Dla award

50Twuncle

From what I understood about DLA - I thought that it was a tax free (totally independant) benefit - that had absolutely no effect on any other benefits/earnings at all - so should not affect your wifes carers allowance or any premiums - I am obviously mistaken ??

nelly2605

21Twinkle wrote: »

From what I understood about DLA - I thought that it was a tax free (totally independant) benefit - that had absolutely no effect on any other benefits/earnings at all - so should not affect your wifes carers allowance or any premiums - I am obviously mistaken ??

Your carer cant claim carers allowance if you dont get at least the middle rate of the care component of dla.Without this carers allowance she cant claim the carers premium either.Found out today that I'll be roughly 38 worse off per week.

jetta_wales

21Twinkle wrote: »

From what I understood about DLA - I thought that it was a tax free (totally independant) benefit - that had absolutely no effect on any other benefits/earnings at all - so should not affect your wifes carers allowance or any premiums - I am obviously mistaken ??

DLA is sort of the key to everything withh dissability benefits. Because the application for it is so thorough, other benefits and entitlements often use it as the scale by which to catagorise the severity of your dissability and decide your entitlement so although it is not affected by any other benefits, a lot of them are affected by it.

To the OP please ignore judgmental comments and having your throat jumped down for no reason, it seems to happen here from time to time, more from some than others. It's unpleasant and uncalled for but don't take it to heart they're not worth it.

If you don't feel that your condition has changed then get help with an apeal and I wish you all the best.

MECFS_2

The amount the government says you need to live on is called your 'applicable amount'. For means tested benefits such as IS it is £91.80. If your IB is lower than this (short term rate) it will be topped up by IS. However if you are on the long term rate of IB - £105.45 you will no longer get any IS as your income is more than what the goverment says you need to live on (£91.80).

I would book an appointment (or turn up) at your local CAB. Alternatively telephone the Benefit Enquiry Line on 0800 882 200 who will be able to tell you what someone in your position is entitled to (although they won't hold any of your files).