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Second baby on way, what will benefits be?

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  • 3plus1
    3plus1 Posts: 821 Forumite
    It depends which company you're working for, but there are jobs with flexi-time available. At councils, for example, a full time job is 37.5 hours, with a normal start time of say, 8.30am, but you can start at 10am, and finish at 5.30pm, if you work over lunch. This means you can start work after dropping children off at school and daycare.

    Even some small companies offer flexi-time too - generally speaking, as long as it's not an essential part of your job to be calling up clients at 9am, a lot of companies will let you come in late after doing the school run, and finish late to make up your hours.

    Full time is obviously a bit tricky, but if you hunt around, a part time job with flexi-time might be possible. :) I don't know much about jobs that match your qualifications, but as long as you can promise to ensure your childcare needs won't affect the quality of your work, most employers are willing to negociate working hours :)
  • zoezoe_3
    zoezoe_3 Posts: 257 Forumite
    Skinto

    you really should be claiming maintanance from your new babies father once the baby is born. His payments to you will reduce the amount you need to claim on benefits. If you dont claim from him first then I am affraid it would be benefit fraud and highly unethical.

    Good luck with teh baby !
  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
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    *** if this is undeclared income this is illegal***

    ***take advice with caution***

    ***this tax avoidance and 1 reason why the taxpayer may feel a burden***


    take sound small business advice and you will succeed
    When did I advise her to not pay tax or tell the benefits agency? I've always paid tax on all my earnings thankyou very much.

    Yet someone else with a big chip on their shoulder about having to pay tax :rolleyes:
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  • loopydonna
    loopydonna Posts: 126 Forumite
    When did I advise her to not pay tax or tell the benefits agency? I've always paid tax on all my earnings thankyou very much.

    Yet someone else with a big chip on their shoulder about having to pay tax :rolleyes:

    you said before it was edited:

    "In the summer you can earn anything up to £200 for one days work and best of all it's all cash in hand ;) "

    People tend to assume that cash in hand jobs are one where you pocket the money without declaring tax etc on it. The winky man kinda backs this implication up IMO. If you'd worded it as being paid cash but having to submit a tax return later, it would have sounded better and less dodgy.
  • astonsmummy
    astonsmummy Posts: 14,219 Forumite
    your allowed to earn £20 a week on IS so i make that £1040 per year.
    :j Baby boy Number 2, arrived 12th April 2009!:j
  • When did I advise her to not pay tax or tell the benefits agency? I've always paid tax on all my earnings thankyou very much.

    Yet someone else with a big chip on their shoulder about having to pay tax :rolleyes:

    editing would've been clever had I not quoted you in the original post!

    clearly the winking smilie gives arise to clever accounting then? I missed that haveing read and so obviously misread your post as earn £200 a day and declare it :rotfl: :rotfl:

    silly of me? or silly of you?

    ;) :rolleyes: ;) :rolleyes:

    btw taxpayers don't begrudge short term benefit claiments, single parents or even *spit* students but fraud is fraud however you squirm to remove yourself from the insinuated post.
  • When did I advise her to not pay tax or tell the benefits agency? I've always paid tax on all my earnings thankyou very much.
    Yet someone else with a big chip on their shoulder about having to pay tax :rolleyes:

    are you insinuating to me that I somewhere said you didn't?

    fish with your chips :rolleyes:
  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
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    Look again, I havn't edited my post at all.
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  • so would you care to explain what was meant then?

    a nudge nudge wink wink doesn't have several meanings dear.
  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
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    so would you care to explain what was meant then?

    a nudge nudge wink wink doesn't have several meanings dear.
    Yep and I know what bullying is too. I don't have to explain myself to you. I know what I meant.
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