Jobseekers allowance stopped cos wife earns a lot

MX5huggy

It's historical, they are using systems that have been in place for decades. I expect the new credit will be monthly.

They actually work it out by the day, and you get paid JSA for Saturday and Sunday.

MattLFC

duncan1892 wrote: »

simple calculations of total income per month (or 4-weekly)
wife work £488
JSA £270
CHB £80
CTC £33
TOTAL £871 Thats what i want to get currently. The government has not doubled my income.. Its not a massive amount but I've been contributing for 3 years (started October 2008 - redundant November 2011). The wife worked 70 hrs that month. More than 16hrs per week.
I do have a mortgage so I have to pay that. Not eligible for Housing Benefit.
Last resort will be to negotiate with bank lower payment...

Apologies, I thought the amounts were based on weekly. Why are you not including CT benefit? Whilst it's not income technically, it is realistically, because it means you don't have to find it? How much does that amount to? Btw, when working out monthly amounts, it's far more accurate to work it out from the weekly amount, divide by 7 and times by 30, as all months bar one (and this year is a leap year), have at least 30 days in them.

If you figures are over 4 weeks, the true monthly income that the government is providing, prior to council tax benefit is:

CB - £85.71
JSA - £289.29
CTC - £35.35

Total = £410.35 + the amount of council tax benefit you are eligible for - which Im sure will equate to more than £488. Of course this does not account for the JSA dropping to £3 per week - something seems amiss there, appeal the decision, or better still, seek advice from your local CAB.

Did you/your partner earn a considerable wage prior to having the baby, the CTC seems quite low at £8.25 per week? I'm by no means an expert, but when I hear the amounts other people recieved, I assumed the £33 would be a weekly amount. Also, no eligibility for WTC. I think you may find you are much better off next tax year (April 6th 2012), as both the WTC and CTC rates may increase significantly due to low-earnings this year (unless your job was very highly paid).