Anything I can do?

allen35

DJDavey wrote: »

just looked into it, I earn £6 a month to much to get the low rate of pay so the double the price!

The lowest threshold is £120 and under per week, you said you work 16 hours at 10p above NMW, this is roughly about £96 per week, you would be in the lowest category.

You would have to show wage slips to your local council to prove your income.

DJDavey

allen35 wrote: »

The lowest threshold is £120 and under per week, you said you work 16 hours at 10p above NMW, this is roughly about £96 per week, you would be in the lowest category.

You would have to show wage slips to your local council to prove your income.

already sent them wages a while ago and they came up with that.

dmg24

DJDavey wrote: »

already sent them wages a while ago and they came up with that.

Do you have the award letter? You can check that they have used the correct income on there.

DJDavey

I will have to check with me mum, might be worth ringing them and asking them why I'm paying the next rate up.

Jowo_2

You can double check the entire household's entitlement to benefits on the Turn2us online benefit calculator.

How does paying towards the mortgage work in practice?

I know that with Local Housing Allowance paid to the tenant of the property, they get a deduction from it, for the non-dependents who have an earned income, so does it work that way? I've just never come across a deduction mentioned before for a non-dependent whose head of the household is on the SMI scheme and gets their mortgage interest paid by the public purse.

Is it the case that your mother is charging you approx £50 per week keep, and then additionally asking for you to make up that deduction made to her SMI? In other words, is your mother hammering you for money?

DJDavey

Jowo wrote: »

You can double check the entire household's entitlement to benefits on the Turn2us online benefit calculator.

How does paying towards the mortgage work in practice?

I know that with Local Housing Allowance paid to the tenant of the property, they get a deduction from it, for the non-dependents who have an earned income, so does it work that way? I've just never come across a deduction mentioned before for a non-dependent whose head of the household is on the SMI scheme and gets their mortgage interest paid by the public purse.

Is it the case that your mother is charging you approx £50 per week keep, and then additionally asking for you to make up that deduction made to her SMI? In other words, is your mother hammering you for money?

yeah in a away with out calling her lol, it's £45 £50 a week which includeds food roof elecy gas etc, then I buy my own clothes etc and smellys lol but yeah now she says I should be paying another £50 a month.

pompeyfaith

Are you sure he is working 16 hrs and the entitlement is 16-30 hrs and he is an adult

I would phone HMRC and ask to be certain

allen35

Is your mum on any other benefits like DLA

dmg24

pompeyfaith wrote: »

Are you sure he is working 16 hrs and the entitlement is 16-30 hrs and he is an adult

I would phone HMRC and ask to be certain

Yes, I am sure.

allen35

pompeyfaith wrote: »

Are you sure he is working 16 hrs and the entitlement is 16-30 hrs and he is an adult

I would phone HMRC and ask to be certain

If you mean WTC the criteria is 25 and over working 30 hours, if he had children there would be different criteria of the one you mentioned.