New business

skintsaver_2

No im not employed at the moment and dont claim JSA either. I have been told that i can have my rent and council tax paid for the first month in full then it would go on my earnings

Im afraid to put down 0 expected income because if i have the full amount of housing benefit and council tax paid to me, at the end of the year i will owe them quite a bit back. I have read something about having to put my accounts in at 13 weeks, then 26 weeks and so on until a regular income is established

I think ill just open a business account with Lloyds as its my nearest branch for deposits and things and prob do bank transfer as a way for people to pay deposits

Savvy_Sue

I'm fairly sure that you wouldn't leave it a full year before declaring your income for HB and CT purposes. Issues arise when everything 'lags': you tell them my income was X, they stop your HB and CT and say you owe them Y and will you also pay Z in future, you do that then your income goes down again, so they now owe you A and want you to pay B, then your income goes up again so you owe them C and you should be paying D, but it takes them 6 weeks to tell you that each time, and by that time you've lost the plot about what you should owe for when ...