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Child Tax Cr for A8 Worker
Here's a really easy question for people to warm up with, frankly I'm embarassed to have to ask it. Can an employed (14 hours a week) A8 national w
chrisduran26-Jul-05 01:11 PM
by steve_johnson
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Disabled worker route to WTC
Please can you look at this case for me and let me know if my thinking is correct. Couple, Mrs working 20 hours a week. Mr retired. She used to
JService26-Jul-05 04:55 AM0342
Disabled worker element - backdated to bring within time limits
Single person aged 50 working 16 hours a week. No DLA in payment at present. Was getting IS with disaility premium upto Nov 2004 when she starte
JService26-Jul-05 04:38 AM0289
Child Tax Credit & Child Benefit
Can someone please confirm for me whether I am right or wrong in thinking that benefit can or can't be paid for a 'looked after child' in the followin
Sue Holman25-Jul-05 01:47 PM0397
tax credits and non EU nationals
I have a client who is a Cameroon passport holder. She is originally from Cameroon and has lived in the UK for 7 years. She married a EU nationa
Jeffery20-Jul-05 02:56 PM0292
Working hours in the Territorial Army: WTC entitlement
I have a client, a single parent, who works about 10.5 hours per week in one job. She is also in the Territorial Army. For this, she goes on a tra
tomr18-Jul-05 02:19 PM0311
Tax Credit Payments
I have 2 seperate clients that had all tax credit payments stopped in September of last year and were told that they were not entitled to any payments
Allan Boot18-Jul-05 11:53 AM
by Allan Boot
10641
WTC & CTC - Appeal to Commissioner - URGENT
I have been contacted by a client who must have an appeal to the Commissioner lodged by 28th July 2005. On a point of law regarding whether she is to
Rachel Ellison13-Jul-05 04:11 PM
by Rachel Ellison
2449
Students and WTC
I have a client in receipt of a bursary. She is a lone parent and in the final year of a university course. A compulsory requirement of the course is
MaggieJ213-Jul-05 03:27 PM
by debra atkinson
1389
tax credit overpayments new report published
Hi all, just to say that we have now produced a Report on our eConsultation held earlier this year - Tax Credit Overpayments: The Road to Recovery - v
abcxyz11-Jul-05 04:19 PM
by abcxyz
2591
WTC Regulation 20(1)(c)
Can anyone direct me to a current text version of this Reg please?
Janis Hughes11-Jul-05 10:07 AM
by Martin_Williams
1355
child benefit and child tax credit change of circumstance
Sorry, this is a bit long - a client who is a refugee receiving IS and CB for herself and her daughter has now got 2 additional children who have arr
southwestlaw108-Jul-05 08:44 AM0334
Severe Disability Element computer blip?
Hello Everyone, I've discovered something quite worrying this week and was wondering if it is a wide spread problem? I have had four cases this
JFournier07-Jul-05 12:52 PM
by JFournier
4560
Family Credit from 1992
Ok - so this is a long shot!! Am attempting to complete an `offset` calculation for claimant has an overpayment of £70,000 going back to 1992.
Cath06-Jul-05 11:59 AM
by 1964
12553
tax credit appeals
early day motion - That this House, following the damning report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on the operation of
shawn06-Jul-05 10:58 AM
by JFournier
1374
WTC overpayment - ticked wrong box
Hello,my client has been overpaid WTC severe disability element because ticked the 'higher rate care' box on the form when she only gets LRC. She doe
ib06-Jul-05 08:39 AM
by steve_johnson
11895
Tax credits - backdating the disabed child element
We have a client who receives Tax Credit. They applied for DLA for one of the children, which has been awarded after a lengthy appeal (over 1 year).
Victoria J28-Jun-05 10:54 AM
by Derekbell
19858
Tax Credits lobbying
Wednesday 22 June saw something of a success for Citizens Advice and the Ombudsman (and all other campaigners and advisers) in highlighting the import
Tony Bowman27-Jun-05 08:14 AM0367
Gift Aid
This is about me, but it will effect a number of people I know. I belong to a local church, they are registered charity and i tithe/gift aid to the
Allan Boot24-Jun-05 01:11 PM
by ken
1367
NHS exemption certificate through Tax Credits
Hi, I had a case yesterday where the client's NHS exemption certificate was due to expire. On phoning Tax Credits was advised that income was now over
CASATCAS24-Jun-05 10:42 AM0378
Tax Credit take up Resource Pack
Citizens Advice has been given funding to improve the take up of Tax Credits bia the CAB network. we intend to produce a "How to do take up work" supp
Sam121-Jun-05 02:38 PM0337
WTC not paid by employer
Client worked for very small employer who started paying WTC during 2003. Client had no payslips - payments by cheque, sometimes separate cheques for
Derek17-Jun-05 03:34 PM
by Derek
3421
OVERPAYMENTS, DELAYS ETC
Extract from yesterday's story on the News page: "Dawn Primarolo, said that when HM Revenue and Customs set up a team to deal with disputed tax c
mike shermer15-Jun-05 11:41 AM
by bensup
7746
Tax Credits Provisional Payments
Help please Tax Credits Bulletin 28 - Changes to provisional payments from April 2005 states that: If a claimant reported a change in their exp
chrisduran14-Jun-05 01:43 PM
by chrisduran
2490
Re: the Computer problem - what's going on.
a client claimed CTC in October 2004 on switching from IB to JSA. He has 6 children, and as we now know, the JSA computers had been programmed to exc
jj14-Jun-05 12:27 PM
by stephenh
5618
Most tax credit overpayment problems are not caused by system, official or computer errors...
Rightsnet published a news article on 9th June that gave a summary of a Parliamentary debate on tax credits during which PMG Dawn Primarolo stated:
victoriatodd14-Jun-05 10:05 AM
by HelenA
2567
early day motion re tax credits overpayments
'That this House notes with concern recent Government figures which show the extent of overpayment of working tax credit and child tax credit and
ken10-Jun-05 02:18 PM0342
Mismatching?
Further to the earlier discussions regarding the respective public finds lists for immigration and welfare benefits, am I right in thinking that to tw
steve_johnson10-Jun-05 12:22 PM
by steve_johnson
4550
Recording every call
Dawn Primarolo, Paymaster General, made the following statement in a Westminster Hall debate on Tax Credits on Wednesday: "I should remind every
Paul Treloar09-Jun-05 02:23 PM
by Paul Treloar
3574
recovery of overpayments - judicial review
Client has had overpayment of £2000,(Year 2003-4) due to official error. After waiting nine moneths for a response, the Inland Revenue have now confir
vn06-Jun-05 03:54 PM
by vn
51057