is there any way around this?

mejaa

following on from my redundancy thread i have done several calculations on tax credits and entitled to and its pretty much the same......

so is there any way around my oh claiming benefit and carers allowance?
could he go on to income support and claim carers aswell ? (really hoping he gets a job tbh )

really dont know where the cab got their figures from

ceecee1

Your OH would be able to claim Carers Allowance, as long as he is providing care for 35 hours a week.
He would then be able to claim IS but as you would be included in that claim your earnings would affect the amount of benefit received.
Anything that you earned over £20 a week would be deducted from the IS pound for pound. You would be able to work for up to 24 hours a week as a dependant on the IS claim.

Even though you might not get a lot of IS, the entitlement to this means that you would get Council Tax benefit and other peripherals ie, free prescriptions, school dinners ..

mejaa

thanks for reply....
i curently work 18-20 hours per week at £6.80 an hour. i currently claim the ca for our son but my income was over the threshold of £100 however they took my childcare into consideraton allowing me to get the carers... with my oh made redundant i will no longr need childcare ao i cant claim the ca..
i always thought that my oh could claim jsa cb AND the carers premium of £32 however cab told me today he couldnt he cant go on jsa ib because he has paid enought in ni contributions... it is very confusing

so im wondering if he can claim the income support for himself?

rogerblack

mejaa wrote: »

thanks for reply....
i curently work 18-20 hours per week at £6.80 an hour. i currently claim the ca for our son but my income was over the threshold of £100

In principle, you can pay twice the excess earnings into a personal pension every week, and requalify for CA.

mejaa

dont think that would work as sometimes i do extra hours and also get double time for new years day etc so i will be forever chopping and changing

anmarj

mejaa wrote: »

so im wondering if he can claim the income support for himself?

As Ceece1 has stated, any claim for IS would have to be as a couple