Single parents - earning £8000?

[lunavix]

I earn roughly £8000 a year (self employed) I'm trying to work out housing benefit tax credits etc. I have two little dc's. A friend who only earns around £400 a month only gets £20 a week HB - is this right?

[Tinker]

Can you look on entitled.com?

[Tinker]

entitledto.com

[lunavix]

I did it reckons I'd get around £120 a week. But the first person I saw at the council said I'd get nothing, the second said the first was the wrong. I simply can't afford a house if I don't get any...

[fawkeoff]

phone the CAB they will tell you what your entitled to

[juicychops]

i earn £6000 per year i take home after national insurance £490. I get about £52 per week housing benefit and 11p per week council tax benefit. i get £151 per week child/working tax credits and ds is in nursery 2 days per week.

I have one ds 2.7.


Im guessing your friend should be getting a bit more?

[brandy7]

that doesnt sound right only £20 a week

i only work 8 hours as i have child with medical probs, i earn £237 a month and get most of my £650 rent paid.

the entitledto benefits calculator is spot on if you put your correct figures in

[Tinkerbel5]

lunavix do you work over 16 hours per week, if so you would get wtc and that would be calculated as income when working out the housing benefit, the same would go for ctc and maintenance, it would also depend on your rent as housing benefit will only pay the market rate.

[CarGirl]

How much housing benefit you get partly depends on how much the rent is for your property????

I earned a lot more than that 5 years ago and got about £350 per month towards a rent of £750 per month

[Aimsmum]

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[nightowl]

my rent was 50 something a week, i earnt just over £100, i got £15 rent rebate.

[CarGirl]

I think I was earning around £13,000 at the time it was before CTC/WTC in the days of WFTC which I must have received too. I was most stunned that they accepted £750 was a reasonable rent, it was for the area but council property equivalent would behave been about £225 at the time!

[turquoise]

I don't know about HB but you should certainly be entitled to quite a good amount of child tax credit and WFTC.

[lunavix]

thanks everyone

i looked on entitled to and I've realised the difference is because I'm a CM

I feel a bit calmer now just need somewhere to live lol

[Neuro]

Helloooo
I';ve been trying to work out my £s for next year - going on maternity leave end of this year. But it's quite tricky! And how do the tax office know what tax credits to pay you as it's different for firs three months.
It's a real worry trying to work it out!
thanks. Whatever i get it's incredibly low because i have to pay a mortgage, even though somehow got to do this by myself and just do not know how i'm going to get by.

[mogs0]

lunavix - have you spoken to anyone at the jobcentre? As a CM, 2/3 of your earnings are disregarded. I'm not sure the exact figures for someone claiming tax credits (as I'm still on IS and haven't been switched to TCs yet) but you could potentially earn up to approx £200 pw and still be entitled to a small amount of IS, which automatically means you qualify for full HB.

[jellyjelly]

hi luna, i earn about this and if you want to talk cat me if you can or get my address from helly who i think you are in contact with?

[Paulatwinmum]

i am single mum of twins. i work 27 hours week. my girls are in nursery 3 1/2 days week and working tax credits and the lone parent suppliment more than cover the £790 p/m childcare bills. i have not claimed housing but i have not long received free perscriptions etc - didnt even claim for them. hope this helps i was worried to start with my childcare was more than my pay but been back at work 11 months now and havent looked back.xx