Supported Permitted Work and Tax Credits

Anubis_2

SandJ wrote: »

From all the information I've been able to gleam from the HMRC website, and the Turn2us website income related ESA does not effect your WTC. However, I was able to find one website, although a bit out of date, that says WTC is counted under "other income" on ESA and is counted in full, similar to how CA is. How do you work out how much your HB and CTB is reduced based on the income you receive? I'm not sure if it makes a difference, but we receive LHA rather than HB.

Use this http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/benefits-check - it calculates your HB/CT after working out your other benefits.

SandJ

Just an update for anyone who may be in a similar situation to ours. My husband is working under the Supported Permitted Work Rules. We applied for Tax Credits after our baby was born. We decided we were not going to apply for Working Tax Credit, but then found out that if we wanted Child Tax Credit then we also had to apply for Working Tax Credit, so we submitted the form. We are now getting WTC and CTC and we still receive income related Employment and Support Allowance (minus what we receive from WTC only) and as we are still in receipt of income-related ESA we are still entitled to our full Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit. I hope this helps out anyone else in a similar situation.