I found the right thread at last ( too many to choose from) LOL.
I posted on 'money' when I first joined
Now that I am getting a retirement pension, my likelihood of claiming anything from anywhere is dwindling by the day. Having had 6 weeks off work, I find my company don't pay statutory sick pay. So I have tried to claim incapacity benefit and the day before my 60h birthday, that stopped??!! Having tried several others, and also my bank where I have an additions account, which is platignum, I find they can't help either. The trouble is in a ouple of months I will be havng another 6 weeks off, because it will be the school summer holidays, and I don't get paid for what I don't work. If this is being 'old, and if this is how the country treat you, then i don't want to know. All my working life I have paid my taxes and national insurance, and get treated like this. Sorry to moan, but it makes me cross. I don't like getting old at the best of times.
Sandie Seward
Yes, Jan, Incapacity benefit stops the day you reach sixty, for women, and sixty-five for men.
You cannot go for six weeks without money, put in a claim for Pension credit.
Their phone number is:0845 6060265.
Give them a call, explain your situation. They are very helpful, and will do all they can to put you right. Please let us know how you get on.
janowl
[quote="Sandie Seward"][color=blue]Yes, Jan, Incapacity benefit stops the day you reach sixty, for women, and sixty-five for men.
You cannot go for six weeks without money, put in a claim for Pension credit.
Their phone number is:[/color] [b]0845 6060265.[/b]
[color=blue] Give them a call, explain your situation. They are very helpful, and will do all they can to put you right. Please let us know how you get on.[/color][/quote]Hiya. I have already rung the Pension people, who say they cannot help. I will give them another try, and see what happens, infact i'm sure it was that number. I'll let you know. x
janowl
I tried but no luck. My income is too much!!!!
Sandie Seward
Sorry to hear that, Jan, but I suppose that it was worth trying.
JoJo
We have a private pension, but because my Husband paid into it for thirty years so we could enjoy retirement,we know it's no good trying to claim for anything, He still pays a lot of tax, think if you are not allowed to claim for things you should at least not have to pay tax once you have retired.
Sandie Seward
I am still having ongoing problems with the Taxman, too, Jo-Jo. I wouldn't mind, but I'm now also being taxed at source in the U.S. on my earnings as a News Journalist for that American site I write for.
So, in effect, I am paying tax to TWO governments....neither of whose policies I agree with!!!!
janowl
[quote="JoJo"]We have a private pension, but because my Husband paid into it for thirty years so we could enjoy retirement,we know it's no good trying to claim for anything, He still pays a lot of tax, think if you are not allowed to claim for things you should at least not have to pay tax once you have retired.[/quote] I agree with you there.
janowl
[quote="Sandie Seward"][color=blue]I am still having ongoing problems with the Taxman, too, Jo-Jo. I wouldn't mind, but I'm now also being taxed at source in the U.S. on my earnings as a News Journalist for that American site I write for.
So, in effect, I am paying tax to TWO governments....neither of whose policies I agree with!!!![/color] [/quote]There's nothing you can do about it either. I have paid tax on my pensions before I get them, then they are added to my annual amount and then taxed again. I can understand why people get so uptight about the system. I think it stinks. It doesn't seem to matter about what get promised when we vote for a new prime minister etc., nobody seems to be any better than any body else.
JoJo
Yes live on the state and get looked after, work all your life and look after yourself, whos the mugs here
janowl
[quote="JoJo"]Yes live on the state and get looked after, work all your life and look after yourself, whos the mugs here [/quote] Here here.
