DLA etc

shykins

i dont get IS so wil have to see if the DLA affects my council tax benefit, it depends if its counted as income.. i did see something about the DLA meaning they dont use the disregard but it was a bit confusing

i have to go see the council re my other post where they are insisting i get 86.75 when i get 70.05... have now got to the bottom of that as if i had initally been getting SSP i would of gone up to 86.75 by now but as i am self employed i hadnt.. a nice lady is sending me a letter to give to the council

as she said sometimes they think they know more then us and they dont!!! AMEN to that lol

thanks everyone
x

alba37

welshcakes wrote:

road tax exemption for your vehicle. Ring up the number shown on your DLA award letter to request application form (one should have been enclosed with your award notification, just a one page tear off piece). You then send it bacl to DWP who in turn send you back a certificate which you take along to your local DVLA along with your MOT, Insurance etc (just as if you were renewing tax disc). The DVLA will backdate a refund of any road tax you have paid from the date which DLA was awarded.

Has this to do with the amount you are rewarded? I have been on DLA for 2 years, and didn't know anything about road tax exemption.

Just makes you wonder what else you don't know about........

shameless-about-money

welshcakes wrote:

shameless-about-money wrote:

Also, the tax is not backdated at all. QUOTE]

It is not the rule of thumb granted but I managed it by being a real pest. They initially said no and gave me the same response as yourself but I wrote a formal letter and (almost a month later) got a very basic one paragraph letter back stating that they had reviewed had given circumstances etc etc.

I think anything that you feel is fair, is worth kicking up a fuss about. Trouble is, most of us aren't aware that it's even possible as we tend to naturally accept at face value what we are told by someone behind a counter. I'm not saying it will always work, but in our case it did so I say have a go for the price of a stamp.

Right, am going to send the DVLA a letter - today!! They owe me for Oct - Jan inclusive!

shameless-about-money

alba37 wrote:

Has this to do with the amount you are rewarded? I have been on DLA for 2 years, and didn't know anything about road tax exemption.

Just makes you wonder what else you don't know about........

You would be on the Higher Rate anyway - there should have been a leaflet/application in with the information that you were sent when the DLA was originally awarded. It has been going for years, it isn't just a recent thing.

Mind you, I only found the application form about two months after I got the DLA!

Ring them up and ask - you are entitled to it.

ohreally

shameless-about-money wrote:

You will most definitely still get your council tax rebate since you are entitled to that with your DLA alone.

This is incorrect.

ohreally

alba37 wrote:

Has this to do with the amount you are rewarded? I have been on DLA for 2 years, and didn't know anything about road tax exemption.

Which rate have you been awarded? A VED exemption certificate is issued if you are on HRM component.