Getting people who owe me money to help pay my debts

Dale72

Whether they are advisors or administrators, they are still the people who the poster needs to speak to, and no need to shut the forum down, it does have its uses, but taking a straw poll on whether your committing a crime or not shouldn't be one of them.

poppy12345

Dale72 said:

Whether they are advisors or administrators, they are still the people who the poster needs to speak to,

No they are not because as previously adviced, they are not benefit advisors and are not there to give benefit advice.

Spoonie_Turtle

poppy12345 said:

Dale72 said:

Whether they are advisors or administrators, they are still the people who the poster needs to speak to,

No they are not because as previously adviced, they are not benefit advisors and are not there to give benefit advice.

This exactly, and it sadly seems to be a common mistake people make and end up either confused or in real difficulty. 

Time and again people come here having been given wrong advice because frontline DWP staff seem not to understand even the basic rules, often.  Yes the advice here is from anonymous people who *could* falsely claim to be this or that expert, but often sources are given with answers (especially for more complicated issues) that the person asking can check for themselves.  There hasn't been a source given on this thread because it's such a simple and obvious answer to anyone with experience of benefits, but when all of the answers from different people agree, almost unanimously, you can be pretty confident it's correct.

fuzexi

oh_really said:

fuzexi said:

One other question: if I borrow money from my parents to pay my solicitor, is that income too? 

Why dont you have your parents settle the bill directly?

Literally because my mum's debit card had expired, so she couldn't set up a new payment. So she sent it to me and I sent it on to the solicitor. It must have been in my bank less than a minute. As I see it, I haven't got that money available so spend, and I have children to look after, if they deduct that money then it's going to cause hardship. (two weeks ago I had a situation at the supermarket when I couldn't pay for my shopping) Makes me think that the system unintentionally (in some cases) can make it hard for people to stand on their own two feet again. 

poppy12345

fuzexi said:

oh_really said:

fuzexi said:

One other question: if I borrow money from my parents to pay my solicitor, is that income too? 

Why dont you have your parents settle the bill directly?

Literally because my mum's debit card had expired, so she couldn't set up a new payment. So she sent it to me and I sent it on to the solicitor. It must have been in my bank less than a minute. As I see it, I haven't got that money available so spend, and I have children to look after, if they deduct that money then it's going to cause hardship. (two weeks ago I had a situation at the supermarket when I couldn't pay for my shopping) Makes me think that the system unintentionally (in some cases) can make it hard for people to stand on their own two feet again. 

If the momney came from your mum then as advised, it's not income. If it came from work you had done then it's income which would need to be reported.

Trying to survive on benefits definitely isn't easy and a lot of people will have found that out for theirselves since the pandemic started.

calcotti

A gift from your mother is not income and does not affect your benefits. That is not part of your original query which was about money owed to you for work you had done. This should be declared as earned income and will affect your benefits.

Pollycat

TELLIT01 said:

Many of the people who respond on this board work within the various department responsible for the benefits, be that DWP, HMRC or councils.  To refer to them as 'some randoms on a web site' is insulting to them.  I'm long retired so don't count myself amongst that number.

+1 to this.

Respect to the people who regularly given their time and experience on this board.