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Carer Allowance question

mememomo
mememomo Posts: 57 Forumite
in Disability money matters
About employment
Question : Do u or did u get paid any other money as well as your normal wage? for example, tips

Is that means get any money paid by company (such as bonus) or
by personal/customers (for example tips or red pocket gifts money) ?

Comments

  • rogerblack
    rogerblack Posts: 9,446 Forumite
    Carers allowance is paid as long as your total earnings after expenses are under £100.
    _EVERYTHING_.

    You can take off some expenses - for example if you have to wash clothes at home, or pay to travel while at work (not getting to work), and NI/tax also comes off.
    If you earn too much one week, you come off carers the next (and go back on the following, if not earning too much)
    Tips, gifts (from customers in the course of buisness), all count.
  • zzzLazyDaisy
    zzzLazyDaisy Posts: 12,497 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 17 July 2013 at 12:23PM
    rogerblack wrote: »
    Carers allowance is paid as long as your total earnings after expenses are under £100.
    _EVERYTHING_.

    You can take off some expenses - for example if you have to wash clothes at home.

    Just to clarify, Roger...

    Do you mean if you wash your uniform at home and are in receipt of the HMRC tax allowance for this? (Genuine question. I know I'm being pedantic... sorry I can't help it, I'm a lawyer....)
    I'm a retired employment solicitor. Hopefully some of my comments might be useful, but they are only my opinion and not intended as legal advice.
  • rogerblack
    rogerblack Posts: 9,446 Forumite
    zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »
    Just to clarify, Roger...

    Do you mean if you wash your uniform at home and are in receipt of the HMRC tax allowance for this? (Genuine question. I know I'm being pedantic... sorry I can't help it, I'm a lawyer....)

    I should have been clearer.
    No, I was talking about the actual costs incurred in doing this, not the allowance.
  • mememomo
    mememomo Posts: 57 Forumite
    edited 17 July 2013 at 1:11PM
    Hi Roger,

    Thank you for your reply.

    How about if the job already finished when apply CA ?
  • rogerblack
    rogerblack Posts: 9,446 Forumite
    mememomo wrote: »
    Hi Roger,

    Thank you for your reply.
    But my job already finished at last month, that means I have no work now. If they count this tips or gifts, will it effect my application ?

    Correct.
    If your total earnings after allowable expenses exceeded £100 - then you get no CA at all.
  • mememomo
    mememomo Posts: 57 Forumite
    Hi Roger,

    Thank you for your reply.

    How about if the job already finished when apply CA ?
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