Im applying for Income Support and.....

maddie13 · 17 December 2004 at 6:26PM

Hi

Can anyone help me again :-[

Im going onto IS in a few weeks due to my disabilty etc and understand I can earn £20 a week. Is this correct and also if i sell a few things on ebay etc, just second hand goods is this amount included in the £20 or is it similar to selling at a bootsale or free paper?

I havant a clue ??? Better to be safe than sorry.
Thanks for your help
xxxxx

ciare24 · 17 December 2004 at 7:24PM

I am also on IS, and I was told that I could earn up to £40. after this I wouldn't recieve IS.

It might be different though for others, I would call the office who will deal with your IS.

I don't think they can class anything you sell as included in what you can earn, if you get me, but it's probably best to check.

Hope this helps.

wazza · 17 December 2004 at 9:35PM

if you are a lone parent on income support then you can EARN up to £20 per week. Above this figure they will start reducing your IS benefit pond for pound. If you are a couple on IS then it is £10 per week limit.

Selling your own property should not count as earnings i believe. You need a job in order to earn.

Ted_Hutchinson · 17 December 2004 at 9:51PM

From IS20 - A guide to Income Support (IS20 Apr 2004)
Normal disregards
In most cases the first £5.00 of your earnings from part-time work is ignored in the Income Support calculation. For couples, the first £10.00 is ignored.
Higher disregards
For some people there is a higher earnings disregard. In the following cases the first £20.00 of your and your partner’s joint earnings are ignored:
if you are a lone parent
if you get a disability premium

If you are a carer and either you or your partner receive the carer premium because of this, you may also get the higher disregard of £20.00.

With regard to selling things on Ebay if these are ONLY your own personal possessions this would not infringe the earnings rules. If you were buying stuff to put on Ebay to resell then you would be regarded as running a business and I have heard of folk having their benefit stopped and having to explain their ebay trading history.

Fran · 18 December 2004 at 1:59AM

I am also on IS, and I was told that I could earn up to £40. after this I wouldn't recieve IS.

It might be different though for others, I would call the office who will deal with your IS.

It won't be any different for others, the higher disregard is £20. Perhaps you are in a couple and thought you could earn £20 each or something? The couple disregard is £10 as stated in the other posts.

Selling your own property should not count as earnings i believe. You need a job in order to earn.

If you sell your property then you have capital which would also be counted in an income based benefit such as Income Support. You would be expected to live on the money you made from selling the house.

maddie13 · 18 December 2004 at 1:01PM

Hi

Thanks all for that, I get the High rate of DLA so would I be allowed the £20 per week? ???
So selling personal items are OK, I dont plan to make loads of money, just to get back something would be nice, and it wouldnt be a regular weekly thing.
I just want to make sure Im not doing anything wrong. The things i would be selling is bric-a-brac, second hand clothes etc etc...nothing exciting :-/
I would accept cheques only anyway and get them paid into my bank account, so they would have full access of what comes in and would keep records etc.

Thank you all so much for your help and anymore please let me know

Have a nice Xmas!!

Maddie13
xxxxx

Ted_Hutchinson · 18 December 2004 at 1:49PM

Perhaps you are in a couple and thought you could earn £20 each or something? The couple disregard is £10 as stated in the other posts.

I am afraid the maximum earnings disregard is £20. No concessions for couples.

I've re-read my post and it looks a bit like I am argueing with Fran. I'm not. I'm trying to emphasise you can only have a maximum of £20 disregard whatever your circumstances. So a couple with a Carer premium could get a total £20 disregard but this is no different from a single person with a carer premium. You can't combine the earnings disregards to exceed the maximum £20.

If benefit claimants only lost benefit at the same rate as the Highest rate taxpayers there would be a lot less disincentive for the lowest paid benefit claimants to get back to work. As it is earnings over the disregard lose benefit at £1 for £1. There would be outrage if this rate of taxation applied to earnings over £100.000 but it's considered no disincentive to the lowest paid.

Fran · 18 December 2004 at 4:09PM

Hi

Thanks all for that, I get the High rate of DLA so would I be allowed the £20 per week? ???

Maddie,

If you receive DLA you can earn whatever you like as it is not a means tested benefit. It is a benefit for people with care and/or mobility needs - to help with the extra expense.

If you receive Income Support however, this is a means tested benefit and that is when the rules apply about how much you can earn or how much income and capital you can have before your benefit is reduced.

maiden_scotland · 19 December 2004 at 12:35AM

I'm a single parent of a 12 year old. Back in April his school asked me if I'd like to apply for a position of a playground supervisor in the school. It's 6 hours pw, I got the job and started in May.
I advised the benefits agency of my change in circumstances and was told to take in my wage slip once I'd my first wage.
I get the first £20 each week and the rest is deducted from my IS which only comes to about £7pw.
but the bonus of working in a school is you still get paid through the holidays as the wage is staggared throughout the year

hope that helps

amberz · 26 September 2007 at 10:48AM

How much income support should be awarded to a lone parent with one child aged 12yrs please?.

Scarlett1 · 26 September 2007 at 10:59AM

amberz wrote: »

How much income support should be awarded to a lone parent with one child aged 12yrs please?.

£59 for lone parent income support, child tax credit will need to be claimed for the child.

Im applying for Income Support and.....

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