Maternity Allowance - self employed
Hi Just wondering if anyone on can help with MA claims for self employed? I started up in business last September & have been pretty quite (was expected as I know it takes time!), so I didn't think...
View ArticleBenefits problem. Please help!
Hi there, first post so go easy on me. My situation is this: Myself and my girlfriend have both been unemployed since I lost my job about 6 months ago. She's 20 and I'm 31. We've been on JSA and HB. My...
View ArticleRegistering Business With HMRC and Signing Off Dole
If you decide to work part-time from home on a new business and register as a sole trader with HMRC, do you immediately have to sign off the dole, even if you are only spending under 16 hrs pwk on your...
View ArticleCold Weather Payments
Hi all As we had unseasonably cold weather in April, I wrote to my MP to enquire whether the Government would be prepared to give extra payments during this time. He responded by saying he would raise...
View ArticleUniversal Credits??
Does anyone know if there is a universal credit calculator? I've tried looking for one and did find one but it came up that we would be entitled to £50 a week more than entitledto tells us.
View Articletax credits-Backdating
Arrghhhhh :mad: Like an idiot i filled in my claim form and posted it. And re-reading the notes now i realise i forgot to include a note asking for it to be backdated. Is there anything i can do now to...
View ArticleESA, Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit
Hello. Im a bit confused & if Ive posted in the wrong place please direct me to the right one.Thank you. Do you have to be on a benefit to be able to claim HB & CT Benefit? Or Can you claim HB...
View Articleafter split, who claims tax credits?
My husband and I have split and live separately. The arrangement is we share the kids week on week off. I have always claimed the tax credits but is there any rule to say he should have half of it? The...
View ArticleQuestion about carers allowance..
How often do carers (who receive carers allowance) hear from job centre plus to go to work focused interviews? And when you first claim carers allowance, how soon do the job centre plus contact you...
View ArticleHousing Benefit question
I'm being made redundant at work. I'll be getting a lump sum of about £16,000. I understand that if you have more than £16,000 in savings you don't get any housing benefit. After receiving this cash...
View ArticleAnyone please- deductions from incapacity benefit
Does anyone know if it is right that the DWP can allow the Council to request payments to be deducted from my Incapacity Benefit regarding a disputed overpayment of Housing Benefit ? thanks
View Article26k Child Tax Credit cut off - Nursery fees
Hi all, Recently I have gone from self employed (net profit of 13k a year) and my OH earns 15k a year as a teaching assistant. Due to this our little boys full time nursery fees are halved as she gets...
View ArticleUnfair ATOS assessments
Just found this on the Navy Net website. A doctor who worked for the private company which assesses people for disability benefits says its methods are unfair.Greg Wood, a former Royal Navy doctor,...
View ArticleHousing benefit refused
My friend is 64, she had cancer 2 years ago and was still working and paying a mortgage as she took it out to pay off her ex partner about 10 years ago. She couldnt afford the mortgage and was ill. She...
View ArticleAgendas on these Forums
Does anyone ever think these forums are being USED by outsiders ?
View ArticleAnyone heard of a Acax meeting at JC+
I have a meeting with JC+ tomorrow due to having my benefit sanctioned. I am sure the girl on the phone said when I go to front desk just to tell them its a Acax meeting Anyone know what Acax or maybe...
View ArticleNew baby for 40% tax payer: Any support?
Hi all, We are expecting our first baby this year :o and my wife will be dropping from about £25k/year to statutory maternity pay for a few months (~£130/week) then then possibly leaving work for a few...
View ArticleESA Refused, Still get requests for GP notes and ATOS medical
Does anyone know why this may be? Seems really strange to me :cool:
View ArticleTax Credits overpayment
Hi all, some months ago I got a letter from HMRC that I had been overpaid tax credits from 2005/6. The amount is around £3500. I disputed it, and they sent me back the relevant paperwork as well as...
View ArticleCitizens Advice Bureau - fit for purpose ?
With the CAB being pushed on people as their main choice of Legal advice , will they be influenced in any way ? Would they dismiss a claim for a certain benefit as not being worth it because you would...
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