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Child benefit - Death of baby
Leanna86
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Could somebody please help me on this subject, I would really appreciate it...
In December of last year I gave birth to my Daughter Ellie 15 weeks early, I went onto Maternity pay and started receiving child tax credits, benefits and working tax credits as my partner is over 25 and on job seekers.
Sadly my daughter passed away on the 17th of January, I am absolutely devastated and have not yet returned to work.
As she lived for more than 20 days, I was entitled to the benefits for 3 months so they have ceased from the 17th of April.
I am still on maternity leave as I am not ready to go back to work just yet, and my partner is frantically trying to get some work as we only get his £125 per 2 weeks and now my £160 odd a week...we are finding it really hard to support ourselves at the moment.
Does anyone know if we are entitled to anything?
As I am 24 I am not entitled to working tax credit as this is the only thing I could think off...
In December of last year I gave birth to my Daughter Ellie 15 weeks early, I went onto Maternity pay and started receiving child tax credits, benefits and working tax credits as my partner is over 25 and on job seekers.
Sadly my daughter passed away on the 17th of January, I am absolutely devastated and have not yet returned to work.
As she lived for more than 20 days, I was entitled to the benefits for 3 months so they have ceased from the 17th of April.
I am still on maternity leave as I am not ready to go back to work just yet, and my partner is frantically trying to get some work as we only get his £125 per 2 weeks and now my £160 odd a week...we are finding it really hard to support ourselves at the moment.
Does anyone know if we are entitled to anything?
As I am 24 I am not entitled to working tax credit as this is the only thing I could think off...
Credit Cards at 25/12/2017: £1297.36/17,936.78
*PPI Reclaimed £1683.52*
*TopCashBack £1290.80*
Mortgage Pot: £3007.12/£20,000
*PPI Reclaimed £1683.52*
*TopCashBack £1290.80*
Mortgage Pot: £3007.12/£20,000
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Hi Leanna,
sorry to hear about the death of baby Ellie RIP x
Council tax benefit and LHA/HB.0 -
Hi Leanna. You might qualify for housing benefit (if you rent) and council tax benefit. You can do a benefit check here: www.entitledto.com or here: https://www.dwpe-services.direct.gov.uk/portal/page/portal/ba/lp
I am deeply sorry for your bereavement.
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This is really stumped me and I was wondering if anyone knew why this was...? :mad:
I am 24, in full time employment and I am on low income but I am not entitled to working tax credit, why do you have to be 25 to become entitled to it?
Although when I had a child (shortly passed away) I was entitled to it....I cannot see the justification of this.
If somebody could explain this to me I would be grateful as the government websites doesn't explain this.
Thanks!Credit Cards at 25/12/2017: £1297.36/17,936.78
*PPI Reclaimed £1683.52*
*TopCashBack £1290.80*
Mortgage Pot: £3007.12/£20,0000 -
Your post has gone but you could receive wtc if your partner was working.
There has to be a cut off somewhere I guess.0 -
Your post has gone but you could receive wtc if your partner was working.
There has to be a cut off somewhere I guess.
I know but I just find it a little strange that irrelevant of his working, or not working in this instance, that I was entitled to it when I had a child even though I was under the age of 25 but now she has passed away I am not entitled because I am 24...
I just can't understand what the age difference matters, I have been in full time employment since the age of 16 so it isn't as if I have only recently started work and haven't built up enough Tax and NI...Credit Cards at 25/12/2017: £1297.36/17,936.78
*PPI Reclaimed £1683.52*
*TopCashBack £1290.80*
Mortgage Pot: £3007.12/£20,0000 -
I did post a response about tax credit on your other thread but it's vanished - must have got lost somewhere along the line when it was transferred on to this thread. I'll post again.
The law for Working Tax Credit is the working tax credit regulations 2002 which has been made by the treasury under virtue of the Tax Credit Act 2002. The law provides what the qualifying conditions are but do not provide justification for it, so HMRC would in turn not be able to justify their reasons for this, all they can do is apply the law to a claim. When a law is passed, it states what the law is but does not go into reasoning. You can view the relevant law here: https://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2002/20022005.htm
Not that it helps, but I am way over the age of 25 and completely agree with you; I also think it's a farce that the national minimum wage is different for 18 year old to that of 21 year olds. If someone is of a younger age than another person, but performing the same work I cannot see the reasoning why they should be entitled to any less financial reward. Unfortunately my views and sadly yours, can't change it. The only people who can change the law are those who have the authority to repeal/amend it.0 -
:TAsknAnswer2 wrote: »I did post a response about tax credit on your other thread but it's vanished - must have got lost somewhere along the line when it was transferred on to this thread. I'll post again.
The law for Working Tax Credit is the working tax credit regulations 2002 which has been made by the treasury under virtue of the Tax Credit Act 2002. The law provides what the qualifying conditions are but do not provide justification for it, so HMRC would in turn not be able to justify their reasons for this, all they can do is apply the law to a claim. When a law is passed, it states what the law is but does not go into reasoning. You can view the relevant law here:
Not that it helps, but I am way over the age of 25 and completely agree with you; I also think it's a farce that the national minimum wage is different for 18 year old to that of 21 year olds. If someone is of a younger age than another person, but performing the same work I cannot see the reasoning why they should be entitled to any less financial reward. Unfortunately my views and sadly yours, can't change it. The only people who can change the law are those who have the authority to repeal/amend it.
I agree with you there, especially when we live in a society where we are all so bent up about discrimination..this to me sounds like age discrimination to me.
How can they say that people under the age of 25 do not need the same help as those over 25...and also like you said people of 18 do not earn the same as 21 year olds, if it was a split between men and women, or races then we would have a new kettle of fish to sink our teeth into, I just think it is rediculous!Credit Cards at 25/12/2017: £1297.36/17,936.78
*PPI Reclaimed £1683.52*
*TopCashBack £1290.80*
Mortgage Pot: £3007.12/£20,0000 -
I have just found this on the government site regarding working tax credit:
Maternity leaveMost women receive Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) or Maternityperiod.
Allowance (MA) for:
• the 26 weeks of ordinary maternity leave and
• the first 13 weeks of any additional maternity leave.
This can be followed by up to 13 weeks of unpaid leave.
For the 26 weeks of ordinary maternity leave, and for the first 13 weeks of
additional maternity leave, that is, for a total of 39 weeks, whether or not
you are receiving SMP or MA, you are still treated as being in work and
able to claim Working Tax Credit, provided you usually worked at least
16 or 30 hours a week (whichever applied) immediately before going on
maternity leave. This also applies if you are self-employed. If you are a
first-time mother, you can claim Working Tax Credit from the date of birth
of your first child, provided you usually worked at least 16 hours a week
immediately before your maternity leave began.
When the 39 weeks (this includes 26 weeks of ordinary maternity leave and
13 weeks additional maternity leave) are over, you continue to be eligible for
Working Tax Credit if you begin work again at that point. Any further
additional maternity leave does not count as being in work and you will
only be eligible for Working Tax Credit for a further four weeks after this
As I am still on Maternity leave, should I therefore still be entitled to WTC?
Credit Cards at 25/12/2017: £1297.36/17,936.78
*PPI Reclaimed £1683.52*
*TopCashBack £1290.80*
Mortgage Pot: £3007.12/£20,0000 -
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I agree with you there, especially when we live in a society where we are all so bent up about discrimination..this to me sounds like age discrimination to me.
How can they say that people under the age of 25 do not need the same help as those over 25...and also like you said people of 18 do not earn the same as 21 year olds, if it was a split between men and women, or races then we would have a new kettle of fish to sink our teeth into, I just think it is rediculous!
I completely agree and don't forget that if you are 16 or 17 you get even less for working on minimum wage than an 18 year old would.
Leanna86 - I'm so sorry for your loss what a terrible thing to go through
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So sorry for your loss, another little angel to watch over us :A
Perhaps contacting the Citizens Advice might be an idea xxxBe who you are, say what you feel, those who mind don't matter, those who matter don't mind.They say that talking to yourself is a sign of mental illness. So I talk to the cats instead.0
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