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Hello people. Im not sure whats going on to be honest. I just paid my 20 pound and joined. I went for a ESA assesment and near the end of the assesment i nearly died right in front of her as my heart had a funny 'do' so she sent me straight to hospital.

I was on ESA but now Im in something called Support Group saying that i have a severe health problem and theres no way back to work and my payments have gone up. Yes they sent a letter with about 6 pages of gobbledegook and i havent got a clue whats going on tbh. So i found myself here. As it looks like from your shout box there are a lot of happy members.


On a side note does anyone know how to get support n help againt the tax office as they have made a massive error and are harrassing me and asking for huge amounts of money claiming i had two jobs, which is impossible as one job could kill me never mind two. I have repeatedly told them this but the lady wont listen and i died two weeks ago with the huge amounts of stress, but luckily my heart kicked back in. I have tried HM tax office but im getting nowhere with them and i tried CAB but ive already done what CAB sent. Im going to end up dead and its scary.

Will me being on this Support Group make a difference to those foolish individuals who are trying to get money off me from the tax office? Like i said they have completely got it wrong but wont listen to me.

Can anyone tell me what this Support Group is and does anyone know of any free advice place to ring to get help with the tax office. Not to mention they destroyed my pension with huge amounts of emergency tax but Ive recieved no rebate....

Thank you for your time folks.

Eternaly Grateful

Paul

Hi Paul and welcome to Benefits and Work. This link will help you to find where things are on the site.

Welcome to Benefits and Work

I am sorry that you are going through this, it must be very stressful and upsetting for you.

It seems that you were put into the 'Support Group' (SG) of ESA as a result of your recent assessment. This means that you will not be required to attend 'work focussed interviews' or attend 'work related activities' as you would have if you had been allocated to the 'Work Related Activity Group' (WRAG). I'm afraid I don't think this will have any effect on your tax situation. All I can suggest for that is that you get face to face advice from someone who is an expert in this area.

ESA is an open-ended benefit but it can be reassessed at any time once 3 months have passed since the last decision. If you wish to have an idea of when to expect reassessment you can contact DWP and ask for the 'prognosis'. This will be on your computer screen and obtaining this information will not trigger any sort of reassessment.

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Thank you guys for the warm welcome. Mum has asked me to enquire as im on the same rates as her as she is on dla and is entitled to a dla car but she cant drive. As we dont understand what most things are as im used to working do i get entitled dla car or what are the rules. Mum says all the names for benefits have changed so she has no idea, like me. You see i do have a license and she doesnt. Thank you for your help in your previous posts to me.