Can you refuse a payrise?

starlite_2

Hi all and thanks again.
It was indeed a mistake I was told this figure by one of their call centre staff , and having called back again this morning they now are telling me it will be a £300 reduction, which makes a lot more sense!

Another quick question though, if my OH does overtime do we need to inform them or will it be taken into account at the end of the year? It would be impossible to predict how often he will be doing it or how much he will earn week to week.

Becles

£300 sounds about right. Pleased you've got it sorted.

I'm self employed so my income varies the same as overtime would.

I just give them a rough idea of my expected salary, then give them the true figure in April where they work out if they have under/over paid.

If you don't tell them, you could end up with a bigger overpayment in April.

Depends which way you'd feel happiest with.

astonsmummy

starlite wrote:

Hi all and thanks again.
It was indeed a mistake I was told this figure by one of their call centre staff , and having called back again this morning they now are telling me it will be a £300 reduction, which makes a lot more sense!

Another quick question though, if my OH does overtime do we need to inform them or will it be taken into account at the end of the year? It would be impossible to predict how often he will be doing it or how much he will earn week to week.

as longs as the income doesnt go up substantially over a long period of time from doing overtime then u dont need to inform them, they will just adjust ur award next year xx

Ross01

It could be argued that you are intentionally depriving yourself of the extra £1000.00, in order to claim extra benefit. I know someone who similarly gave up a small private pension in oder to qualify for benefits. But then discovered that the pension would still be taken into account by the benefits service, because he had intentially deprived himself to get more benefit. I believe that if you turn down the payrise soley to claim extra tax credits then the Inland Revenue are still within their rights to include payrise in your new assessment.

GUMPO

It is a simple matter of where your motivation lies. If you are more finanically motivated decline the pay rise. However if you are ethically motivated how would you then feel about taking money from those of use out here paying taxes for no credit?

The "Everyone else is doing it" excuse does not wash.