26-03-2013, 11:18 AM
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council tax benifit claim
I dont know if anyone can answer this question for me , but as my council is as much use as a chocolate teapot i thought i would ask here,just in case lolMy council tax is in joint names , but i have always been the primary name ...I have claimed benefit until now with my wife as the partner ....now my wife is working and i am NOT would it be better to put her as the claimant and me as the partner on the forms ..or will it not make any difference ? thanks
28-03-2013, 12:56 PM
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Re: council tax benifit claim
Originally Posted by daisymay
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Well I, as a pensioner, claim both council tax and housing benefit, BUT as my son lives with me and works, my benefit is reduced accordingly, so would assume that the same would apply when a wife is working.
Housing Benefit
Council Tax benefit
and probably a topped-up state pension too!
No wonder to country's finances are in a mess!
I get NOTHING at all.
My partner gets a basic state pension.
I pay for nearly everything from my own life savings!
Including the near £1900 a year Council Tax!
Still unless I die, the state will have to pay me something when its all gone I suppose.
28-03-2013, 01:34 PM
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Re: council tax benifit claim
Originally Posted by Elbee
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Your wife is working, your son is working and you get:Housing Benefit
Council Tax benefit
and probably a topped-up state pension too!
No wonder to country's finances are in a mess!
I get NOTHING at all.
My partner gets a basic state pension.
I pay for nearly everything from my own life savings!
Including the near £1900 a year Council Tax!
Still unless I die, the state will have to pay me something when its all gone I suppose.
28-03-2013, 02:31 PM
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Re: council tax benifit claim
Things have now got really complicated ..I should be starting back to work next week ..it is a trial to start with ..then the job will pay part time with no fixed hours technically anything from 0-40 hrs a week ...i will now have to wait a week or two to see what happens before i try and claim ....I will then have to speak to someone and work it out from there ....
28-03-2013, 02:32 PM
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Re: council tax benifit claim
Even if Elbee has got the details muddled, I still sympathise.You work hard, pay your tax & N.I. , save up for retirement and the government screws you!
You don't work (for whatever reason), and you get all sorts of benefits!
Something wrong here - this is not the politics of envy, it's simply discrimination against prudent, hardworking people.
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