Free cash for EVERYONE over 60. Claim your winter fuel payment now!

roddydogs

Dont forget, its being phased in from 2010, you will have to be 65 to get the WFA. so you mid 50s will have to wait another 5 years.

angela_morahan_2

my mother in 86 and in a care home which she has to pay for herself from the sale of her house, she only gets £150 winter fuel payment - grossly unfair

Errata

angela_morahan wrote: »

my mother in 86 and in a care home which she has to pay for herself from the sale of her house, she only gets £150 winter fuel payment - grossly unfair

According to the first post in this thread people in care homes are excluded, so your mum may be getting £150 more than she's entitled to.

monkeyspanner

angela_morahan wrote: »

my mother in 86 and in a care home which she has to pay for herself from the sale of her house, she only gets £150 winter fuel payment - grossly unfair

My MIL went into a care home after her last winter fuel payment of £300 in 2007. We have been told both that she is not entitled and that she is entitled to half i.e. that would normally have been £150 & presumeably £200 for this coming year. My MIL is self-funding. Can anyone clarify?

expatsdiandjohn

EdInvestor wrote: »

If you are resident full time in Spain you should be paying Spanish, not UK tax.

I receive a local government pension which has to be taxed at source as does old age pensions.

seven-day-weekend

expats, we too are expats living at 3000ft and I agree it is bl0 0dy freezing in the winter nights!

My husband and I are not quite old enough for the fuel allowance yet, but know we will not get it as we are not UK resident. My husband too pays tax in the UK on his Teachers' Pension.

We may go back to the UK though in the next couple of years, keeping our Spanish house as a holiday home initially, so we'll get it then.

TBH, I didn't expect to be able to get it here. There are only a few UK 'benefits' that you can receive abroad.

number24

From somebody who's birthday is on 1st October - thus missing last year's payment - any advice, please, on what I need to do to claim next year?

EdInvestor

expatsdiandjohn wrote: »

I receive a local government pension which has to be taxed at source.

This only applies to Govt-funded occupational pensions (eg LA,teachers,NHS, civil service).Some countries are exempt eg Australia Canada Cyprus IIRC.

as does old age pensions.

State pensions are paid gross.

EdInvestor

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

My husband and I are not quite old enough for the fuel allowance yet, but know we will not get it as we are not UK resident.

I think that to get it, you have to have claimed it when in the UK. Then, if you move, you will still get it There are regular stories in the UK tabloids about British expats getting winter fuel allowance while residing on the Costas.

Example

lilac_lady

I will be 60 later this month. Have I missed out on the 2008 winter fuel allowance because I haven't claimed it or will it be paid automatically?