Roger Morton wrote:
In , Mike Scott wrote:


I can't make sense of the logic with the forms this year; perhaps
someone could shed some light....

Son went up to uni last year (2008), and we filled in the parental
income assessment for his grant, which was submitted with a stack of
paperwork to prove we weren't telling porkies about our 2007/2008
income.

I expected the forms for the second year to ask for income for the
subsequent tax year, 2008/2009. But no, it asks /again/ for the
2007/8
tax year - for the very same figures they've already had. And the
phone
support at student finance is adamant this is what the counties
want -
"to show nothing has changed".


Clutching at straws - were any of your original figures admitted to be
estimates? Are they effectively now asking for estimates to become
actuals?


No - the originals were firm figures, and backed up by P60s and the like
the originals of which they required to see to prove them when last
year's form was sent.

I've sent them the requested data with a rather, well, "firm" note about
it all being a waste of time. I expect their response will be to ask to
see the evidence. Again. :-( We shall see.

Thanks anyway.


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Mike Scott (unet2 at [deletethis] scottsonline.org.uk)
Harlow Essex England