money in joint account

Old_Git

for Social security /pension purpose is all the money in a joint account taken into consideration or is it half the money ,50% belonging to each person .

getmore4less

This issue has come up for IHT.

I think it depends where the money comes from so I think it helps to have this info and potentialy have the tax done the way you want.

For a true joint finances account even if the money comes from one person I think you can treat this as 50:50 eg married with one occupational pension + other bits.