child allowance

katex said:
What allowances ? Should be getting a tax personal allowance before tax of £9030 (at 65)... they now telling me has dropped to £4954 !! (taxed now @ 20% over this amount .. thanks Gordon) am totally confused, as this tax debt was supposedly being collected by my last employer last year.. still on a bloody K code .. will have to ring them tomorrow as now making life difficult for me .. will have to go back to some work. Know they will be correct, but just do not get it !!

Get the Council Tax 25% .. as other people living alone, and the fuel allowance/bus pass .. that is it !

Sorry to sound off ... just every time I sort things out, summat else comes along.
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I don't know much about tax codes, Katex but hope you get yours sorted. :)

The allowances I was talking about for pensioners are the heating allowance, free tv licence, bus pass, prescriptions etc

People like Tin Monkey don't get any of these or any of the allowances for young children. There are no allowances for people like him so I can understand him being miffed off.....that's all I was saying. :)
 
This isnt fair. Everyone has the rising cost of living so why do people with kids get help. Sorry i agree with Tin monkey - im in the same position as him.



Wonder if spugs up for being a daddy again? :D:D:D
 
shillelagh said:
This isnt fair. Everyone has the rising cost of living so why do people with kids get help. Sorry i agree with Tin monkey - im in the same position as him.



Wonder if spugs up for being a daddy again? :D:D:D
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Thats a bit extreme for a one off £150 payout Jen:D
 
I have one son who spends most of his time with me, but because his mum has custody i am not entitled to a penny help.Then we have family tax credit,got a mate at work who earns same money as me yet gets £360 a month extra for having two kids and wife,we are all paying for this-why?
 
norwich stanley said:
I have one son who spends most of his time with me, but because his mum has custody i am not entitled to a penny help.Then we have family tax credit,got a mate at work who earns same money as me yet gets £360 a month extra for having two kids and wife,we are all paying for this-why?
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Is it any wonder people like Shillelagh and Tin Monkey feel the system is unfair towards them when they read statements like yours?

You say that this mate of yours gets £360 a month extra for having two kids and a wife. This makes it sound like everyone with 2 kids and a wife is just given large sums like this every month but that isn't true, is it?

My husband has two kids and a wife and I can tell you that he does not get £360 a month or anything for that matter.

In fact unmarried people are often entitled to more.

You don't say anything about your friend's age, earnings or circumstances etc just that he is married with two kids....this alone would not result in him being given £360 a month, there must be other circumstances. Is one of his children disabled? ...and you don't say who gives him this?
Is it tax credits, carers allowance, what?

Give us the full picture please.
 
Lilly said:
Is it any wonder people like Shillelagh and Tin Monkey feel the system is unfair towards them when they read statements like yours?

You say that this mate of yours gets £360 a month extra for having two kids and a wife. This makes it sound like everyone with 2 kids and a wife is just given large sums like this every month but that isn't true, is it?

My husband has two kids and a wife and I can tell you that he does not get £360 a month or anything for that matter.

In fact unmarried people are often entitled to more.

You don't say anything about your friend's age, earnings or circumstances etc just that he is married with two kids....this alone would not result in him being given £360 a month, there must be other circumstances. Is one of his children disabled? ...and you don't say who gives him this?
Is it tax credits, carers allowance, what?

Give us the full picture please.
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He clears about £260 a week,30 yrs old,lives with partners mum and dad (not married sorry)and its family tax credit,also refuses to do any overtime because this would affect family tax credit-hope that makes it clearer:)
 
depends how many hours you work and how much tax you pay..... is it not a rebate on your tax?
 
I wonder if the next election will be timed to coincide with this latest bribe.....whoops, one off payement?

I think Gordon Brown must have been watching Peter Britcliffe, when he found money for the free pensioner's coaches to the coast, for the month, and only that month, after the local election.
 
I do BOC (better off calculations) everyday and they do vary depending on age, circumstances. There are lots of different premiums such as over 50 you will receive a premium for this, being disadvantaged in the work place you can receive a prmium for this working 30 hours plus also has a premium. If you earn 15,000 pa then you will receive less tax credits but may still get full child tax credit. The government are introducing return to work credits (£40.00 per week for the 1st twelve months)for people returning to work who are on health related benefits. If you think you are not getting correct tax credits or child tax credits or any of the premiums mentioned above it may be worth visiting your local CAB and they can do a BOC for you, no point asking JCP as they are not really interested in people who have already returned to the work place.
 
norwich stanley said:
He clears about £260 a week,30 yrs old,lives with partners mum and dad (not married sorry)and its family tax credit,also refuses to do any overtime because this would affect family tax credit-hope that makes it clearer:)
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it does, he gets the working family tax credit then.....i know a few people who make a bit on that old scam........makes my blood boil.....so i`ll be grabbing the £150 fuel payout with both hands if/when it comes......
 
norwich stanley said:
He clears about £260 a week,30 yrs old,lives with partners mum and dad (not married sorry)and its family tax credit,also refuses to do any overtime because this would affect family tax credit-hope that makes it clearer:)
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Tax credits are paid in arrears so basically you get credits based on the previous years earnings, depending on his hourly rate at 40 hours fetching 260 home would be about 6.50 per hour,each year he would earn approx 13,500 which is below the 15,000 threshold so he probably would be getting up to 80.00 per week tax and child credits, this is only a rough guess I would need exact figures for the breakdown to be right
 
pipinfort said:
it does, he gets the working family tax credit then.....i know a few people who make a bit on that old scam........makes my blood boil.....so i`ll be grabbing the £150 fuel payout with both hands if/when it comes......
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maybe you need to contact tax credits and fill out the forms again, you can do it by telephone to
 
Lilly said:
In fact unmarried people are often entitled to more.
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Unmarried couples are treated in the same way as married couples when it comes to tax credits, benefits etc. If any unmarried couples get more then they are fiddling.
 
lancsdave said:
Unmarried couples are treated in the same way as married couples when it comes to tax credits, benefits etc. If any unmarried couples get more then they are fiddling.
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I think this may have been mixed up with single people, who depending on their circumstances can claim tax credits but not all single people are eligible and if anyone gets more than they are entitled to they will have to pay them back and the tax man doesn't give up until he has every peeny back
 
emamum23 said:
is that as well as the fantastic allowance you get if the temp drops below 0? what is it now? was £7 last time i got it...
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An allowance when the temp goes below zero:eek::eek::eek: $15 .... my god, what a concept. I wish they would try it here. How much do you get when it goes below 20 or 30? Or, if you live in Northern Ontario, or Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, when it goes below 40!!!!!!:theband:
 
I think everyone would benefit from an allowance for fuel bills I may work full time but it doesn't mean that the price increase on fuel will not affect me and I am sure there are lots of othe people on here who would benefit from a little help from the government
 
garinda said:
I wonder if the next election will be timed to coincide with this latest bribe.....whoops, one off payement?

I think Gordon Brown must have been watching Peter Britcliffe, when he found money for the free pensioner's coaches to the coast, for the month, and only that month, after the local election.
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You're onto him! ;)
 
lancsdave said:
Unmarried couples are treated in the same way as married couples when it comes to tax credits, benefits etc. If any unmarried couples get more then they are fiddling.
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I meant couples who don't live together so each is considered as a single.

fibi said:
I think everyone would benefit from an allowance for fuel bills I may work full time but it doesn't mean that the price increase on fuel will not affect me and I am sure there are lots of othe people on here who would benefit from a little help from the government
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Hear hear. :)
 
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