How would this work?

scotsrick

I'm self employed (Milkman) and have my wife as an employee.

I understand if i'm unable to work on my main job either due to long term illness or it just folds basically I will get !!!!!! all. However this is complicated by the fact that I have a small gift website that we run more or less as a hobby. Everything we take is ploughed back into running costs or expanding the stock range.

Therefore it may look like it's making money 80% of the weeks of the year and the other 20% i'm spending what has come in replacing stock or going to the trade fares and buying new stuff.

How would the money coming in from this site be viewed in relation to income for benefits purposes bearing in mind it looks like i'm earning off the website when overall i'm not.

rogerblack

Self employment is expected to have up, and down periods.
You cannot generally simply claim JSA (for example) while continuing to try to drum up trade, and keep your self-employment going.
Other benefits - such as working tax credit, council tax support, housing benefit are generally not affected this way.