Suzanne32

We live in dept 32, my daughter has applied to attend Toulouse University. I have, I hope just applied through cnous.fr - applications have to be in by the 30th. I think they also offer help with accomodation if it is university owned. I shall tackle CAF in the morning. Thank you very much for your help

My daughter is hoping to go to university this year. Any information about grants/financial help would be very welcome.

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Hello, I am trying to work out my tax liability for 2008, and would like an idea as to how much I am going to have to pay. I have looked at the impot.fr site which offers a simulator to calculate tax for 2009 however this either produces a blank pdf file or an e mail just saying that things have been made even easier for 2009. I realise that every case is different but is there a basic guide anyone can direct me to. My husband pays tax in the Uk, am I right in assuming that as we are taxed as one household this is taken into consideration. Thank you

Curiouser and curiouser! We visited CAF to try and resolve the issue of the child allowance and explain that although my husband receives a pension it is an occupational, contributory pension and not a state benefit. The woman was very helpful and sympathetic but equally insistent that we should be paid by the UK. She went away and spoke to several of her colleagues who could not agree as to what should happen. I then received a phone call from her the following day to say that although it was the UK who should pay they would pay us the ' difference' between what we would receive in the UK and the amount here. A step in the right direction I guess. Has anyone else heard of this happening?

I read your post with interest. We stopped claiming child benefit in the UK last March, but didn't apply for child benefit until this summer as we were busy working on the house/with guests etc and we had been led to believe that any claim would be back dated. All seemed to be going well, we supplied every piece of information asked for and on logging onto our dossier on the CAF web site early October I was delighted to see that a payment would be made on the 5th of that month, which it duly was. We the wrote to CAF ( so much easier than the phone) to ask about the back payments. These too showed up on the CAF website and then nothing. We have since contacted them and they are now saying that because my husband receives a pension in the UK then benefit should be paid by Newcastle. We have phoned Newcastle who are adament that that they will not pay us. It seems the problem is similar to yours in that they think my husbands pension is a state pension, which it is not - he took early retirement from teaching. I have today, written to them again. If we make any head way I shall let you know. There is an english speaking help line for health insurance who have tried to help although with little success so far, but they might be worth a try.I can let you have the number ( not sure if I am allowed to post it )