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brown123

Toxicity wrote: »

I think there are plenty of people on this forum who work 40 hours a week and still have to live modestly and also have very little left to spend on luxuries.

But please thank your daughter for not claiming what she is entitled too - we all appreciate it.

Perhaps you could explain to her that taking the help won't make her any less of a person and that she has the rest of her life to pay back into the pot should she decide to borrow from it. But if you're both determined she is to refuse the help available then you'll need to prove her lack of income to the council I assume.

thanks for your kind words. It is very nice someone to say some encourage words. I am very down as I read some of others posting as some post are not really try to help nor reading my post first. They use the open forum to make trouble or maybe hatred. I am not asking people to side with me at all . I am open to any advice and I keep thanks for any advice.

so to speak, you see I am very appreciated for your kind words.

As you kind advice. I would have this major obstacles to get through.

many thanks again for your kind words

MidnightHour

All you need to do is inform council tax benefit office that your daughter is using your address as a 'care of' for post reasons and occasionally stays overnight.

If they decide she does live with you , you will lose single person discount of your tax bill, which is 25%.

Try not to worry, if you are being truthful then there is no need to worry.

And don't let some of the posts on here upset you, they are strangers they don't know you so they don't matter.

Good luck.

brown123

notanewuser wrote: »

I'm now an HR consultant. I was head of recruitment for a hotel chain until I had my daughter a couple of years ago. So yes, I do understand employment markets, and working graduates and everything else in between. Over the past 18 years I've employed tens of thousands of graduates (and non-graduates) in the hotel industry.

I haven't described you or your daughter as stupid. I think perhaps you're reading subtext that simply isn't there.

sorry if I DID not get your earlier message. Please accept my humble apology.

May I ask you a favor : I trust you are very professional, so I have to assume you are very open mind.

I did read your earlier and the message is very negative to me

I do appreciate you let me know your staffs here.

and I would like to (in a very humble way) ask : could you kindly disclose( a roughly figure) how many succession referral for graduate job seeker last year or the year or since the recession you introduced successfully getting a job(I mean full time more than a months' time, not temp ) to the hotel industry?

I am very appreciated to get a first hand information.

Thanks in advance.

princessdon

It's appears negative as that poster, myself and others cannot work out her pride v helping you.

She gets JSA, you get CT and possibly HB help but nothing changes for her.

I get pride - I've never had to sign on, but i would do it if I had to.

brown123

MidnightHour wrote: »

All you need to do is inform council tax benefit office that your daughter is using your address as a 'care of' for post reasons and occasionally stays overnight.

If they decide she does live with you , you will lose single person discount of your tax bill, which is 25%.

Try not to worry, if you are being truthful then there is no need to worry.

And don't let some of the posts on here upset you, they are strangers they don't know you so they don't matter.

Good luck.

Thanks for all the kind words and understanding.

I really mean it as I have a hard time to some of the reply here. They make me look like a criminal.

I was bought up to see 'right' or 'wrong' seriously and always polite and appreciate. and that make me feel very sick.

Thanks for your kind advice. I am telling the truth, it just have to find a best way to get to the council and hope they would really listen to my situation first not jumping to a decision.

I am worry as I don't know how to approach them so they could listen to me first before jumping to decision. That is it.

The best I could dream of :is my daughter would have a job offer tomorrow and start the job tomorrow

Coraline

brown123 wrote: »

I don't understand this forum.


What kind of society we live in?

Entitlement culture from what I've seen so far. Endless complaining about how much money people should be receiving for not working or doing the bare minimum in order to receive the maximum handout.

Never in my life, working in several countries have I've witnessed a culture where people who have NEVER ever worked in their lives refer to their welfare payments as their "paycheck."

What? Something is not right here.

brown123

pmlindyloo wrote: »

You have the following options:

1. You tell the council that she is living with you as a non dependent but has no income. They will ask for proof so you can show them her bank statements and tell them that she is living on savings/overdrafts.

This will be complicated as they are not used to this scenario so it may take some time to sort out.

At the moment they have suspended the council tax support because they feel that you have not notified them of a change of circumstances.

If you do not contact them they will assume that she is earning money/giving you money for her 'board' and will deduct the highest rate for non dependents from your council tax.

2. You prove that your daughter lives somewhere else. From what you are saying you have no proof so this seems not to be an option unless she has some written evidence that you haven't mentioned.

3. Your daughter signs on for income based Job Seekers Allowance and they will not make a deduction from your Council Tax. (I think this is common to all councils - if not it will only be a small deduction)

What is extremely important is that you contact the council and talk to them about your situation. They should be able to tell you what evidence they need for the first 2 options.

One other thing, you will also need to contact the council if you receive Housing Benefit as they need to know about any non dependents. Otherwise it is likely that you will receive a similar letter about your HB.

Thanks so much for kind reminder and advice.

I have no problem to option 1. Indeed I already approach council and hopefully they could give me an appointment very soon.

as you said " This will be complicated as they are not used to this scenario ...."

that is my only concern and that is the reason I post this thread here to see if anyone could share their experience how to sort things with council for unfamiliar area.

sometimes people do the 'right' thing but still the outcome is 'bad'.

However, after reading some replies here. It alerts me that people could jump into conclusion so quickly. They just simplicity don't accept my situation.

So after reading those, I keep thinking what if the council staffs handling my case has also such negative way to my case.

In the end. I hope people with negative thought should understand that I actually make myself more trouble. She could just get on welfare benefit and I don't even need to post this.

I do understand if she and I both on job seeker allowance, I could still have council tax help.

If she works then I have to pay full amount and I know she would use her salary to pay for that as I definitely have no such income for that.

Once again, many thanks for your kindness and help.

brown123

jacques_chirac wrote: »

brown123, I understand you are not a fan of the Jobcentre, but are you aware they can refer you to agencies that can help with your English skills? This could benefit you greatly when seeking work.

thanks for your advice.

I have to admit that 'I am not a fan of the Job center' from my own experience. Still I would not trash their name as these staffs do not represent the whole organization.

All I could say is that if you have the same experiences like mine, you would never be a fan of the job center too.

once again thanks for your post and wish you have a nice day

Housing_Benefit_Officer

brown123 wrote: »

thanks for your advice.

to my understand, if she sign on. I don't need to pay full council tax but a new partial one.

if she find a job and we would have to pay full and I know she would help me pay me pay for all of it as I couldn't afford with it with my job seeker allowance.

Thanks for your advice again

There is a sliding scale of non dependant deductions depending on your local councils Local Council Tax Support Scheme. You would still get help but there would be a deduction depending on your daughters financial circumstances.

brown123

MidnightHour wrote: »

All you need to do is inform council tax benefit office that your daughter is using your address as a 'care of' for post reasons and occasionally stays overnight.

If they decide she does live with you , you will lose single person discount of your tax bill, which is 25%.

Try not to worry, if you are being truthful then there is no need to worry.

And don't let some of the posts on here upset you, they are strangers they don't know you so they don't matter.

Good luck.

thanks again and again for your kind words.

I really need that.

I just need to overcome my worry.

If the council just don't accept that even when I saying all the truth, I have to ask my daughter to re-thinking again.

I do understand I don't need to pay full council tax if both of us is on benefit (of course I would have no object to pay for full when my daughter starts to work).

The best I could dream of : my daughter get a job tomorrow and we could have money to pay for it.

Again, thanks for all your kindness.