Yeah, Smiggs, looked into all that before. I'm the 'non-resident parent' and therefore have to pay maintenance but I'm entitled to bugger all. Also, my wages are over the benefits threshold but not by enough to make up for not getting them, if that makes sense?
I could but I suppose that would be similar to the idea of renting my second room to a mate.
Thanks for trying though x
Anusol.
Are you sure your wages are over the threshold for the Working Tax Credits Rep? There are 2 types of Tax Credits now, Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit. They used to be lumped together and called Family Tax Credit but its different now. Has been like that since 2006 ish. The CTC goes to the parent responsible for the child and who claims the Child Benefit.
You can claim WTC if your working 30 hours or more and aged 25+. If you have a disability, the hours drop to 16 per week.
Might be worth taking a slight drop in wages to get all the benefits and for you to be better off - sounds mad I know, but that's our benefits system for you !
In the work I do, my clients go to the Job Centre and get a 'Better Off Calculation' done, basically to see what hours and what wage they must do to be better off. Sometimes its not worth doing the extra hours or having the slightly better paid job as you lose too much.
Hope things work out for you hun xx
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