Incapacity Benefit

kirstiet

My mother has recently retired at 59 and is on Incapacity Benefit. She was recently approached by friends to tutor thier son and help him to read. They are offering to pay for the lessons but she is worried about accepting payment in case it affects her Incapacity.
Is she allowed to earn small amounts? How much can she earn before it affects her benefit?

Any help or advice will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

mum-of-3

kirstiet wrote: »

My mother has recently retired at 59 and is on Incapacity Benefit. She was recently approached by friends to tutor thier son and help him to read. They are offering to pay for the lessons but she is worried about accepting payment in case it affects her Incapacity.
Is she allowed to earn small amounts? How much can she earn before it affects her benefit?

Any help or advice will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

I'm not sure on the rules but there are circumstances where you can do permitted work and still receive your benefit.

But any money she receives would mean she would need to declare herself as self employed to the tax office and fill in yearly tax returns.

richard9991

kirstiet wrote: »

My mother has recently retired at 59 and is on Incapacity Benefit. She was recently approached by friends to tutor thier son and help him to read. They are offering to pay for the lessons but she is worried about accepting payment in case it affects her Incapacity.
Is she allowed to earn small amounts? How much can she earn before it affects her benefit?

Any help or advice will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

for benefit purposes your mother is not retired until 60 plus if its only incap this is not means tested so wont affect that benefit she should still tell dwp about the work though. If she getS housing/council tax benefit these are means tested and could be reduced .

bunny999

If she is capabele of work why is she claiming IB ?

seven-day-weekend

bunny999 wrote: »

If she is capabele of work why is she claiming IB ?

You are allowed to do a certain amount of work under the IB Permitted Work rules.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/disabledpeople/financialsupport/dg_10020667

paddedjohn

Why are you allowed/able to work if you are classed as incapacitated?

seven-day-weekend

paddedjohn wrote: »

Why are you allowed/able to work if you are classed as incapacitated?

Because those are the rules the Government has set down. See my link on Permitted Work above.

paddedjohn

Ive seen the link already, i just think its taking the p*ss when people claim incapacity benefit when they are capable of work.

seven-day-weekend

(Sigh) OK, let's assume that someone has been off sick from work with cancer, shall we?

And that they have been claiming IB.

They've had all the chemotherapy, all the radiotherapy, lost all their hair, hair has now grown back, they're feeling slightly less than awful, their cancer has gone into remission.

Is it beyond the realms of imagination that they might need to ease back into work gently? Or do far fewer hours as they did before (which is similar to the OP's position)? Or try out afew hours a week at another job because they are no longer able to do their last one?

These are some of the reasons why PERMITTED Work is permitted.

paddedjohn

your logic is all wrong, if someone is recovering from an illness then they should be concentrating all their energies on getting better. it may be permitted but that dont make it right, its unaffordable in this day and age to just give cash out willy nilly because some past politicians decided it was a good way of winning votes
the op's mum is fit enough to work, she is just worried that she will lose a benefit if she did, if she earns a pound she should pay a pound back

seven-day-weekend

The OP's mum is doing nothing she is not allowed to do under the rules.

Discussion of Benefits Policy is not allowed on this forum; discussions of this nature should be on Discussion Time. See Martin's 'sticky' post at the top of the board.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/365935