.
Having someone work abroad is such a grey area with different rules/regulations applying depending on who you are dealing with.
I had years of problems in relation to HMRC, council, pensions,insurances(both life,car and house), banks etc and I simply thought if I could help anyone avoid all that I went through............

bigjl

No mortgage, P/T wage, some financial support from hubby working tax free in Dubai.......................

Ask hubby for more money, but as a mortgage is the biggest bill most families pay, honestly can't see why any extra assistance would be needed.

Though I suppose technically a reduction in council tax as mentioned above would be available and is a reasonable expectation.

But to be honest I think this is a troll,or somebody with a very selfish outlook, what ever happened to the country where people where too proud to accept benefit unless it meant going without food, now people want to know if they can get it to give an increased disposable income.

As already mentioned the hubby should be sending all his wages back, and just keeping enough to keep himself in going.

You don't see people posting about how their husband is being deployed to Afganistan for six months can I get any extra benefits, and our brave squaddies still have to pay income tax. This coutry really is in a big mess. Or at least they used to when my brother in law was over there 3 years ago, hopefully this may now have changed.

Murgatroyd21

real1314 wrote: »

The details being provided by murgatroyd DO NOT apply to other benefits, such as IS, JSA, HB, CTB, ESA etc.

I believe I've already stated I'm only refering to tax credits. I would leave any comments relating to other benefits to those with experience and knowledge of them! It seems crackers to me that there are so many different ways of dealing with the one issue between agencies!

devildog

bigjl
I do agree with your post but the one thing that I would like to add is that a large number of these people(although admitedly not exclusively) are ex HM Forces who have 'done their time' and seen action. They come out into civvy street can't find the work and are left with little options. They take the work where they can find it, yes they chose to go there just as they initially chose to join up(there are pros and cons for both). BUT it is not an easy option by any stretch of the imagination and not risk free either.

bigjl

I have reletives and friends that are now working privately in Dubai and similiar, as they are working tax free then claiming benefits in the UK never entered the equation, as quite simply they don't need them or more importantly they don't want them, just because they can "technically" get them due to their family "technically" being able to show that they are now a single parent family, doesn't mean that they should claim.

I have known and worked with lots of people that have worked in Dubai and in the oil industry over the years, the fact is that working abroad, tax free, is the benefit that working overseas gives, not the ability to play with words and, in my opinion, to fraudulently obtain financial assistance, whilst infering that the family now no longer has a husband and father involved.

I hope that this country gets rid of it's selfish, self serving, entitlement mentality, that isn't the reason we won WW1 and WW2, isn't the reason why we used to be considered as Great Britain. We are now just the UK, a country ruined by large scale unskilled and illegal immigration, intent on extracting as much financially from this country without paying in a penny.

And a huge and growning underclass that have the same agenda, the tax payers of this country are being squeezed tighter and tighter, eventually they will get more and more fed up, and emigrate. Don't forget that one of the largest groups leaving for Aus, NZ, Canada, Alaska and indeed America are public sector workers and skilled Professionals.

i wouldn't mund working in Dubai for a few years, but I would be intent on paying off my mortgage and putting some tax free money away, not using loopholes to ponce money off the very people that have no option but to give 30 or 40% of their wages to a coutry where people think it is acceptable to be a sponger of pi**taker. After all, "it's my right innit".

Murgatroyd21

bigjl, much of what you say may well be correct, in that people are technically entitled but perhaps don't really need it. In that vein it raises all sorts of questions about the level of salaries taken by many, or that loopholes exist for those already on inflated incomes to exploit tax law, but that isn't at least from my understanding, the point of these threads. It is to answer a question without becoming judgemental.

Rainmaker_uk

Murgatroyd21 wrote: »

bigjl, much of what you say may well be correct, in that people are technically entitled but perhaps don't really need it. In that vein it raises all sorts of questions about the level of salaries taken by many, or that loopholes exist for those already on inflated incomes to exploit tax law, but that isn't at least from my understanding, the point of these threads. It is to answer a question without becoming judgemental.

Appreciate the info and approach you're taking.

However I think that as tax payers we have the right to say something when someone is asking for advice on how to rip off the state and all those that pay in to it.

Frankly I am appalled that well meaning people are assisting the OP in this morally reprehensible action. :mad:

Murgatroyd21

Rainmaker_uk wrote: »

Appreciate the info and approach you're taking.

However I think that as tax payers we have the right to say something when someone is asking for advice on how to rip off the state and all those that pay in to it.

Frankly I am appalled that well meaning people are assisting the OP in this morally reprehensible action. :mad:

On a lighter note, is it safe to assume you're not a lawyer then?