Calculating Benefits for DRO Q...

rira

My husband is not in receipt of ANY benefits.

Our housing benefit is addressed solely to me.
Our working tax and child tax credits are based on my income, not his - as he's unemployed. His name is on the paper because we are married, but all the "To be paid to:" lines state my name.
Our child benefit also goes to me, in my name.

I've got some great advice from folks (I_A and DD) via PM re how to deal with this - but - what in the case that he is not actually recipient to anything?

How it stands now, this would be his SoA:

earnings:
£30/week (ALG)

outgoings:
£30.20/week (Train Fare)

So, done on the monthly calc, he is -.87p (don't know why it's 87, but I used a calculator so *shrugs*)

So, can he do a DRO if he is 87p negative a month?

As I pay his bills/food/living expenses, etc - can I augment his earnings and the put the expense in my SoA?

I mean, since the AI I'll have will want our SoAs, I guess I should get them ready one way or another.

Or can I actually just split our benefits and bills down the middle?

Or do I as was suggested, do virtually the SAME sheet for both of us, with differences where Income, Car-related stuff etc is different but other wise all the "joint" bills just list on both?

Thanks!
Anne

dmg24

Your benefits are calculated on your household income, therefore he is in receipt of benefits.

rira

So then I just split everything with him?

or

Do I just do *all benefits* and *all household bills* on *both* SoAs?

immoral_angeluk

For the sake of a DRO everything needs to be individual even if this means having a negative income. The DRO unit only want sole income as I explained in my previous PM and then the relevant expenditure. If you have joint bills this may mean splitting them 50/50. However your AI will decide the best way to do your personal income/expenditure as without going through it with you with a fine tooth comb it's difficult to say the best way for your personal circumstances as there are a variety of ways of showing expenditure. But either way it's not unheard of for negative income DRO financial statements to be submitted so don't worry.

immoral_angeluk

dmg24 wrote: »

Your benefits are calculated on your household income, therefore he is in receipt of benefits.

Depends on the benefit. Usually means tested benefits and tax credits are joint, but there are all sorts of things he could be getting in his own name, incapacity benefit, industrial injuries, DLA, child benefit, etc etc etc.