IA's 'Does my bum look big in this Debt?' Diary

mrsspendalot

oooh just checked my quidco account and my £50 from alliance and leicester has tracked!!!!! Yay!!!!! Did you ever apply for that IA?

immoral_angeluk

mrsspendalot wrote: »

oooh just checked my quidco account and my £50 from alliance and leicester has tracked!!!!! Yay!!!!! Did you ever apply for that IA?

I was going to but it said about having to have your wages paid in every month

mrsspendalot

It just says to be able to pay in £500 a month doesn't it? We've not switched hubby's wages over, lol. Just going to transfer £500 a month in and use it to pay bills.

immoral_angeluk

Right the plan is... to use Ste's to get petrol as he's the one he uses the car the most and that way we'll have more to play with each week and it can be paid straight out of the bills account..
I'm going to keep mine but not spend on it and it can be the 'emergency card'.
Bloody vanquis... :rotfl:

mrsspendalot

... although once I start earning with AQA I can have my wages paid in to it. Gosh, me .... wages ..... that'll take some getting used to!! I haven't worked for nearly 5 years

barnaby-bear

mrsspendalot wrote: »

... although once I start earning with AQA I can have my wages paid in to it. Gosh, me .... wages ..... that'll take some getting used to!! I haven't worked for nearly 5 years

Don't forget the onus is on you to do the 'income' tax. It's easiest if you set this up asap. So you don't get a shock.

immoral_angeluk

mrsspendalot wrote: »

It just says to be able to pay in £500 a month doesn't it? We've not switched hubby's wages over, lol. Just going to transfer £500 a month in and use it to pay bills.

Not sure.. but we have that many bills it'd be a nightmare to switch now! lol

Burlesque_Babe

Yes, it's £500 a month minimum (nothing to say you can't then move it on from there though )

I've opened one to use to access the 12% savings account and it hasn't tracked with Quidco. It's been chased but I'm not hopeful.

mrsspendalot

When did you apply Keren? I did it last week, and it tracked as £0 and today it has tracked at £50

mrsspendalot

Yes Barnaby Bear, I need to register as self employed. Just going to wait until I pass my introduction and first review and then do it. I have got 3 months to register apparently. Then I am going to be sensible and save so much a month from my earnings for tax so I get no nasty surprises from the tax man! I have no idea how much I will earn yet.