NFDC HOUSING COUNCIL TAX Claim form CL1_notes

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1 About your claim 'What date did you move in?’ If you have not yet moved in, please say so. You need to tell us in writing as soon as you have moved in. 'What are you claiming help with?' - Council Tax bill: Tick the box if you (or your partner) are responsible for paying the Council Tax. If anyone else is also liable to pay the council tax, use the space on the back of the form to tell us their names. - Rent - Council home: If you rent from the Council, tick this box. - Rent - Housing Association: Remember you must fill in form HA Rent as well. - Rent - Private Landlord: Remember you must fill in form CL2 as well. 'Evidence of identity' (ID) For new claims we have to see two forms of ID for you (and your partner if you have one), from the list below - we cannot accept photocopies. Bank statements - in your name and recent Birth certificate issued when birth registered. Driving licence. Letter from a solicitor, social worker, probation officer, or HMRC. Insurance policies. Marriage certificate issued on the wedding day National Insurance Number card or Medical card Passport. Utility bill - in your name and recent Wage slips from current employer. If you cannot provide evidence of your ID from the above list please contact our office. 2 About you and your partner 'You and your partner’ If you are a couple, decide who you want to be the 'Claimant'. If you have made a claim before with our office please keep your claim in the same name. We can decide differently if we see fit. A couple is two people who are married to each other or two people of the opposite or same sex who are living together as if they were married. 'National Insurance Number' We must have evidence of your National Insurance Number (and, if you have a partner, your partner’s). 'Are you (or your partner) working full time’ (on average, 16 hours a week or more) ‘or part time’ (on average less than 16 hours a week). You also need to fill in form CL4, giving details of your earnings and provide pay slips. If you are getting Income Support or Jobseekers Allowance you must tell them straight away if you or your partner are working. 'Are you in legal custody?’ If you are, you will have to tell us the length of your sentence and when you expect to be released. 'Are you (or your partner) a student?' 'student' means a person, who is attending a course of study at an educational establishment. If you say 'yes', we will write to you for more information. Please enclose the Grant Award notification. 'Have you come to live in the UK within the last five years?' If this applies to you or your partner, we may need to ask you for more information. 3 About dependant children Put down the details of any child or young person aged up to 20 years old you are responsible for and who normally lives with you. Usually, this is someone you get Child Benefit for. Sometimes a child or young person spends time in more than one household. In this case, please contact us for more information. The form provides space for up to four children. If you have more than this, please tell us in the space on the back page of the form. 4 About other people who live with you Put down on the form details of everyone else who lives in your home that you have not already put on the form. For example, this may be a grown-up son or daughter, a friend, or a relative. All the details we ask for about others in your home are important and might affect the amount of benefit you get. 'Relationship to you or your partner' This might be your mother, father, an adult son or daughter, a relative or a friend. Or it might be a Lodger or a Boarder (that is, someone who pays you rent to live in your home). 'Do they work more than 16 hours a week?' We need to know their gross income because it may affect the amount of benefit you get. If you do not say, or do not provide this information, you may get a lower amount of benefit. If you have a lodger or boarder (where rent includes meals) we may not need to know their income. Tell us in Section 10 of the form how much they pay you. Page 1
‘Evidence of their income and earnings’ We only need to see evidence of their income or earnings if it is less than £394 per week (before deductions). If working, we need to see payslips for the last 5 weeks, 3 fortnights or 2 months. If they are receiving any state benefits, we will need to see a recent benefit entitlement letter or a recent bank statement showing the amount. 5 About money, savings, investments and property We ask about any money you have such as savings, shares and property, other than the home you live in, and we call this 'capital'. If you have capital of more than £16,000 you may not be able to get benefit. If you have more than £6,000 (£10,000 if you are of pensionable age) you should tell us if there is a particular reason why you think we should not count all of it for a period of time. This might be, for example, because you are about to buy another home to live in. If you are on Income Support, Jobseekers Allowance (Income Based) or Employment and Support Allowance (Income Related) you do not have to provide evidence, provided that you have told them. You must tell us everything and write in the amounts. Tick “No” in all the boxes that do not apply. Evidence You must provide evidence of all your capital. You will need to provide original documents (we cannot accept photocopies), including. Bank, Building Society and Post Office statements or up-to-date pass books for the last two months if you are making a new claim – even if the accounts are overdrawn. If you do not have the statements, tell us when your next statement is due and send it to us as soon as you receive it. We can accept print-outs from cash-machines whilst you are awaiting statements. A letter on headed paper from your bank or building society showing - the account numbers. - account balances for each account. -the dates of recent transactions - information on regular credits you get. Original documents showing proof of ownership, for example, dividend statements detailing bonds, unit trusts, stocks and shares. If there are regular or large transactions into the account which are not easily identifiable, please explain what these amounts are. 6 About Pensions Write down how much you (and your partner) are entitled to (this may be different to the amount you actually get), and to say how often it is paid. Evidence For each pension, you need to provide one of the following: an award notification showing the amount of State Pension and/or Pension Credit you get. letter from the pension provider, showing the current rate of pension. current bank statements showing the payment of the pension. If you and your partner get more than one pension or annuity, you must tell us about all of them. ‘War Disablement Pensions’ and ‘War Widows Pensions’ We need to see evidence of how the pension is made up. The pensions office should have provided you with a letter showing this. If you are unable to provide this, we will need to get in touch with the pensions office and this may take us some time to get a reply. ‘Increases in pensions’ You must always tell us when you get an increase in a pension. On the claim form, we ask you to tell us when your pension is due to go up. We have to review your benefit from the date of the increase and we may write to you nearer the time – however it is your responsibility to tell us about any changes. 7 About State Benefits - due to sickness, injury or disablement Evidence In all cases, we need to see evidence of the amount you are entitled to (this may be different to the amount you actually get). For each benefit, you need to provide one of the following: an award notification or letter, showing the current rate of benefit. Post Office statements showing the amount of the last benefit payment received. current bank statements showing the payment of the benefit. 8 About other State Benefits and Tax Credits We ask you to put down how much you (and your partner) get, and to say how often it is paid Evidence In all cases, we need to see evidence of the amount you are entitled to (this may be different to the amount you actually get). For each benefit, you need to provide one of the following: an award notification or letter, showing the current rate of benefit Page 2
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