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Receiving benefits and giving cash gifts

Rompoalan
Rompoalan Posts: 2 Newbie
in Benefits & tax credits
If a person is about to apply for any housing or council tax benefits, is it legally ok to reduce their savings by making cash gifts to family members ?

Comments

  • hurricanewyn
    hurricanewyn Posts: 223 Forumite
    Legally? Yes

    Will they get benefit having it done it? Unlikely
    Sealed Pot Challenge - member 1109:j
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
    10,000 Posts
    Question answered when you posted it earlier ...
    dmg24 wrote: »
    There is nothing illegal about it per se, but giving away money in order to claim benefits will disqualify him from receiving benefits. He will be treated as if he still has the money.
    Gone ... or have I?
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    The times this question comes up in these forums is getting to be unbelievable.
    I'm getting quite bored of it all.............Yawn.................
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • viktory
    viktory Posts: 7,635 Forumite
    I think it is disgusting - amazing how petty 'offensive' posts can be deleted and users 'yellow carded' but benefit fraud is alive and well on MSE. Rarely, if ever, have I seen a fraudulent thread deleted.
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