I've recently had some dental trouble that is ongoing and as working full time was under the impression that i have to pay for my prescription.I'm on a low income and get the princely sum of £5 working tax credits a week and have heard i may be exempt from having to pay for treatment/prescription.Anyone know the answer.?cheers
2007-09-26 04:02:26 · 7 answers · asked by rwjh1979 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United Kingdom
I'm on £11,800 per annum!
2007-09-26 04:09:58 · update #1
Yes, you do still have to pay.
However, you can get a prepayment certificate, which costs around £27 for 3 months, so if you get more than 4 prescription items in the space of 3 months, it will save you money!
I had to pay out £70 alone last month thanks to a nasty lung problem, and the certificate has more than paid for itself!
See the URL below which explains how to buy the certificate. Unfortunately, if you buy online you still don't get the certificate straight away, as it comes in the form of a card through the post.
You can stop paying for prescriptions though once you have paid for it, even if you don't yet have the card, you don't have to show it to the pharmacist. However, don't try and cheat the system, as they do check prescriptions and if you say you have a card and don't, you will get prosecuted.
2007-09-26 07:54:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For someone on a low income to be entitled to free prescriptions youmust be in receipt of certain benefits.
Working tax credit is not enough on its own. You also need to receive Child Tax Credit or the disability component of the Working Tax Credit.
Go to the link and download booklet HC11 for fuller details.
2007-09-26 07:12:51 · answer #2 · answered by tringyokel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you have an exemption card issued by the tax credits you have to pay. They send it to you if your earnings are low enough and qualify.
2007-09-26 04:08:25 · answer #3 · answered by julie a 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are exempt if you recieve income support or over 60 everybody else pays the trigger for free prescriptions is you have to be recieving income support
2007-09-26 07:37:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your income is deemed low enough you should be sent an exemption certificate, its a little plastic card that you can carry in your wallet.
If you've not got one call them and ask if you are entitled.
2007-09-26 04:56:52 · answer #5 · answered by Smoochy Poochy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you dont have to pay, tax credits send you an exemption certificate
2007-09-26 04:12:01 · answer #6 · answered by SUE G online 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you do still have to pay,as unfair as it may seem.
2007-09-26 04:05:49 · answer #7 · answered by sexy hotrod 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋