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Homeowner with unemployed partner

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  • JimmyTheWig
    JimmyTheWig Posts: 12,199 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    How did you cope before he moved in?
    Can you not do the same now?

    I agree with Voyager that things can get worse than they currently are...
  • lazer
    lazer Posts: 3,402 Forumite
    healy wrote: »
    As said you are treated as couple for benefits purposes, I really cannot see the problem as couples are supposed to support each other.

    The problem is that you are treated as single people for tax and national insurance.
    Weight loss challenge, lose 15lb in 6 weeks before Christmas.
  • hippy-chicy
    hippy-chicy Posts: 535 Forumite
    lazer wrote: »
    The problem is that you are treated as single people for tax and national insurance.

    Would you mind explaining that? Either i am missing something or being a bit dim. Is there any other way that you would be treated for tax and national insurance ?
    :j
  • JimmyTheWig
    JimmyTheWig Posts: 12,199 Forumite
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    hippy-chicy wrote: »
    Would you mind explaining that? Either i am missing something or being a bit dim. Is there any other way that you would be treated for tax and national insurance ?
    They mean a problem with the system rather than a problem with what any individual is doing wrong.
    Many consider it unfair that a couple must be treated as a couple where benefits are concerned (e.g. it is household income that is relevant) but not where income tax is concerned (if one person is not doing paid work then their tax allowance is unused).
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