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28Nov/0915

Child tax credit.?

Hi, can anyone tell me roughly how much money I will be recieving. I have had a baby almost 8weeks ago and I am on income support and child benefit.
Also I sent the form off for it last Thursday, how long does it take until I recieve a payment??

thinks it 57.pound and about 60 pence, then it goes down after the 1st birthday to 47.60 approx it took about 3 weeks for mine to get sorted

28Nov/091

My ex opposing me moving abroad with our child even though he signed away contact over 2 yrs ago?

My ex left me and my daughter when she was 18th months old he had never bonded with her and always told me he never wanted her he only had her to shut me up so I would let him get on with his own life! Six months later I met my now husband who is the most amazing man in the world my ex found out about this and caused us so much grief he didn’t want us but nobody else could have us either. he took me to court to get a parental responsibility order and a contact order even though I had never stopped any contact when he could be bothered which was hardly ever. The courts ordered a interim contact order and during this time he treated my daughter really bad some contacts he would see her other times he would say he busy or unwell but still go and play golf! He played with her mind emotionally telling her things like I was going to leave her, my new partner and my son were paedophiles in front off me, he tried to turn my daughter against us he would put it in her head that her brother had kicked her down the stairs then he would have social services at my door he told me at court that he was going to make sure that my daughter was taken away from me and put in foster care! Every time I took my daughter for contact he would start shouting and verbally abusing me in front of our child to the extent my child was fearful of him and use to lock herself in the bathroom and refuse to go. Also id like to point out that he had a harassment order in place against us due to stalking and harassing us! As soon as the court gave him his parental responsibility order he withdrew his order for contact YES he never wanted the contact he used and messed up my little girls head just so that he could continue to control my life! We were then advised to move by the police due to the fact of the stalking we were receiving from this my ex. I then gave up my job of office manageress to stay at home and help my child get better especially with her fear of men after this experience it has taken me over two years now to get my child to gain confidence and to talk to men! My child turned to my husband and said the other children have daddy’s please can u be my daddy so for over two years now she has looked upon my husband as her father and has a tremendous bond with him. We returned to our old house a year later with my ex living down the road who never bothered with our child still. My husband then got offered an amazing job working in the middle east after a lot of soul searching and due to the fact that my husband is the construction industry and the was very little work for him we decided after great discussion with the children and looking in to the better quality of life this was the way forward for us. My ex heard about this and has put in to court that he wants a prohibited steps order to stop me changing our daughters name full stop then as a after thought in different coloured pen wants contact. He is opposing my child moving abroad by saying I am always moving to keep our child away from him yet it was him that signed away his child in court over two years ago by saying he didn’t want contact and when our child reaches 18 if she wishes she can contact him. Now I have cafcass involved in our life saying that I haven’t promoted my Childs father to her what was I suppose to say oh by the way that’s your dad but he don’t want to see you!!! When my ex decided that he didn’t want to see our child the case was just dropped nobody helped me with what my child had been through or advised me how I deal with it just left me to pick up the pieces. What I am suppose to tell my child my husband and I have spoke about this and had decided that we would when my child was around 8 years old. Yet I feel like now I am having to suffer as I didn’t do what they expected from me yet we have given my child back her confidence a loving home My child knows she has two dads as she has mentioned before but does not want to see him as he is not nice yet when carcass are here she says she only has the one dad. My husband is now working abroad and we are going through the courts at the moment to move over there and this is killing us all being apart. The children and myself have been out to stay with my husband on several occasions and they love it over there and want to move desperately we can see so many positives in which this move would benefit the children’s lives. Do you think the courts will stop us as he is opposing us going by saying we keep moving to keep our child away from him? Also cafcass have said over the last couple of weeks is only allowed indirect contact with our daughter after the way he has treated her.

they have shots to cure his psychoses...I'd suggest a .357, myself.
sheeeesh, some people, huh? Anyway, relax, with his track record, you'll prevail in court. Have him stripped of all parental rights, and raise the child without any financial assistance at all from him, they ought to do that for you in court. Bring it all out in family court, and get a therapist for your kid to see, have them testify at the custody issue hearing. GL PEACE

28Nov/091

What are the benefits to a primary school child of having 2 part-time teachers instead of 1 full-time teacher?

This is becoming common in Australia. And whilst it's convenient for teachers who want to work a couple of days a week, I'm not sure of the benefits to the child/class. Could any teachers/parents please give me your views on this?

It sounds like a wonderful idea as long as the two teachers style of teaching as the same, because younger children need structure everyday and if the teachers have different teaching styles then the child might have problems learning.

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28Nov/0911

is child benefit and child tax credits the same thing?

im at home looking after my little boy and my partner works, we get working tax credit and child tax credit but not child benefit or is it the same thing, im a bit confused,

It's not the same thing. Tax credits are means-tested benefits for low income people/familes.

Child benefit (or child allowance) is what everyone with children gets - just like education / nhs etc. Child benefit is at a set rate of £18.80 (soon increasing to £20) per week for the oldest child and about £13 per week for every other child.

Tax credits amounts on the other hand vary wildly.

Both have to be claimed.

28Nov/093

when do you make a claim for child benefit?

I am 38weeks pregnant at the moment.
and also child tax credit?
and also child tax credit?

If you are talking about income tax credits, it happens when you file your income taxes for the year. The credits are applied to your tax bill for the year.

If you want less withholding from your check, you can change the number of dependents on your W4 with your employer. You can do that at anytime, but I suggest you wait until the child is born, unless you have been getting big refunds in the past.

If you are getting Advanced Earned Income Credit, you should check with your employer to change that after the child is born

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27Nov/098

Does child have to claim social security survivor benefits?

My teenage son gets survivor benefits from his mom's death. The benefits are attached to his social security number. He worked part time this year, so it will be his first time filing an income tax return. Does he have to claim his survivor benefits on his tax form? (please no answers stating I should call a CPA... I will if I don't get an actual answer here :-)

Probably because all income - taxable or not - must be filed for. However, I'm sure if you go to the IRS site, you might find the answer there...and you won't have to pay your CPA.

27Nov/091

How can i be charged with benefit fraud?

In November 2007 my husband lost his job of 6 years we had to sign on at the benefits office. on 25/01/2008 we inherited £50,000 from my mother in law who had died. the day the money went into our account we signed off. we gave our children and grandchildren some money each we went abroad for the first time in 45 years as we had never been. we also did every room in our house from scratch and had new everything ok we were a little extravagant and spoiled ourselves as well. as you can imagine it didnt last long and by august we had none left we then went to sign on again which we never intended to do but my husband is finding it difficult to get another job, they told us at the DWP we could have signed on when we were down to our last £8000 but we didn't know that. everything was fine until 2 weeks ago when they called my husband in to the office. they are saying that we spent or gave away our inheritance on purpose so that we could sign back on the dole and say that they may be charging him with benefit fraud how can this be right we were not breaking the law. to be honest if that was the case we could have brought 2 new cars and spent it in the same day can anyone help

You might want to get an attorney for this one, you are in the business of proving that you are stupid not crooked and you might need some help there.

27Nov/093

What are the benefits for a child/unmarried mother in Army?

My friend is having a kid with a guy in the Army. Neither of them want to get married. What are the benefits for the child and the mom?

The mother's only entitlement is child support basically. The child will receive the free health and dental benefits.

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27Nov/091

canada child tax benefit?

Can anybody tell me why people have to wait so long to get canada child tax benefit i send my application in three weeks ago and i called today to get a update on it they said it will be january before they even look at it

According to some of the publications related to the CCTB, the normal processing time is about 60 to 80 days from the tim eyou file the application. If you have complaints aout the time frame, send a letter to your MP, the Prime Minister, or the Commissioner of National Revenue.

27Nov/093

Is it necessary to recieve child benefit toapply for housing benefit.?

it is neccessary to be in reciept of child benefit in order to qualify to recieve housing and council tax benefit. or where can i find the criteria to qualify for housing benefit.

No! Here`s alink on Direct gov.com, where you can find out about what benefits you`re entitled to, including housing benefit.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/On_a_low_income/index.htm?cids=Yahoo_PPC&cre=Money

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