Benifits for a part time employed 22 year old

StormyWeather_2

notanewuser wrote: »

:huh: :huh:

You quoted me, but you were talking to the OP.

Troutwrestler

pauljoecoe wrote: »

Oh my goodness. I didn't realise this genuine enquiry for info from someone who has never calimed a penny off the state and paid his way all his life on behalf of a person who IS NOT CLIAMING BENEFITS and is working damn hard to make headway in a career would wake up all the self righteous fingerwagging preachers on here. Save it for the real scoungers who are using this forum to try and screw the government for every penny it has.

Of course he could get more bar work. He could work in a bar 7 days a week 12 hours a day. He doesn't want to and he is trying to work out the best way to get a good job with a good income so he can start paying tax and supporting you lot CLAIMING YOUR BENEFITS! :eek:

Personally I think all benefits should be scrapped and I'd be quite happy to support my children if he needs it and not give a damn about the rest of society.* As long as the government agree to stop scfewing me by taking away over 50% of my hard earned!

*playing devils advocate a little here.

Until that time I will try to help him get the best for himself and preferbly legally. Which was the point of my orginal enquiry but missed by many of you self righteous folk.

Anyway I think I will leave the 'scroungers' area of this forum and make my way back to the workers, savers, investing capitlist area where I clearly belong.

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Save it for the "real" scroungers??? What like the ones who want to claim benefits and work cash in hand? O wait....:T

He could work more...he doesn't WANT to...so instead of doing this and keeping us all in benefits he's going to join in then....hahahaha you couldn't make this up

notanewuser

StormyWeather wrote: »

You quoted me, but you were talking to the OP.

Oops! Sorry!

StormyWeather_2

notanewuser wrote: »

Oops! Sorry!

It's ok.:) It took me a minute to work out that if I earn £42k why is my bank account in such a sorry state.:(

terryw

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

I've just thought, I've earned £100 (total) over eight years doing YouGov surveys. Should I have registered for tax? :eek:

It should have been declared, yes.

dktreesea

pauljoecoe wrote: »

I wonder if someone could state simply for me what my son (22) is entitled to.

He is living away from home at his university town having graduated last July. He has a part time bar job and also earns cash in hand payments for unregular work that he does relating to his course of study which he is hoping will turn eventually give hime the experience and contacts to enable him to go into full time (possibly self employed) work.(I am being very non specific here as I am aware he is not declaring this income, however is not earning anywhere near enough to pay tax)

So at the moment for a couple of bar shifts a week and extras illregular cash in hand income he is paying his rent (private landlord) council tax, all bills and food, travel etc.

He has not claimed anything but is obvioulsy stuggling to make ends meet.

What benefits is he entitled to (how much?) and how can he legally contine to work in this 'informal' way but make it all above board and get some help whilst he carves a way to his long term career hopes? He is quite reluctant to claim anything as he is quite proud of the fact that he is self sufficent at the moment but it is a very insecure situation.

If your son is a full time student and your income is low, he should be applying for a grant.

If, on the other hand, as appears to be the case from what you have said in this thread, you are a higher income earner, it is your responsiblity to support him (or his to support himself if you don't feel you want to do that) whilst he is getting his degree.

During the summer holidays the student is meant to be living off their grant/student loan, i.e. they are meant to make it last, or work to make up the shortfall, or, if their parents earn well enough, get a stipend from the parents to live off. They are not able to claim JSA unless they leave the course and have a letter from the financial institution confirming this. A long time ago students could sign onto the dole vover the summer holidays, but that all went by the board during Thatcher's era.

paulineb_2

Hes finished his degree by the looks of the opening post, he graduated last summer.

Lagoon

dktreesea wrote: »

If your son is a full time student and your income is low, he should be applying for a grant.

The OP's son isn't a student. He's a graduate working part-time in a bar.

Bogof_Babe

terryw wrote: »

It should have been declared, yes.

But I'm a non-taxpayer and the (averaged) £12.50 a year wouldn't have made me one.

What about a child's paper round? Under your reasoning every single person should be filling in a tax form. Even those on benefits, as they have income. To my knowledge it has never worked like this. They wouldn't have the staff to cope!

nannytone_2

but wouldnt the paper boy/girl be employed by the newsagent rather than self employed?