How is HB worked out?

dodger1

annie1975 wrote: »

I didnt work out HB.
It was £13,836 wages.
£25,584 tax credits.
£3,146 Child benefit
£4,004 DLA.
Total £46,570.per anum.

Wow just wow. Not blaming OP but if this is true the system definitely needs overhauling.

morganedge

so you take home £230 or so per week in wages + £490 per week in CTC and WTC ?
You're loaded.

princessdon

morganedge wrote: »

so you take home £230 or so per week in wages + £490 per week in CTC and WTC ?
You're loaded.

and still get HB - There has to be an error in that calculation.

Poppie68

morganedge wrote: »

so you take home £230 or so per week in wages + £490 per week in CTC and WTC ?
You're loaded.

According to the OP's figures, it works out at just under £920 per week. Which is more than some people earn a month working fulltime.

annie1975_2

Poppie68 wrote: »

According to the OP's figures, it works out at just under £920 per week. Which is more than some people earn a month working fulltime.

I agree....The one parent family brigade will be along in a bit justifying it,how the kids in one parent familys are deprived by only having one parent....lets hope when (if) Universal Credit comes in they will put a stop to it all.

pmlindyloo

Have you applied to your water company for a capped water bill?

See here:

http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/legacy/aptrix/ofwat/publish.nsf/Content/ConsIssue_Meters_faq10.html

Not sure whether it would be less than you are paying at the moment but worth a try.

enabledebra

Just to say the OP's household is atypical and so the figures are atypical too.

£8000pa (the tax credit elements re a disable child and the DLA) is paid to meet the costs that the government has calculated that families with a disabled child have that the rest of us don't.

The figure covers an 18 year old sister's housing/maintenance needs too- so it's 2 potential households covered by this figure and the sister would probably be entitled to claim individually if she moved out.

pmlindyloo

enabledebra wrote: »

Just to say the OP's household is atypical and so the figures are atypical too.

£8000pa (the tax credit elements re a disable child and the DLA) is paid to meet the costs that the government has calculated that families with a disabled child have that the rest of us don't.

The figure covers an 18 year old sister's housing/maintenance needs too- so it's 2 potential households covered by this figure and the sister would probably be entitled to claim individually if she moved out.

The OP claims CB for 4 - so because the sister is still in full time relevant education the OP obviously claims for her as a dependant.

Interestingly if you put the figures into www.turn2us.org.uk you will see that because of the DLA element then the benefits are substantial.

Bromley's LA is also high as it is an expensive area.

enabledebra

Yes she does claim for her as a dependant but depending on specifics of why this is the sister could claim herself if she moved out despite being in relevant education. I'm just raising it as a difference from the typical household.

Yes, the DLA does increase other benefits, in this case HB and child tax credits- it's part of the calculation of extra need above the norm related to disability.