not entitled to anything then

annandale

17 grand which is what they are now living on given that his wife is now on mat leave is actually below the poverty line income for two adults.

But whatever.

just_trying

You know the income, how.

bspm

just_trying wrote: »

You know the income, how.

From the op post that stated

no that amount of money is ample to live on thank you,but is nearly slashed in half now my other half is on mat leave,and no we have only just recently had one child thank you so we are quite happy bringing this little one up for now.

There have been some uncalled for comments, the op was querying the fact that while his wife is on maternity pay and therefore their income has reduced by almost 50% he thought (wrongly) that they would be entitled to some help.

At no time did he state they could not live on 35k a year. Instead of accusing him of having a chip on HIS shoulder some of you need to think about what you have posted.

Such a helpful forum....

Caz3121

D4nny wrote: »

hey guys my wife and i have recently had a baby and iv just looked into claiming for tax credits filled out the online form/calculator and it came back with £0. i honestly thought we would of been entitled to some help.
we both work full time (wife now on mat leave since 9th jan)
non of us are disabled,our total home income is £35k when my wife isnt on mat leave.

OP - you 'may' be entitled to some tax credits either from now or from April
Tax credits are initially based on the previous years income and will be set at that figure if the current years income is within that number by £2.5k in either direction. Where your income will be more than £2.5k different you need to contact them with an estimate (there should be information on the award letter)
If the 15/16 income was £35k and the award was based on that number
What do you expect the 16/17 joint income to be? (taking off £100 per week for SMP)
What would you expect the 17/18 joint income to be?

annandale

Sticky at the top of the page. The board is here for help and support, not judgements.

How very dare anyone think they'd be entitled to something when their income has been halved eh?

D4nny

Ok so in my first post reading back i should have written it better and just asked a simple question but i thought adding some info people could of politly stated no sorry you wont be able to claim because of X but i put up some info and then just get judge about my life that nobody who has replied knows anything about other than what total home income we were earning when my other half was working full time.

Can i just say thankyou to the few people who have replied on here and helped me understand what i needed to know.

Carrieanne

just_trying wrote: »

Yes income halved, he's on a great wage. The problem is when it's expected.

Maybe when your OH returns to work you might be entitled to more(childcare). You earn a lot more than others earn. You almost sound jealous not a great trait. You'll get child benefit. My oh earns significantly less and yes, we get child benefit, that's it.

Learn now to live within your means.

The UK average annual wage is currently at £26,500. I'm bemused by your suggestion that his is 'great' given they aggregate £35k between them.

Your last line is patronising. I have the impression it was typed with an envious relish.

annandale

Complete with sarcastic clappy emoticons.

Im at the point of finding somewhere else to post. Had enough of the ongoing rudeness for no reason.

jobbingmusician

OP, have you actually used http://www.entitledto.co.uk/ ? For example, you might be entitled to housing benefit (I appreciate that this wasn't actually the point of your first post, but it may not be true that you aren't entitled to *anything*. Fingers crossed for you!

densol_2

annandale wrote: »

Complete with sarcastic clappy emoticons.

Im at the point of finding somewhere else to post. Had enough of the ongoing rudeness for no reason.

I agree. I hardly post on here anymore. There is a core team of nasty posters on here that launch on someone if .... heaven forbid... they ask about entitlements ! Apparently these posters are all hardworking tax payers - yet seem to have f**k all to do all day but troll in here - moaning about entitlements ! Ie what the Government have legislated that people can quite properly claim ( or play the system as they say !)

OP - put the actual earned figures for this tax year ( and expected for next year ) into the tax credits online calculator and see what comes up ( but being aware of the £2500 disreguards )