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I'm Officially Self Employed
Just felt like having a proud moment! I've always wanted to be self employed but been too scared in the past. I'm now all officially registered as self employed for selling Avon :D Okay I'm still on benefits and my earnings are about £10 a week after expenses - but it's a start!!
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personal injury trust - is it necessary
Hi - My MIL is expecting to receive about £4K as compensation for an injury. Her solicitor has advised that the only legimiate way to protect this money from being taken into consideration for benefit purposes is to create a personal injury trust at a cost of £500 + VAT. My question is - is this really necessary? If the…
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My head is melting!
I am due a baby in November so, the time has come to source some childcare out for Bubba when I return to work in April. I can’t book a child place in nursery till I can sort out what tax credits I’ll get if I drop to 3 days a week. This I can’t do as I can’t go more than 3 months ahead for this year based on DH’s and my…
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Housing Benefit
Hello everyone, In February, me and my partner moved to the Midlands area and we put in a claim for housing benefit. The council have only just got back to us about our claim. We were receiving temporary housing benefit whilst they were processing our claim. We have been awarded the full couples rate of £90.00 a week. As…
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please help, advice needed re: redundancy and benefits
Hi I have been employed by a large firm for just over 10 years and there are a high number of redundancies coming up soon which I think that there is a high possibility that I may be one of the unfortunate ones, I have been given the forms to take voluntary redundancy which I was considering But I need to find out if I…
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can we claim childcare tax credit even though only 1 is working?
i am due to start college in september to do an access to nursing course, and now that my timetable has been confirmed am looking for childcare for my ds. i am now not working after being laid off last week as my boss couldnt afford to pay me any more. at the moment i am not looking for work as my oh is working away a lot…
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Inheriting so losing all benefits now - help!
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Renting and Housing Benefit
I've had problems in my job, it's tied accommodation and I am leaving. Once I leave I will be unemployed so I am looking to rent privately and will have to claim housing benefit. My question is what is the maximum housing benefit for a one bed flat? I have seen 1 bed flats ranging from £400 pcm to £1,000 pcm. Surely…
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thread re tax for child born between?
sorry but cant find the thread re getting tax back if you had a child born between 1990 and 2003 - can anyone help? Thanks
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Can you get EMA aswell as JSA?
Just a question.. .. if your parents are on a very low income and you are in receipt of EMA.. could you claim Income Support? Her Parent is on permanent DLA and doesn't work. The Girl is in college 16 hours a week. Thanks
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Trying to help retired neighbours claim HB
My neighbour has asked me to help with their HB claim, I thought it would be simple, just filling in a few forms and I can usually manange that but the system seems to be chaotic and not make any sense They are a retired couple and have Pension credit of about £189 a week. The have been in their present rented accomodation…
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Tax Refund/Rebate
I have just been sifting through some things and found all my pay slips from my last job down south and noticed I was paying tax on an emergency tax code, I have done the calculations online (not sure how accurate they would be though ) and says I am am due just over £700 back for last tax year. I have started a new job up…
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DLA knockback what now?
Hi guys, I hope someone here can help me as I am just getting frustrated and upset and don't know what to do. I have recently submitted a claim for DLA.My reasons for my claim are arthritis and depression/anxiety., the response of which I have received today saying I do not qualify. The reasons for this are: * I can walk…
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Additional support for Jobseekers?
I've just applied for JBSA, which should amount to £47 a week with interviews every fortnight that are supposed to help me in work preparation - from others' experience though, I should be disappointed, as they amount to nothing but attendance checks. Around 6 years ago when my brother graduated and claimed JBSA, he got…
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Passed medical - what now?
Just wanted some advice if possible please. Was put onto income support in March after being signed off by my doctor for severe depression after having been diagnosed type 1 diabetic at the age of 37! Had not paid enough ni contributions or something to go on incapacity benefit, so was given £60.50 a week on IS. Was sent…
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working tax credit
Anyone got any feedback on claiming if you start work. Is it problematic or straightforward are they easy to contact?
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Benefits for 16 year old with baby
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returning too the UK
hi i have reciently returned too the uk from abroad, have no money and havnt found a job yet.... am 25 years old live with parents both parents both reciently went outa work have signed on job seekers allowance , recieveing 125 quid a week i am just wondering what kind of other allowances/loans/ grants i could apply for ?…
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are company car options exempted from VAT
Hello, i am about to get a company car. Are the options (e.g. navigation system) exempted from VAT? I guess i would be paying for the value add through the BIK taxation which would be applied on the overall price of the car(base price of car+optional cost) as opposed to base price of car.
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Big Amount Paid Into My Account. Why??
Imagine my suprise yesterday when I went to check my balance at an ATM. £150 in credit, Ive never been in credit. I printed off a statement and it showed 2 large payments. 1 from WORK AND CHILD TC and 1 from WORK AND CHILD TC. I havent had a letter explaining wjy though!! I called them last week to do my tax credits…