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Child tax credit form, help needed
Just filling in the tax credits form and have a question. When it asks for the childs name as it is on the birth certificate what do you put when the child has had surname change by deed poll, and on all other official documents is known by the new surname? thanks Emma
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Is state pension same amount for each of a couple
My nearby neighbours - he is 62 she 59 and they tell me the wife will get a £100 pw pension later in the year when she is 60. Figure from e-state pension forecast. He has done his e-state pension forecast that shows a similar amount per week when he is 65. So they think they will be getting £100 pw each. Are they right? I…
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any idea on what it means??
hi i just recieved a letter from incapacity benefit re new rates from april. in the booklet that came with it it says something about the new weekly rate for money added on to your benefit for an adult. what does it mean? thanks in advance for any explanations
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IB medicals with Atos
I am currently appealing against a (wrong) decision made to stop my IB (which I have been on for over 5 years now) - I was wrongly quoted at my "medical" and now I have not received a penny since July 2008. I would love to go out to work, but I have a condition that stops me doing so, I could work from home, but there…
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JSA - changing dates and holidays
Hi I'm about to go on holiday for 2 weeks - all bought and paid for before I was made redundant. I now need to know whether I still get JSA for the time I'm away - I'm going out of europe BTW. Do I have to sign off for those 2 weeks, or is there a way of keeping my claim? I'm not really bothered about losing 2 weeks JSA,…
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Dss Snooping?
I am in receipt of incapacity benefit and child tax credit and no other benefits. I am on incapacity for heart problems and I am awaiting surgery. For the last couple of days there has been a car parked just by my house with a man in it and he hasn't left the car - just sits in it reading or making calls on his mobile…
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Lost 1 week of JSA??
I made a new claim on 10th Dec 2008 and eventually received JSA (contribution based). I was ill for approx. 1 week in Jan - and told the Job Centre, as this meant I missed my scheduled sign-in. This morning I received a letter from Job Centre saying that I started JSA on 16th Dec 2008 - whereas the original letter said…
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working tax cred any advise please
hi i wonder if any1 can help me. my partner earned 16500 this year and i earned 8500 on maternity leave i have now finished wrk as they have located too far for me to travel and i have no one to look after my child because i am now not in wrk and my partners earning was only that. will they let me claim wtc please . Any…
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maximum wftc+ctc figures for 3 children?
Hi Does anyone know what the weekly or yearly maximum wftc + ctc ( together ) is for 3 children under 10 years old. Only one parent working and the hubby on part time wages of £9k. Any help would be great to pass on.:rolleyes: Thanks
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Child Benefit Overpayment
Hi, I know it's late but I hope someone can help with this. A friend of mine has an 18 years old son who is a bit of a no-hoper. Anyway, he left school at 16 with a view to go to building college but his application was rejected as the course was full. So he had to wait another year. Stayed at home and CB was notified that…
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£60.00 put in bank from dwp???
hi hope this is in right place, i had 60.00 put into my account today now having tried claiming for old tax credits yrs 2002 i was wondering if that was my rebate, so i rang up my bank and she said i dont know what it is for and she said she has seen it go into a lot of accounts today. so my question is does anyone know…
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really worried
:confused: i don't work as two young children oldest being 2 the thing is we thought my partners wages until april would total £15,500 but now they are going to be more like £16,750 so now i'm worried we are going to lose working and child tax credits or it will get down by loads. i have done the calcultaor on their page…
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Carers Allowance - earnings?
Just applied for Carer's Allowance to help care for my mother who is now entitled to Attendance Allowance. Job finished 28 Feb - hey! if the boss hasn't a job how can I have one??? For future reference - was gardening for Mum & she said she'd like to pay me for this - would this be classed as 'earnings' or 'gift' or is…
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check for cwp
I found this on disability and dosh board,an easy way to check if a cwp has been triggered for your postcode http://www.pensions.gov.uk/cold-weather-payment/
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Turned Down for Jobseekers
hi Just bee turned down for Jobseekers Allowance....they daid it was due to insufficient Class1 during tax years ending 2007 and 2008......during both these years, I earned over 100k so cannot understand this? alos they refused to backdate for 23 weeks, my delay was due to my wife giving birth day after the…
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Housing / Council Tax Benefit Query
Wonder if anyone is able to offer advice. Our situation is that my wife and I and our two young children live with my mother-in-law (not ideal lol, but have to put up with it for the moment). Mil is 75 and receives basic state pension, small works pension (£20 per month) and Pension Credit. We live in a HA house, my mil is…
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Change in Salary - am I entitled to anything?
Can someone explain to me please how the benefits system works! my employer has just reduced my working hours and my salary accordingly, so I now earn £12K a year for 4 days, as a secretary. However, when I went on to entitledto.co.uk it seems to be based on 2007/08 earnings, and I earned about £16K over that period. Am I…
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Not elibible for benefits but my capital is a flat overseas that I am unable to sell
Hello I have been turned down for both jobseekers allowance and housing and council tax benefit because i have a property in South Africa. I understand the rules, but I can't work out how to make money from a property that I can't sell in the current market and that I am renting to cover the mortgage. does anyone have…
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Carers allowance question
Hi, Is there a way to find out who is being paid carers allowance for someone? The situation is my Mum is carer for her mum and she applied for carers allowance, she had a call today from DWP to say someone is already claiming it. She has asked another person if its them but they said no, so they dont know who it is! :eek:
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Disabled Incapacity benefit-What help-grants-support to become self employed?
I am on incapacity benefit for bipolar & want to be self employed so that I can work from home on the times I am well. I can then take off time when ever I am not well. What free or subsidised support/grants/help/money/benefits are available to me? Have you done it yourself & what help did you get? Any adice or website…