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Claiming JSA on the bench?
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostI am of the view(and having read the attached thread) that if you're having to go and sign on a few months after finishing a contract because your skint then frankly you have no right calling yourself a contractor. It smacks of permiedom. In addition, if you've contracted for years and after a few months benched you need to sign on, don't have 16k in assets and have not been involved in a horrible divorce than you probably need therapy for drugs, alcohol or gambling!
Needing to take benefits does smack of foolishness, except in special cases. And leaving/rejoining your Ltd as an employee every few months seems a pretty blatant giveaway to me.
Note - JSA can be exceeded by housing benefit; if you could get both it's potentially a lot of money.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostI am of the view that if you are eligible for money from the government, you might as well take it. We try to minimise our tax rather than just saying "well it's only right I take a proper salary and pay a fair whack of tax", so this comes into the same category.
Needing to take benefits does smack of foolishness, except in special cases. And leaving/rejoining your Ltd as an employee every few months seems a pretty blatant giveaway to me.
Note - JSA can be exceeded by housing benefit; if you could get both it's potentially a lot of money.Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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