Homeowner with unemployed partner

JimmyTheWig

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

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.

hippy-chicy

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 ?

JimmyTheWig

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).