Hi ,my partner and I have lived together for the last 6 years.We have one child and are not married.My partner was made reduntant and recently was approaching the end of her period on job-seekers benifit. She (we) were means tested for job seekers allowance and were turned down on the basis that I earned € 5 too much per week.
I have no problem with any of the above, however when I looked to go about trying to claim her tax credits I was told I could not as we were not married.How can it be legal for one arm of the state to deal with you jointly (social welfare) and another (revenue) to refuse to?
I have no problem with any of the above, however when I looked to go about trying to claim her tax credits I was told I could not as we were not married.How can it be legal for one arm of the state to deal with you jointly (social welfare) and another (revenue) to refuse to?