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Child Benefit Income Tax Charge

if one had an adjusted net income of £52,575, would the benefit charge be: a) x 26% or b) x 25%

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Housing Benefit alleged overpayment

Can anyone give help with this please? Daughter moved out of rented accommodation in 2010 after giving notice to both landlord and LA who were paying all her rent direct to the landlord. She moved into...

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Tax Credits UC and income floor self employed

Tax Credits V.. UC and income floor, many people some disabled work self employed and have done for ages many not making much money so get a top up in WTC. Do you know when you move to Universal...

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JSA - Work Program in 6 months??

Hi I've been claiming JSA for 7 months now, and I'd like to go onto the Work Program (WP), as I could really do with some extra support/a mentor/advise to help me get a job. I just feel like I'm not...

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claim husbands pension ?

my husband died a few years ago and he paid into a work pension for years can i claim it ? and how

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ESA - If you fail your (second) medical, how long before payment stop?

Thanks in advance.

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Question regarding tax, SMP and tax credits with 2nd baby due.

Hi all, Just looking to get some pointers from anyone with a bit of experience of this. We are just about to have our 2nd baby, due within a couple of weeks, and I just want to get a few financials...

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Social Fund Deduction

Got a letter today off the DWP saying they are going to start taking deductions from my Maternity Allowance for the Social Fund Payment I had back in 2006! I had totally forgotten about this (was a...

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self employment,tax credits andincome??

ok, hopefully someone can help....I am hoping to start up a small cleaning business in august on a part time and term time basis as i have three children. I have someone who is able to use my services...

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Tax Credit Claim How Long?

Hello Right to cut an extremely long story short, my brother has been caught up in the great incapacity benefit to esa transfer, he failed the medical, he has just sent in his appeal so is hoping that...

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Tax credits and pension payments

I currently work in local government and have included my gross salary in my annual declaration for tax credits. I contribute to my local government final salary pension scheme and I was wondering if...

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Compliance Visit

After having my ESA medical assessment cancelled the week before it was due on 11 th June, and being told by phone that I have been placed in the support group for a year, on income related ESA, I have...

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Tribunal Decision Letter

Hi, I have received my letter from the Tribunal Services confirming that they have overturned the DWP decision for the WRAG group and have put me in the Support Group. From what I have read on here...

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Apprenticship - What if any help would i get?

Hi, this is a broad question but i hope you lovely people can help. My partner is self employed and not getting much work his dad has offered to take him on as an apprentice, and they are looking into...

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ESA - Tribunal

Ok basically we claimed ESA back in Feb last year, had the medical in Sept and was awarded no points. So we appealed and have just had our appeal heard at the tribunal and awarded 12 points which means...

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DWP say they can't trace my call....

Hi all, I'm hoping someone on here will have dealt with a similar situation. Basically in Jan this year I called the tax credits helpline and was advised that I wasn't entitled to claim WTC. Fast...

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HELP! Housing Benefit hasn't been paid to me yet!!!

Hello, We applied for Housing Benefit last month and our application was successful. We were then told that £270 was release to our Nationwide account on the 26th June. It's now 3rd of July and it's...

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Telephone number for JobCentre Plus

Hello Does anyone have a number that is not 0845 for Jobcentre Plus in Glasgow please? I was given 0845 603 6347 and tried 019426860001, but that does not work. thanks

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No need to declare new income to Tax Credits because employer already did so?

Hi everyone, My wife started a new job a few weeks ago and we haven't notified Tax Credits yet because we haven't the PAYE reference number of the employer yet. The employer told my wife that calling...

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Tax Credits and Mortgage Application

Hi everyone would be very grateful for any advice you can give me ... Me and my boyfriend (see earlier posts of more of a background to our circumstances) have finally saved enough seperately to apply...

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