Bereavement Benefit coding form P161(W)

angelicmandy

Hello, my mom in law has recently lost her husband and has received in the post from hmrc the above form. she has completed to the best of her ability but we are stuck on one section.

There is a section called "Savings income" on the back page. It has boxes to fill in for "total estimated interest (after tax) for this tax year " on Taxed bank/bsoc interest. When she went to her bank to get a note of the interest they told her to leave this bit blank as the interest is below £70. I was wondering if anyone knows if this is correct. I know you dont have to include ISAs but dont know if this £70 "rule" applies to any interest on any account she holds with the bank/bsoc.

Sorry to have babbled, i know i can call hmrc but wondered if anyone had come across this first

Many thanks
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angelicmandy

It does but the account she asked the bank about is not an ISA nor a national savings ordinary account. This is why i am thinking that any interest from other accounts shoudl be entered, irrespective of how low it might be