Tribunal postponement for ESA
Hi guys Sorry I don't normally post but looking for some views/advice. I have my ESA tribunal today. Unfortunately under a cruel twist of fate, my Mum and my Gran have passed away this week. Under the...
View ArticleAttendance Allowance Appeal Help Please
Hello, My dad applied for attendance allowance due to his disabilities & his claim has been refused. He exceeds the criteria for AA & we wish to appeal the decision. This is our first time ever...
View ArticleDont know where we stand?
Sorry for a long post coming, and this is a last avenue to get some help/advice/real answers ... Was a single mum on income support etc. Now my partner has moved in with me, we have one child (8 weeks...
View Articleworking tax credit
hi all since the start of april, we have lost our working tax credit, its only £28 a week but it really does help. i think it was stopped sue to me having a temp job last year for a couple of months...
View ArticleReturn to work and sorting out tax credits!
Can anyone advise please.. My partner has just returned to work after being on JSA (income based) for over a year We were in reciept of tax credits of £113.00 per week (we have 2 children) On the day...
View ArticleWorries about the move to ESA.
I am getting very worried indeed about what will happen when my husband (seriously visually impaired) is called to move from Incapacity Benefit to ESA. His IB is contributions based, but we don't have...
View ArticleDWP decision letter ?
Hello I had an ATOS wca interveiw around 2 months ago. I have heard nothing from them at all but today received a letter saying I am being moved from IB to ESA cont & the wragg. Is this the result...
View ArticleJob Seekers Allowance Query
Hi All, Sorry, wasn't sure whether to post in this forum or the 'Job Seeking' forum, but this is about my benefit so I chose this one! Basically I will give you a quick rundown of Dates etc so you get...
View ArticleESA (Income related) transfering to UC, automatic transfer? or more...
The people who have just been put on Income related ESA, a few years back, (doing them forms etc), then when they are to be put on Universal credit, will this be an automatic transfer? migration? or...
View ArticleTelling Tax Credits about Overtime
Do I need to tell Tax Credits about any overtime that I work? Or do I just wait for the renewal pack and use the figure from my P60? It's a bit hard to tell them as my boss just randomly asks me if I...
View ArticleClaiming return to work credit while on DLA?
Does anyone know if you can claim Return To Work Credit while also on DLA HRM please? My friend has been on ESA for 13 weeks and has now been offered a job which she will accept as her condition has...
View ArticleNo money-please help
Hello, could someone please help with a problem my son is having.He was on CB ESA,6 weeks ago his payment didn't go into his bank and when he phoned about this he was told that he had been on the...
View ArticleQuestion regarding child tax credits
Evening, I have what is possibly a very simple enquiry yet I can't work out the calculators re details required. Both parents worked full time in 2011-2012. Salary above tax credit limits. 2012-2013 -...
View ArticleUpcoming changes to the Work capability assessment for ESA.
Following on from an earlier thread (which contains a copy of an early draft of the test, which might be informative) http://www.publications.parliament.u...#1304181000058 Quote: Mr Hoban: The...
View ArticleNot entitled to WTC anymore?
OK so I'm simply trying to find out if i'm entitled to WTC as since 2nd April this year they have stopped. Called the Tax Credit helpline and they said I am no linger entitled and this would have been...
View ArticleCouncil Tax Benefit & Audited Accounts
Recently my local authority asked me to produce audited accounts for my last tax year as I am self-employed. Audited accounting is very expensive so say the least and it would be pointless me paying...
View ArticleDWP customer compliance
After giving up our business to care for my father who has now had his dementia diagnosed as Alzheimer's, we got carers allowance then had to end up claiming income support, as his care is 24/7 &...
View ArticlePersonal Injury Payment & Tax Credits
Any help would greatly be appreciated ... I have recently settled a personal injury claim I will receive the payment in roughly 2 weeks however I do not know what to do in regards to tax credits ? Do I...
View ArticleWe cannot pay you Employment and Support Allowance
"We cannot pay you because you have not paid, or been credited with, enough National Insurance Contributions." "We have used the tax years ending 5 April 2010 and 5 April 2011 to assess your claim." :(...
View ArticleRubbing our noses in it
With the introduction of the 'bedroom tax' and its financial implications there was a 'Great' job vacancy advertised on my Local Councils web site today, currently recruiting for a position in the...
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