MSE News: Benefits cap comes into force

zagfles

jobdone1 wrote: »

The point is if a living wage was enforced and not the min wage then you would not need benefit top ups.

Rubbish. People can get tax credits on incomes of £60k plus. Even a 2 child family with no disabilities or even childcare costs can get tax credits on £30k. How much exactly is the "living wage"?

zagfles

delain wrote: »

I thought DT was the place to discuss benefit policy? Breaking your own rules there MSE!

True, but have you seen the benefits threads on DT? At least here people have a bit of a clue about benefits.

jobdone1

zagfles wrote: »

Rubbish. People can get tax credits on incomes of £60k plus. Even a 2 child family with no disabilities or even childcare costs can get tax credits on £30k. How much exactly is the "living wage"?

Well i would like to know who gets the tax credits on £60k plus.

zagfles

jobdone1 wrote: »

Well i would like to know who gets the tax credits on £60k plus.

A single parent with 3+ kids and £300pw childcare costs for instance.

jobdone1

zagfles wrote: »

A single parent with 3+ kids and £300pw childcare costs for instance.

So where did you get this data or is this something off the top of your head.

zagfles

jobdone1 wrote: »

So where did you get this data or is this something off the top of your head.

Off the top of my head, why? Check it on turn2us if you don't believe me. You're not a regular reader of the benefits board, are you

jobdone1

I have just worked out that if you was given the cap of £500 p/w plus this so called £300 child care cost in totals over the year just over £41k not £60k even then i can't imagine this being paid.

gettingready

clemmatis wrote: »

£350 and £500 are maximum amounts, including child benefit and housing benefit. Hence the word cap.

Yes and?

Everyone who works pays rent/mortgage too AND has travel to work expenses on top of it too.

350 (single person) per week is 1516 per month and that is tax free

people work for much less that that and still have rent/travel to work pay too

to get 1516 per month to sit at home?

brilliant

in my last job I was getting 1400 per month, worked 40 hours per week plus 15 hours per week on travel and paying 130 per month for the travel so 1400-130 = so had 1270 left after tax to pay all by rent/bills/live on

someone staying at home, not working, not commuting, will get 1516

brilliant

IMHO - the cap is way too high

(yes, I am in a better job now and changing for even better soon but this is not the point - the point is benefits should always be lower than the lowest salary, it is basic maths)

zagfles

jobdone1 wrote: »

I have just worked out that if you was given the cap of £500 p/w plus this so called £300 child care cost in totals over the year just over £41k not £60k even then i can't imagine this being paid.

1) The benefits cap doesn't apply to anyone who works the hours required for WTC.
2) The amount they get won't be anywhere near the cap.

gettingready

jobdone- nothing to report. You clearly do not understand what "cap" means and someone is pointing this out. So rather than getting upset - look it up.