child giving parent cash each month

Loopy_Girl

RoseRed wrote: »

Any money given by a parent/sibling/child/friend that is a voluntary offering and there is no obligation in law for them to provide this support, cannot be counted as income and used to reduce benefit payments.

Thank god for a bit common sense...jesus, no parent would want to see their offspring (no matter how old) struggle if they could ease the burden a bit.

When I was on IS several years ago, I used to get a few quid from the old dears about once a month...not much, not even 3 figures but it made a difference to me. Should I have declared it? No I shouldn't. If my Dad chooses to gift me in that way then it's nothing to do with anyone.

Too much of people thinking that because they pay their tax money and it helps towards the benefits bill that they have the right how to tell benefit claimants to run their lives.

real1314

JIL wrote: »

On the DWP website there is the decision makers guide, which if the income was declared as it should be, would be consulted to see if the regular payment would have to be taken in as an income thus reducing benefits. There is an example also on there of an uncle, who out of affection gives a relative £25 per week to help towards running a car. The income is disregarded as a voluntary payment. The relevant guide references to be used are 28495. 28510, 28511,28513.

and, somewhat co-incidentally, I've just googled it and here is a link to the relevant volume for IS and JSA (28494 is the start of the guide for VPs) :-

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/dmgch28.pdf

I can't be bothered looking for the paragraph for ESA or Pc, and HB/CTB don't have a decision maker's guide afaik. The rules are the same though. You can trust me

JIL

As for buying the house, i dont know about the tax issues but if the daughter is living in the property, it cannot be treated as capital, as it is seen as her home. This can also be found in the decision makers guide.