Hello all. I am seriousley thinking about going self employed, I have been on jsa for 12 months now in that time i have recently had a break from it as i went on a overseas holiday. Whilst there i did some thinking and i really watch to get of the jsa cycle as its just crappy to live on and demorilsing.
Since my return and (recent) i have made a rapid reclaim basically as i need to ensure i one have some funds to live of and 2 to get the help i need to pay my rent and council tax
I was self employed a few years back and stuppidly had not heard of working tax credits so never applied for them, This time i will try for them
But more importantly and why im posting is back then i had no rent or council tax bills to cover (Mums n Dads r g8)
But now its diffrent and i do have them responcibiltys, my requests for help revolve around this
I dont expect to earn much in the first 6 to 12 months of trading
I expect to live of my working tax credits top up as well as my minimal wages
I called turn2us.org and they said i should get full housing and council tax benifit whilst my earings are low
I belive i will need to show the h/b office proof of earings every 3 months, Can someone explain how you write your books out to show what you have earned as this is were i struggle to understand, what do i put as in if i earn 30 quid and it cost me 15 on fuel ect how do i write the 15 as a for instance weekly wage if that was all i earned that week
Also in addition to that question would i be entilted to the run on for 4 weeks of housing benfit even tho i have just had a 2 week break in my claim?
thanks to all that contribute to help out
