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Originally Posted by wraymond
Winter Fuel. The latest proposals (being means tested) will be based on income and relate to those with incomes over or below a certain limit, the value of a house will not be considered. Oh, and you are nobody’s fool Harry.
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If it is tested solely on income, then I am not unhappy with that. It just comes in a week when I lost a few hundred to the Council, simply for no claiming or not even knowing to claim. Jean gets a benefit, but what I didn't know was that it entitled me to a large discount in Council Tax. In part they made the error, I advised them there were now two adults in the house, they never asked who, nor sent a form to see if we might be entitled to some discount. They did not even know Jean's name, until I realised there was a discount available and I began the claim procedure in April this year.
I have overpaid for 15 months - yes they have agreed to back date the claim 3 months. They will not repay retrospectively, so it is gone. On the other hand if they made an error and under charged, they would pursue me for it no matter how long ago.