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If you don't get EMA what do you get?

NileDelta

I'm not sure if my sister can get EMA if she goes to college. My parents ask me but I didn't know.

u get a job

Exactly.

My sixth form frown upon part time work, but I couldn't manage without it.

Reply 3

Flux

If you don't get EMA it means your parents have enough cash for you to sponge off them.

Reply 4

Helen_w

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Muse

I'm not sure if my sister can get EMA if she goes to college. My parents ask me but I didn't know.

It's means tested. If your parents have an income of below £30,000; then you can claim EMA.

Reply 5

Creative02

1

u hav to get a job if ur parents are hard to sponge off tho ... but then again i do both :tongue:

Reply 6

kellywood_5

17

If your parents earn over £30k a year, you're not entitled to EMA because in theory you don't need it. If they earn less than that, your sister will get either £10, £20 or £30 a week depending on how much they earn, plus £500 in bonuses over the 2 years.

Reply 7

m.o.i.

It's totally injust, since your parents could earn £29k and have one child to support, or £31k and 5 children to support. I know it would be hard to tailor the money around individual family circumstances, but it kind of escapes the whole point of it.

Reply 8

Candy_Shop

11

Could get your 'rents to give you your child benefit money, its not alot though. Also get a little job.

Reply 9

stratomaster

You get **** all because EMA sucks.

Reply 10

Brubaskia

1

You dont get ema at all in the ISLE OF MAN

Reply 11

donkey144

12

i don't get ema either... and im palmed off with.. connexions card points...
yeah, they're useful... but seriously whats that compared to cash in hand!

Reply 12

Brubaskia

1

Brubaskia

You dont get ema at all in the ISLE OF MAN

We dont get it even if are parents are on low incomes.

Reply 13

bigmouth strikes again!

m.o.i.

It's totally injust, since your parents could earn £29k and have one child to support, or £31k and 5 children to support. I know it would be hard to tailor the money around individual family circumstances, but it kind of escapes the whole point of it.

or if the main breadwinner in the household is self-employed.
I'm not saying this is always the case, but some self-employed people can make far more than £30k and their kids can still apply for EMA

Reply 14

Christophicus

18

Creative02

u get a job

Or you get both. i get EMA and I have a part time job. Got a healthy £4k in the bank.
Should be £6.5k by October.

Reply 15

*River

15

We dont get it even if are parents are on low incomes.

That's because the taxing system on the Isle of Man is different.

Reply 16

Legend22

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Flux

If you don't get EMA it means your parents have enough cash for you to sponge off them.

Where do you get that theory from you moron?

Just because your parents could earn 30k+, they could have debts, or a lot of children to support. It doesn't mean they are financially stable to afford everything someone could possibly want.

Do you get EMA?

Reply 17

beach surf babe

14

It is a daft and flawed system really....its the same for going to uni what with student loans and stuff. Even though my parents don't have a very low income they still can't really afford to support me when I go.