I'm finding Carers Allowance a huge pain in the bum. I'm constantly telling the office they have given me too many hours of work and am sending endless emails to and fro about earnings calculations, then I am running to fro to the bank to sort out suitable pension transfers. I meticulaously counted my earnings and counted my pension but last year they refused me 3 months worth of CA because I paid the pension in during the month I did the work and not the month that I received pay for the work. I'm having to tally up mileage for each client I visit and argue practically every month with DWP over the phone. Then I have to print off pension statement, fill out DWP forms and trawl through my client list for mileage, then go out to post the claim every month.
I am coming to the conclusion it would be less stressful just to work another 8 hours a week and stop worrying.
If I had capacity timewise I could earn more if I wanted to and be better off financially.
Any thoughts?
It is most definitely the hardest £59.00 I earn and that doesn't include the caring!
I am coming to the conclusion it would be less stressful just to work another 8 hours a week and stop worrying.
If I had capacity timewise I could earn more if I wanted to and be better off financially.
Any thoughts?
It is most definitely the hardest £59.00 I earn and that doesn't include the caring!