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Feedback appreciated - OH's I&E for SOA

Would some of you experienced peeps mind casting an eye over this and giving us some feedback? This is for a family of 5:

Income
OH's Salary: £1023
Working Tax Credit: £114
Housing Benefit: £86
Purple_piglet's contribution to household exp's: £400
(this is from my Child Tax Credit, I also have CHB in my name but that pays for my catalogue payments, C/card, Sky, my mobile, etc)

Total Income: £1623

Expenditure
Rent: £500
Petrol: £173 (high I know, but that's just OH travelling to & from work and a pop to the local supermarket at the weekend)
Car insurance: £32
AA: £12
Council Tax: £110
Gas/Electric: £75
Landline & broadband: £25
Mobile: £15
Contents Insurance: £13
Pet Insurance: £14
Car Tax: £17
Clothing & Footwear: £65
School trips: £15
Dentist/optician: £10
Car servicing/repairs: £10
Hairdressing: £10
Food & Housekeping: £476
Water: £32
TV Licence: £12

Total expenditure: £1621, leaving us a £2 PCM surplus.

Does this look OK? Have we missed anything obvious? Thanks in advance....

Comments

  • tigerfeet2006
    tigerfeet2006 Posts: 14,030 Forumite
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    Just change Landline/Broadband to Phone :)

    Does OH have a regular prescription?
    BSCno.87
    The only stupid question is an unasked one
    Loving life as a Kernow Hippy
  • Just change Landline/Broadband to Phone :)

    Does OH have a regular prescription?

    Cheers for that, will do.

    No he doesn't have a regular prescription, plus we have exemption certificates via TAx Credits anyway.
  • NekoZombie
    NekoZombie Posts: 1,664 Forumite
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    Don't you need to declare all income and expenditure? I'm not sure what CHB is anyway...
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  • NekoZombie wrote: »
    Don't you need to declare all income and expenditure? I'm not sure what CHB is anyway...

    My understanding was that you to put what the person going BRs I&E down and what if anything the partner contributed to this.

    CHB= Child Benefit
    BSCno.87
    The only stupid question is an unasked one
    Loving life as a Kernow Hippy
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