Working tax credit and disability

cantgoonhols

Hi

I am currently writing an essay for uni about a case study of an individual with CFS/ME the journals I have read indicate that the condition is ver debilitating and would sugest that my case study is unable to work full-time. I know of working tax credits and I have just entered some hypothetical data on the HMRC site. I put 16 hours on minimum wage. the results said that a single person is not entitled to WTC unless they work 30 hours per week, 16 if disabled. How does someone prove they are disabled I am struggling to find that information?

Any info appreciated

thanks

HappyMJ

The GP would be the first call. Then a benefits advisor.

BigAunty

If a person receives Disability Living Allowance, this is the usually the main criteria to 'define' disability for certain benefits.

To find out about DLA, read the Direct Gov website.

cantgoonhols

Happy MJ would a letter from the doctor suffice then or would as Big Aunty says, they need to be claiming DLA?

Icequeen99

It isn't just if the person is disabled, they have to meet the criteria for the tax credits disability element.

Google TC956 which is a HMRC leaflet that sets out the criteria. No need for a GP visit and no it doesn't have to be DLA.

IQ

moose1982

I was looking at the WTC for disabled people and it seems as though people are classed as disabled for certain benefits but not others, it's all a bit of a mix really and everyone do need to do their reseach on each individual benefit.

For example, I qualify for ESA WRAG and DLA but not PIP or WTC. Sometimes confuses me how someone can be disabled in the eyes of one government body, but not another.

justwannabeloved

My daughter has CFS/ME, is registered with dla, middle and lower. With a blue badge on a yearly renewal.


For more help on your studys, look up A.Y.M.E

Regards

shedboy94

moose1982 wrote: »

I was looking at the WTC for disabled people and it seems as though people are classed as disabled for certain benefits but not others, it's all a bit of a mix really and everyone do need to do their reseach on each individual benefit.

For example, I qualify for ESA WRAG and DLA but not PIP or WTC. Sometimes confuses me how someone can be disabled in the eyes of one government body, but not another.

Maybe I'm reading it wrong but how would you qualify for ESA and WTC??

moose1982

shedboy94 wrote: »

Maybe I'm reading it wrong but how would you qualify for ESA and WTC??

Sorry, I'm not very good at explaining things at times.

I'm currently on ESA and am looking for a fulltime position (don't want to be stuck on ESA forever!).

I applied for one about a month or so ago, they phoned me up and that was when I explained I have a physical mobility issue and would struggle with the manual handling side of things (manual handling wasn't included in the job ad but it came out in conversation with the recruiter). So we agreed that it wasn't the position for me. The recruiter did however keep me in mind and contacted me a couple of weeks later to ask if I would be interested in a part time position, to which I replied that while it sounds great, I had better look into the whole WTC, HB and CTB side of things. I used the turn2us calculator which said I would get 17p HB p/w and 5p CTB p/w and 0p for WTC because it was just 20 hours p/w. I do not qualify for the disabled part which brings it down to 16 hours p/w and so would need to do 30 hours p/w to be able to claim WTC, hence no WTC. I did confirm the amounts with my council and HMRC.

So it was unaffordable for me to take the position which is completely daft in my opinion, they are an expanding company though and I felt like I would have gained full time after a while, but it was too much of a weekly debt to actually take the position.

The disabled bit I would have failed on with WTC (same as I will with PIP) is that I can move a bit with my crutches, just very very slowly and painfully. It's enough for ESA and DLA, but not WTC.

I hope this has explained it slightly better