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Discodancer_2

I had my telephone interview with the OR last friday, she said that an IPA would be worked out. My question is how much of my husbands income do they use when assessing income? BTW my husband has not declared bankruptcy only myself.:D

HappyMJ

It depends on the numbers....generally no more than your income if his income is higher than yours.....that would make you liable for 50% of all joint expenses...although this may exclude some of his individual expenses as he can use his excess income to pay for those.

Discodancer_2

His income is lower than mine would that make a difference?

HappyMJ

They'll use his income to pay for his share of the joint expenses and you will therefore pay more towards the joint expenses to make sure they are paid and your excess income will be lower.

fermi

IPA calculator Post 01 December 2010

As you can see from that, the BR's % of the total household income is calculated and is used to calculate their share of shared joint expenses.

i.e. if you income is 70% of the total, then on shared bills you will be expected to contribute 70% to them.