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How to stop benefits duecto a small inheritance, hoe do I word the letter
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4 weeks 21 hours ago #297159 by Sandy44
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I have recently received a small inheritance which will keep me off Benefits for approx 2 years, I need to inform esa housing benefit and council tax but I want to give them the least amount of information that I have to
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4 weeks 21 hours ago #297161 by David
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Replied by David on topic How to stop benefits duecto a small inheritance, hoe do I word the letter
Hi Sandy44,
You may not want to reveal details of your inheritance at all. There is nothing to stop you from informing ESA, Housing Benefit and Council Tax that you wish to end your claim without giving a reason.
David
You may not want to reveal details of your inheritance at all. There is nothing to stop you from informing ESA, Housing Benefit and Council Tax that you wish to end your claim without giving a reason.
David
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4 weeks 18 hours ago #297166 by denby
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Dear Sandy44, there is a warning you should have. If you will have to claim again as you intimate, please consider keeping receipts for your spending of the inheritance. Otherwise you run a nasty risk that when you re-claim you will be asked what you have lived on up till then. Yes you will say, I inherited £xx, but they will say [they did to us years ago, it was awful] oh but you still have that money -even though you show them bank statements.
" Intentional deprivation of capital" is very hard to disprove, and 'Notional capital" means your benefit is severely docked.
So please, keep those receipts.
Denby
" Intentional deprivation of capital" is very hard to disprove, and 'Notional capital" means your benefit is severely docked.
So please, keep those receipts.
Denby
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4 weeks 7 hours ago #297171 by David
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Replied by David on topic How to stop benefits duecto a small inheritance, hoe do I word the letter
Hi denby,
Thanks for that information. You are correct that it is important to keep receipts regarding the reduction of capital.
David
Thanks for that information. You are correct that it is important to keep receipts regarding the reduction of capital.
David
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4 weeks 5 minutes ago #297182 by DJMH15
Replied by DJMH15 on topic How to stop benefits duecto a small inheritance, hoe do I word the letter
I am in same position, enough to last for a year, can i please add a further query to this forum question...
How is it possible to avoid giving a reason for stopping UC/esa etc
For instance, if you phone and they ask why you are stopping claim what do you say?
Or if you write wont that delay everything, and then you owe them money and its got complicated?
So you should phone and get your claim stopped straight away, which means being questioned?
It would be nice to be trusted, and to have privacy, but instead we are treated like criminals.
How is it possible to avoid giving a reason for stopping UC/esa etc
For instance, if you phone and they ask why you are stopping claim what do you say?
Or if you write wont that delay everything, and then you owe them money and its got complicated?
So you should phone and get your claim stopped straight away, which means being questioned?
It would be nice to be trusted, and to have privacy, but instead we are treated like criminals.
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3 weeks 6 days ago #297187 by David
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Replied by David on topic How to stop benefits duecto a small inheritance, hoe do I word the letter
Hi DJMH15,
To answer your question - How is it possible to avoid giving a reason for stopping UC/esa etc
Just say it is for a confidential reason. If they were to refuse you need to take their full name and the location of the contact centre. Though I cannot imagine that happening.
David
To answer your question - How is it possible to avoid giving a reason for stopping UC/esa etc
Just say it is for a confidential reason. If they were to refuse you need to take their full name and the location of the contact centre. Though I cannot imagine that happening.
David
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