WTC calc for 65yo query

big_mortgage

Hello all

I was wondering if you could help me help a friend.

She claimed WTC for 12/13 and was awarded some £1700 for the year based on 11/12 earnings:

State pension: £6089
PAYE: £6855
Private pension: £470

Come renewal time when figures used were from 12/13

State pension: £6246
PAYE: £5001
Private pension: £495

All figures gross.

She was told to repay £519 and awarded nothing for this new year. Despite a lower income.

She's working for the same employer throughout, in the 16-29 hours category each week, single, no dependants, home owner, not disabled/ carer or in hospital.

entitled to website shows an entitlement to £36.89...

Am I missing something..?

Thanks

shedboy94

For a start, with a PAYE inc of £5001, she hasn't been paid for a min 16hpw......

Dunroamin

big_mortgage wrote: »

Hello all

I was wondering if you could help me help a friend.

She claimed WTC for 12/13 and was awarded some £1700 for the year based on 11/12 earnings:

State pension: £6089
PAYE: £6855
Private pension: £470

Come renewal time when figures used were from 12/13

State pension: £6246
PAYE: £5001
Private pension: £495

All figures gross.

She was tole to repay £519 and awared nothing for this new year. Despite a lower income.

She's working for the same employer throughout, in the 16-29 hours category each week, single, no dependants, home owner, not disabled/ carer or in hospital.

entitled to website show an entitlement to £36.89...

Am I missing something..?

Thanks

She needs to have been working for a minimum of 30 hours a week to claim WRC.

shedboy94

Dunroamin wrote: »

She needs to have been working for a minimum of 30 hours a week to claim WRC.

Not if you are over 60

dodger1

big_mortgage wrote: »

Come renewal time when figures used were from 12/13

State pension: £6246
PAYE: £5001
Private pension: £495

All figures gross.

She was tole to repay £519 and awared nothing for this new year. Despite a lower income.

She's working for the same employer throughout, in the 16-29 hours category each week, single, no dependants, home owner, not disabled/ carer or in hospital.

entitled to website show an entitlement to £36.89...

Am I missing something..?

Thanks

16 hours a week at national minimum wage is £5150.08 so something is wrong somewhere. Based on total earnings of £5001 and the minimum wage she has only averaged about 15.5 hours per week.

big_mortgage

Thanks,

Some (small) pension payments are made, hence it looks like below min wage, when it is not. Pay is not much above NMW though.

Icequeen99

shedboy94 wrote: »

For a start, with a PAYE inc of £5001, she hasn't been paid for a min 16hpw......

No wonder compliance keep getting cases wrong, they use the same theory. There are whole list of legitimate reasons why someone would be under the NMW x 16 (or 30).

The fall in income will be ignored for finalising 12/13 because of a disregard for falls in income of 2,500.

That means there must be something else wrong with the 12/13 claim as it should still be based on 11/12 income.

I would suggest she take her paperwork along to CAB or similar.

IQ