Benefits and spousal maintenance

jacques_chirac

princessdon wrote: »

I've worked it out as £18 over personal allowance £71 add £65.

Income £153-71-65 left approx £18.

The £65 is not added back on, that is her current entitlement. So, if £65 is her current LHA/ HB rate, with her new income her entitlement would be 65 - ((153 - 71) * 0.45) = £28.10.

jacques_chirac

holliea wrote: »

whats the income over personal allowance? is there a calculator i can use for this?

Each person is allocated a personal allowance, which does not affect your benefit entitlement. In the case of a single person with no disabilities it is £71. Anything over the amount will reduce your entitlement.

mumps

holliea wrote: »

in my case we had a lot of expenses so at the time it made sense that we were both working to pay debts. it so happened we didn't stop the arrangement after they were paid and everything still got paid into his account

the house was only in his name, he's happy to take on the mortgage and work out repayments. of course ihe could be lying about negative equity but i'm free of him so i don't care. if there was any positive equity it would be minimum

whats the income over personal allowance? is there a calculator i can use for this?

So you had reasons that made sense at the time. Good luck with it, I hope the fresh start works out well.

holliea

I did, I'm still unsure if there's a difference getting it monthly or all in one go but thanks for your help

thorsoak

You say that you are not working at the moment - do you have children and have child-care problems? Or are you looking for work?

debrag

holliea wrote: »

All money I earnt when we were together went straight into his account and I had an allowance of that. This is me getting that back now I don't have a job

Mojisola wrote: »

So he's not giving you spousal maintenance - you're getting your own money back?

So you OP never paid for anything during this time, your money went into his/joint account but only his money was used to buy anything?

Mojisola

debrag wrote: »

So you OP never paid for anything during this time, your money went into his/joint account but only his money was used to buy anything?

I didn't mean she should all her money back - I assumed that she had been paying her way while they were together.

holliea

debrag wrote: »

So you OP never paid for anything during this time, your money went into his/joint account but only his money was used to buy anything?

My money went into his account and then along with his earning was used to pay bills, shopping, debts accrued by him and everything else. I deposited about £35000 into the account over the years i was working which was all spent how he dictated

wildwestfan

holliea wrote: »

My money went into his account and then along with his earning was used to pay bills, shopping, debts accrued by him and everything else. I deposited about £35000 into the account over the years i was working which was all spent how he dictated

We have always had a single account. Everything went in and out of that account. How many years were you working for this £35000? If it was say 5 then only £7K a year. Barely enough to provide you with a roof, utilities, clothes, fares etc plus an allowance to spend on whatever you fancied.

Surely you are not expecting to get all your wages back?

holliea

wildwestfan wrote: »

We have always had a single account. Everything went in and out of that account. How many years were you working for this £35000? If it was say 5 then only £7K a year. Barely enough to provide you with a roof, utilities, clothes, fares etc plus an allowance to spend on whatever you fancied.

Surely you are not expecting to get all your wages back?

just under two years