Working Tax Credit Award!

larmy16

They were earning 12K on 14 June post?? Anyway if it is a serious post, I got my award this morning. Based on 10,861 I am entitled to £5.41 per week. I have rent of £90 + £25 council tax, not to mention anything else. Anyway I am pleased I got anything cos every little helps as they say

hotblu

Hello,

I think your award is wrong because it should be based on your income from 06/07 and therefore the estimate you where given sounds about right. I would phone them and double check your previos income is down correct, and make sure you give them this years estimate. You will only recieve WTC for this year tho, becasue as I said, your award based on py income and your given a 25k threshold. I dont see why everyone is coming down on OP, they are entitled to this money due to low income for py. My brother's total income for 06/07 was about £4,000, he has now got a job on £22,000 per year, but because the "goverment" decided on a 25k threshold it means he can have an additional £45 p/wk in wtc. You can blame OP fopr claiming money they are entitled to.

HTH OP

Hotblu

AzimScot

Thanks for all the replies, I had no idea that I'm luckly to even get anything!

Its for last year where I have earned about £5490 after deductions.

I am disappointed as they gave me a high estimate of about 1700 per year and then gave me £261 which is about £6 per week! pay for my lunch!

Although, it says in my schedule they sent me that 1500 and something deducted due to income? my income for 2006/2007 was about 11800 and thats before tax?

I am so confused. I know I wont get tax credits for 2007/2008 for sure due to my new job. I just thought when I got quoted for £40-50 per week I was gonna get at least about £30-35 but hey this country rips you right off I been paying taxes for 7 years and nothing back but peanuts.

I think its time I get a wife! lol

Thanks guys.

bestpud

Hmmm, a wife and presumably your own home and your own bills to pay! It'll be financial heaven! :rolleyes:

bestpud

AzimScot wrote: »

I been paying taxes for 7 years and nothing back but peanuts.

Income tax is spent purely on benefits then? :rolleyes:

laurawaite

As a single person living at home i would be EXTREMELY pleased with £260 a month, my husband and I both work full time but still struggle to pay the bills, we have a 2 year old daughter who is in nursery part time and we only get £260 a month including help with childcare costs, the benefits system in this country is a joke, i would be better off if i was single and living off the state rather than in a relationship and working and paying my way!

AzimScot

I meant to say its £260 per year about 30-40 per month.

Jo6673

well that doesnt calculate!

K9ine

I too am a single person in my 30s living with parents earning less than £12k per year. I cannot afford to move out I have chosen not to impregnate anybody or rent beyond my means and I feel I am penalised. Not because I don't receive any benefits, but because I see others with better family life than me believe that they are entitled to benefits.

I hate living at home. I wish I could afford to socialise and find a partner. I wish I could afford to have a child. I can't so I have chosen not to.

robindunne1 wrote: »

I fail to see why someone who does not have to pay for a mortgage, utility bills, council tax and has no kids should receive help from the state.

I fail to see why people who have chosen to pay for a mortgage etc and have chosen to have kids should recieve help from the state. Living with my parents I still do have to pay rent, utility bills, council tax, food etcetera.

bestpud wrote: »

Hmmm, a wife and presumably your own home and your own bills to pay! It'll be financial heaven! :rolleyes:

It will not be financial heaven but it would be a happier life for me.

laurawaite wrote: »

My husband and I both work full time but still struggle to pay the bills, we have a 2 year old daughter who is in nursery part time and we only get £260 a month including help with childcare costs.

I'm not having a go at anybody personally but I still cannot grasp why people who have children believe they should get benefits because they have been lucky enough to find a partner, move out of their parents and have children. You may only get a generous £260 a month but you will also get free schooling for your children plus the benefit of several public services for your whole family.

laurawaite wrote: »

the benefits system in this country is a joke, i would be better off if i was single and living off the state rather than in a relationship and working and paying my way!

True the benefits are a joke. You may be financially better off but I suspect you would become emotionally worse off.

My biggest problem is that I am incentivised to move out, rent a place and put myself beyond my means so that I can then qualify for benefits to enable me to live a happier life than I do living at home with my parents. However I do not believe it is morally right for me to claim such benefits so I will continue to live unhappily with my parents for the foreseeable future.

Employed single people with no children get extremely poor value for money for the taxes they contribute to society during their lifetime. I do not expect to get any benefits. I do not understand why others with partners, houses, and/or children expect to get benefits. In my opinion this creates an unfair financial divide between those unfortunate singletons and family units.

dmg24

K9ine, you have reopened a thread that is nearly four years old. Do you need any help with your benefit entitlement?