Your questions answered

The following links will provide you with answers to questions that you may have about a vast range of money related issues.  The links will take you to the Advice Guide website of Citizens Advice.

YOUR MONEY

Benefits

o      Help for people on a low income - Income Support

o      Help for people on a low income - the Social Fund

o      Help with health, education and legal costs

o      Benefits and tax credits for people in work

o      Benefits for families and children

o      Benefits for people looking for work

o      Benefits for people who are sick or disabled

o      Benefits for people over sixty

o      Benefits and bereavement

o      Help with your Council Tax - Council Tax Benefit

o      Help with your rent - Housing Benefit

o      National insurance - contributions and benefits

o      Payment of benefits and tax credits

o      Problems with benefits and tax credits

o      Young people and benefits

Employment

o      Self-employment: checklist

o      Government employment schemes

o      Basic rights at work

o      Monitoring at work

o      Contracts of employment

o      Rights to pay

o      Parental rights at work

o      Dealing with grievances, dismissal and disciplinary action at work

o      Dismissal

o      Dismissal and benefits

o      Redundancy

o      Bank and public holidays

o      Holidays and holiday pay

o      Young people and employment

Tax

o      Terms used in tax information

o      Income tax

o      Income tax rates

o      Income tax allowances

o      Income tax allowance: amounts

o      Tax-exempt and taxable income

o      Tax reliefs (excluding self-employed people)

o      Self Assessment - your guide

o      Self Assessment - A general guide to keeping records

o      Tax returns

o      Tax rebates

o      The Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system

o      PAYE: Understanding your tax code

o      Pay As You Earn: common problems

o      Fringe benefits

o      Income tax and pensioners

o      Help with tax problems

o      Council tax

Debt

o      Help with debt

o      Credit

o      Financial healthcheck

To get further advice on any of these topics please contact your local Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB).