Trying to get my head around it

lemonjelly

zygurat789 wrote: »

For my own personal information can anybody explain how you can receive HB when you pay tax at the higher rate?

I think you're getting mixed up. LIR's partner/husband is a HR tax payer. The friend is a benefit claimant.

inspector_monkfish

lemonjelly wrote: »

Kudos to you!

Tip for anyone reporting fraud. The more information you give, the better. Names, addresses, names of partners, places of work, times, approximate figures if money is concerned, descriptions, dates (eg when he is off on holiday to spain, who with, where he flies from) descriptions of cars/vans, including number plates.

The more info you give, the more likely they are to investigate, the more likely they'll successfully convict.

SUPERGRASS !!! :eek:;)

zygurat789

lemonjelly wrote: »

I think you're getting mixed up. LIR's partner/husband is a HR tax payer. The friend is a benefit claimant.

See my edit in red italics above

zygurat789

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

SUPERGRASS !!! :eek:;)

Not at all just being a good citizen.
Isn't it an offence not to report a crime?

lemonjelly

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

SUPERGRASS !!! :eek:;)

I know you're only joshing.

There is a part of me which would really enjoy being a benefit fraud investigator. When you get into it, it can be quite surprising. In example, up until recently, the largest section of society who were caught were over 60!

Benefit fraud is a lot more widespread than most of us accept. I'd wager we all know someone who is committing benefit fraud (though we may not know it!)

But what does annoy me, is the blind eye brigade. There are plenty who moan about all sorts of stuff, yet do diddly squat about it.

Take some responsibility! If you feel benefit fraud is wrong, do something about it!

Thing is sometimes you need to know what to do, to be able to be effective. Most LA's score the reports they recieve to see if they're worth investigating. So give em enough info to make it worth their while.

Then do stuff about other stuff.

We're all too apathetic nowadays...

lostinrates

zygurat789 wrote: »

For my own personal information can anybody explain how you can receive HB when you pay tax at the higher rate?

No we don't. The person I am talking about does. sorry, I am not very clear, but lemon jelly is use to it and seems to have understood me and we have taken this to PM.

Sorry for any confusion.

zygurat789

lostinrates wrote: »

No we don't. The person I am talking about does. sorry, I am not very clear, but lemon jelly is use to it and seems to have understood me and we have taken this to PM.

Sorry for any confusion.

I didn't think that you did receive HB. But I do still think that someone you know is receiving HB and is paying tax at HR. Is this not what you are saying. If it is my original open question still stands

inspector_monkfish

zygurat789 wrote: »

Not at all just being a good citizen.
Isn't it an offence not to report a crime?

i'm just jesting with jelly, zyggy m'love
dont worry

lostinrates

zygurat789 wrote: »

I didn't think that you did receive HB. But I do still think that someone you know is receiving HB and is paying tax at HR. Is this not what you are saying. If it is my original open question still stands

No its not what I'm saying, again -apologies.

DH pays tax at higher rate, other person receives HB. two separate things, in one frustrated and garbled attempt at a sentence.

zygurat789

But I still don't understand.
Or did you mean JOINT income?
Even so how does a couple grossing over £40K receive HB?