dh has had to take a pay cut of 9k, taking us from 32k to 23k. we have 3 dcs I am a sahm at the moment
when he was on 32k, we got about 60 a week in tax credits. I did an online calculation which said if he was on 23k we would get about 130 a week
we got our award letter today and we are only getting 70 a week based on his new income!
how the fuck can we take an almost 10k income drop and only get another ten quid a week. it does not make any sense. we are going to be skint and its shit. I genuinely think they just choose random figures as I spoke to my friend who's dp is on 22k (so tiny bit less than dh) and for 3 dc they get 150 !
my youngest dc 4 months old so before the daily mail readers start kicking off I will be looking for work soon. sooner than I thought by looks of it
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to think tax credits office just pluck random figures out of thin air when deciding how much to give claimants.
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littleSpud · 21/07/2014 10:40
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