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Housing benefit poser

maxmycardagain · 2010-10-17 20:22:35

For someone self-employed HB is calculated on annual accounts, if someones income improves after use of 1 years figures they can be saddled with an "overpayment", but if the new figure is LESS what happens? firstly id assume the HB will rise but if the old figure was based on a lower figure for 12 or 6 months the claimant…

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maxmycardagain Posts: 5,853 Forumite

18 October 2010 at 8:10PM

A job should profit you, not just keep the employed at or below what they need to live on.

Maybe there should be different rules to encourage part time working where if you dont pay tax (due to low wages) you lose only (say) 22p in the pound off any HB.....

cheers

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