Advice please reg Tax credits industrial injurys

serenity34_2

worriedsik wrote: »

I have heard off a disability element for tax credits
I guess iam trying to weigh it all up i will have to give up my incapacity to actually work to get the tax credits ( if there is tax credits for me ) and iam scared to do this as i may worsen my condition or not even manage a job but the thought off living off £40 a wk for the rest off my life deppresses me too.
How much if any tax credits would i be entitled to if i were to take a job ?

I know if i done permitted work i can earn up to around £90 but would it really be worth it and would it be better to throw in the incapacity and do 16hrs a week with tax credits because really if it were permitted work i would probably have to do that amount off hours anyway to make £90 !!

Oh iam desperate for some advise iam just sighing at all off this

Thank you

Itsnotfair has already mentioned this - usually, Working Tax Credits are only paid either if you work 30+ hours a week or if you work 16 hours+ and fulfil certain criteria e.g have a dependent child / get certain other benefits. I've had a look and pasted some stuff from the actual HMRC literature below; not sure how useful it would be. If I was at work I would be able to look it up in my brilliant tax credits manual but I'm not...I would recommend calling the Tax Credits helpline on 0845 300 3900. Someone at Jobcentre Plus should also be able to do a 'better off' calculation for you where they work out the different permutations...

The Working Tax Credit (Entitlement and Maximum Rate) Regulations 2002, Reg. 9(2)

" Qualifying benefits" test

A person satisfies this test if any of the following apply: Reg. 9(2)&(3) Case A

On at least one of the preceding 182 days (the “qualifying day”) he or she was in receipt of one or more of the following

<LI class=filledcircle>Higher rate short-term Incapacity Benefit <LI class=filledcircle>Long term Incapacity Benefit <LI class=filledcircle>Severe Disablement Allowance
• Employment and support allowance where entitlement to employment and support allowance or statutory sick pay has existed for a period of 28 weeks immediately preceding the qualifying day comprising one continuous period or two or more periods which are linked together.

A person satisfies this test if any of the following apply: Reg. 9(2)&(3) Case B

On at least one of the preceding 182 days (the “qualifying day”) he or she was in receipt of one or more of the following

<LI class=filledcircle>Incapacity Benefit paid at the short-term higher rate <LI class=filledcircle>Incapacity Benefit paid at the long-term rate <LI class=filledcircle>Severe Disablement Allowance
• Income Support, Income-Based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Housing Benefit or Council Tax Benefit which includes a Disability Premium or Higher Pensioner Premium because of that person’s own disability.

Reg. 9(4) Case C

On a day for which the maximum rate of tax credit is determined one of the following is payable to them:

<LI class=filledcircle>Disability Living Allowance

or <LI class=filledcircle>Attendance Allowance or
[*]Mobility Supplement or Constant Attendance Allowance paid with a War Pension or Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
Reg. 9(5) case D

• He or she has an invalid carriage or other vehicle provided under the Invalid Vehicle Scheme.

Reg. 9(7) Case F

• On one of the preceding 56 days he or she was engaged in training for work TCTM02520

and


for one or more of the 56 days immediately preceding the start of that period of training for work, he or she was receiving one of the following

<LI class=filledcircle>Incapacity Benefit at the short-term higher rate <LI class=filledcircle>Incapacity Benefit at the long-term rate <LI class=filledcircle>Severe Disablement Allowance <LI class=filledcircle>Contribution based employment and support allowance for 28 weeks or more
• Statutory Sick Pay followed by contribution based employment and support allowance for a combined period of 28 weeks or more (see note 2 below)

Note 1:
The person must be entitled to receive the "qualifying benefit" in his or her own right. An appointee receiving any of the benefits listed above on behalf of another person does not satisfy the disability conditions simply by receiving the benefit

Note 2: The 28 weeks does not need to be a single continuous period. The claimant can add together

<LI class=filledcircle>Any periods that they received contribution-based ESA <LI class=filledcircle>Any periods that they received SSP, as long as they were no more than eight weeks apart
• Any periods that they received SSP with periods that they received contribution-based ESA, as long as they were no more than 12 weeks apart and they met the contribution conditions for contribution-based ESA on the days that they received SSP

Reg. 9(8) Case G

Where a person was entitled for at least one day in the preceding 56 days to the disability element of WTC or Disabled Person’s Tax Credit by satisfying cases A,B,E,or F at some earlier time, then he shall be treated as still satisfying those conditions.
Fast Track

A person satisfies the Fast-Track rules if:
Reg. 9(6) Case E

He or she has received:

On account of incapacity for work, for 140 days or more, with the last day of receipt falling within the preceding 56 days, any one or more of the following

<LI class=filledcircle>Statutory Sick Pay <LI class=filledcircle>Occupational Sick Pay <LI class=filledcircle>Incapacity Benefit paid at the short-term lower rate <LI class=filledcircle>Income Support paid on the grounds of incapacity for work
• National Insurance credits awarded on the grounds of incapacity for work or

On account of having limited capability for work

<LI class=filledcircle>an employment and support allowance for a period of 140 qualifying days
• National Insurance credits for a period of 20 weeks on account of having limited capability for work, and where the last of those days or weeks fell within the preceding 56 days

and


he or she has a disability which puts them at a disadvantage in getting a job TCTM02530 and is likely to last for at least 6 months or for the rest of their life

and

their gross earnings are at least 20% less than they were before the disability began, with a minimum reduction of £15.00 (gross) per week .

worriedsik

thank you again serinity34