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MSE News: Eligible for carer's credit? Don't put your state pension at risk
Former_MSE_Sam_M
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Up to 230,000 unpaid carers are putting their state pension in jeopardy by not claiming carer's credit...
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'If you're eligible for carer's allowance you'll automatically get carer's allowance credit, which works in the same way as carer's credit - so there's no need to worry about claiming for carer's credit too.'
Not quite accurate MSE, the credits you get with Carer's Allowance are Class 1 credits whereas the carer's credit is only Class 3.
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Icequeen99 wrote: »'If you're eligible for carer's allowance you'll automatically get carer's allowance credit, which works in the same way as carer's credit - so there's no need to worry about claiming for carer's credit too.'
Not quite accurate MSE, the credits you get with Carer's Allowance are Class 1 credits whereas the carer's credit is only Class 3.
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What difference does this make to actual pension payments ?
It doesn't - just impacts on other benefits you might get due to national insurance record. I've come across a few people who have claimed the carer's credit and then tried to claim other benefits and found they can't because they are class 3.
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