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Please Help Housing Benefit & Eviction
Hello My situation is: I am 28, Unemployed claiming job seekers allowance, living in London in the borough of barnet. I am going to be kicked out of my accommodation in a month.:mad: I have less than 2grand in savings. I need to find somewhere to live 1/2bed flat & want to claim housing benefit. Firstly, do I have to tell…
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Income Tax Refund
I'm hoping someone may be able to help. In the tax year 2008/2009, I earnt £5461.63 and paid £729.60 tax. The basic rate allowance is £6035, which means tax code should be 605L. My tax code was 543L for the majority and BR X for 2 weeks. Am I right in thinking I will get the full £729.60 because I earnt less than £6035 and…
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help with wtc/ctc
hi i'm hoping someone can help me, my situation is a bit complicated so here goes... my husband left the relationship/house in november current whereabouts unknown but he does answer his mobile. we have a son who turns 2 next month and i was recieving ctc for him. i was on maternity pay until dec 2007 and then as i was…
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tax credits and end of year figure !! what do i tell them
i am curently on maternity leave and sorting out my paperwork ready for tax credits... my anuual figures for this year may be wrong but unsure... my hubbys wages are £600 more than quoted to them, will this make a big difference on next years payments ??? also where i work we get paid on the 8th of each month for the month…
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Housing benefit payable to family???
Hi My stepdaughter is currently living in a dump getting and this housing association dump is getting nearly £150 a week Housing benefit, she has a baby daughter and her boyfriend has done a runner. Now.. I am thinking of buying her a small house, and the only way I can do this is to charge her rent, which initially will…
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Council Tax Non Dep deductions
Hope someone can help me with this one. I'm a widow, on guaranteed pension credit, and have a 19 year old son who still lives at home. I receive council tax benefit in my own right but this was subject to a non-dependant deduction of £4.60 in respect of my son who was working. My son recently lost his job and is now in…
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Disability Benefits
I have spent the last year in hospital and have just got out and been given a flat that I signed for today. I am in a wheelchair, receive High rate mobility DLA and lower rate Care component. I have applied for ESA today. The flat has no furniture whatsoever and needs flooring and painting too. Where can I receive help if…
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tax credits urgent help needed.
what a wonderful mothers day for my poor daughter: today - yes sunday - tax credits phoned her and told her that they wanted to talk to her about the overpayment and they wanted it now!!! £3,300!!!!! they have apparently sent previous letters but this(these) overpayments go back to year ending april 2006 and april 2007.…
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Council Tax Summons - HELP!
Hello there, I'm new to this forum and I hope to have come to the right place. I shall come to the point right away: Situation: ======= I received a Council Tax Summons and have to appear in court (petty sessions) to explain why I haven't paid council tax at my former flat. Last year I used to live in a flat as a permitted…
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Work & Child Tax Credits
Hi, Please can someone tell me how this works and how much money is paid? I'm not familiar with benefits at all. My reason for asking is I have a prospective new tenant. It's a couple with a newborn baby - a few months old only. Mother is on maternity leave at the moment, returning to work in a couple of months. Her salary…
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Tax credits and dentists
Whilst I wholeheartedly agree with Pam Ayres, the fact is I need a fair amount of dental work completed (about £400 worth). Has anyone had any experience of tax credits and help meeting dental costs? We are a family of 5, parents and 3 kids, with only one income (approx £1900 a month) and we receive tax credits of £355.…
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UK residency and tax credits/mortgage
My partner has been living here in the UK for a number of years and has been working legally paying taxes and NI.She had no idea that she was required to fill out a form for a "worker registration scheme" until one turned up the other day. Apparently you have to be working here in UK for one year after signing this form to…
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I have a predicament.
I'm in a little bit of a predicament here. Currently Im diagnosed as psychotic adn have just been accpeted for DLA. Now also currently I spend a lot of time building websites, that don't generate any income for me but there is a guy who has his head well strung up in the air and is insistent he will report me to the fraud…
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At a loss...
Im currently on sick leave from work with a back problem. I will get full pay for another 3 months then half for 6 months, but after that i dont know what i can do. The injury to my back means i cant sit or stand for long periods. I need the ability to move around at any time if i need to. Also driving anywhere is very…
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Is my Oh earning too much for working tax credit?
Hello, I've been googling away and looking at old threads on this forum but still can't seem to "get" it, so an idiot's guide would be greatly appreciated. :D I keep getting told by all and sundry that we should be getting wtc as various friends are earning more than my OH and getting it, but we keep getting told we are…
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Housing Benefit ---NEED TO MOVE
I was wondering if anyone has any advice or idea, i am currently getting housing benefit as i am partially sighted. However i am being victimised where i live, i want to relocate to another city. The location i want to live in is mainly private rent, i was wondering if anyone has any suggestions about finding money fir a…
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Is she entitled to anything?
Hi, My partners 18 year old daughter is moving back home soon after living away for the last 6 months. She is moving back as her 6 month lease is up - the landlord cannot renew it as he selling up to move abroad - and she cannot afford any of the other available rental properties. She has had to hand in her notice at her…
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Paying back my previous employer
After finishing work for my my previous employer, I had noticed that they had continued to pay me by mistake for the last two months. At first, I thought that the payment may have been for overtime, holiday pay ect. But after the the secong payment I was pretty sure that they had made a mistake and I was very careful to…
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Benefit Protection - How Long?
I have been on IB now for 5 years due to mental illness and have attended all PCA etc. At these the doctors have confirmed that I am not fit to return to the workplace as I could not take the pressure. I have come across some SE work that I feel I could manage. I could do it from home and only need do it as and when I want…
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Back problems/arthritis
Hello, Im currently on JSA, income based. However, over the last few weeks my spinal pains have got even worse. Ive had it for several years, but it has never been officially diagnosed, just 'suggested' that it was Rheumatoid arthritis. I had different types of scans, but never heard back. Some time last year i stopped…