Having sex with someone whose on benefit

McKneff

I cant see how you lot can't see that you are all being wound up.

candygirl

Hilarious thread:T:T:T:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

bobajob_1966

McKneff wrote: »

I cant see how you lot can't see that you are all being wound up.

Now McKneff, what about the MSE benefit of the doubt? Surely everyone is genuine ... Aren't they?

McKneff

bobajob_1966 wrote: »

Now McKneff, what about the MSE benefit of the doubt? Surely everyone is genuine ... Aren't they?

Oh alright then..............

It was the 'can i get benefits for the night when we dont'............


:rotfl::rotfl:

AsknAnswer2

There is no such thing as single person's discount. It's a single occupancy discount - which you may not have been eligible for whilst having a lodger as you are not the only person occupying the home. The exemptions are:

• children under 18
• people on apprentice schemes
• 18 and 19-year-olds who are in full-time education
• full-time college and university students
• young people under 25 who receive funding from the Skills Funding Agency or Young People’s Learning Agency
• student nurses
• foreign language assistants registered with the British Council
• people who have a severe mental disability
• live-in carers who look after someone who isn't their partner, spouse or child (up to 18 years)
• diplomats

Whether or not you were in a relationship for the period concerned, you will have to pay the discount back if he does not fulfill one of the exemptions.

As an aside, some of the comments here have really made my night!

HappyMJ

AsknAnswer2 wrote: »

There is no such thing as single person's discount.

My council calls it a single persons discount and that's how I'll treat it. http://www.eaststaffsbc.gov.uk/docs/Council%20Forms/Cancellation%20of%20Single%20Person%20Discount.pdf

And anyway the lodger is on benefits and the OP could have applied for a rebate anyway. The council is getting no more or less money.

thequant

HappyMJ wrote: »

My council calls it a single persons discount and that's how I'll treat it. http://www.eaststaffsbc.gov.uk/docs/Council%20Forms/Cancellation%20of%20Single%20Person%20Discount.pdf

And anyway the lodger is on benefits and the OP could have applied for a rebate anyway. The council is getting no more or less money.

rebate or discount,its the same thing.I pay the same CT as I did before he moved in. We have declared he is living me and I have been given a rebate/discount as he is on IS

zagfles

AsknAnswer2 wrote: »

There is no such thing as single person's discount. It's a single occupancy discount - which you may not have been eligible for whilst having a lodger as you are not the only person occupying the home. The exemptions are:

• children under 18
• people on apprentice schemes
• 18 and 19-year-olds who are in full-time education
• full-time college and university students
• young people under 25 who receive funding from the Skills Funding Agency or Young People’s Learning Agency
• student nurses
• foreign language assistants registered with the British Council
• people who have a severe mental disability
• live-in carers who look after someone who isn't their partner, spouse or child (up to 18 years)
• diplomats

Whether or not you were in a relationship for the period concerned, you will have to pay the discount back if he does not fulfill one of the exemptions.

As an aside, some of the comments here have really made my night!

Yes funniest thread on here for a while:rotfl:

Re council tax she was probably getting "second adult rebate".

EDIT: it seems you can't get that if the second adults pays you rent...

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/On_a_low_income/DG_10018923

But you have to pay it back for every night you have sex....

Oldernotwiser

HappyMJ wrote: »

He won't lose the DLA. I'd write to the council to remove the single persons discount from when he permanently moved into your room and leave it up to him to tell the DWP about the change of circumstances for IS.

The OP should lose the single person discount from when the lodger moved in to the property, not from when they started a relationship.

kai666

thequant wrote: »

So it's when we had sex and not started a relationship that counts ? Will we be able to claim his benefit for the days we don't have sex ?

you're a higher rate tax payer, and asking questions like that ?