Duncan-Smith wants to tax DLA/PIP

50Twuncle

Iain Duncan-Smith wants to tax DLA/PIP payments !!

This is from the man who thinks that DLA is there to help towards accommodation costs rather than care and mobility !!
What a jerk !!

vision2009

"What a jerk !!"
Thats being kind to "it". He is an "it" not a real human being. I can think of better ways to accurately describe the thing.
Get them OUT:mad:

tomtontom

50Twuncle wrote: »

Iain Duncan-Smith wants to tax DLA/PIP payments !!

This is from the man who thinks that DLA is there to help towards accommodation costs rather than care and mobility !!
What a jerk !!

Please do not make statements like this without checking your facts - for once IDS is not the one looking a yerk here.

What the report actually said (and the information has not been verified) is that they may plan to increase the amount for those on the lowest income and tax those in receipt of DLA on a high income - in effect a redistribution of income to those that need it most.

dori2o

tomtontom wrote: »

Please do not make statements like this without checking your facts - for once IDS is not the one looking a yerk here.

What the report actually said (and the information has not been verified) is that they may plan to increase the amount for those on the lowest income and tax those in receipt of DLA on a high income - in effect a redistribution of income to those that need it most.

So he is planning to tax DLA/PIP then.

I don't see how this will work. Will he simply increase DLA/PIP for everyone and then make a deduction in the tax code to recover the additional and the tax from the higher earners similar to what happens with Child Benefit from higher earners?

He can't do it through the DLA/PIP system as that would involve making adjustments for a persons income.

Will it be on personal or household income?

What is a high earner?

It's nothing more than a soundbite what with the election coming up in 7 months.

tomtontom

dori2o wrote: »

So he is planning to tax DLA/PIP then.

We don't even know that - this is an unsubstantiated report.

If they do anything there will be a consultation. Nothing has been announced to date. Far better to offer constructive comments when this happens (anyone is free to submit observations to consultations), than for people (the OP) to scaremonger without having any facts.

[Deleted User]

I said four years ago that if they wanted to save 20% on dla without all the rigmarole of introducing pip etc then they should consider taxing it,if this plan is to tax those on high incomes who get dla then i for one have no objections

dori2o

woodbine wrote: »

I said four years ago that if they wanted to save 20% on dla without all the rigmarole of introducing pip etc then they should consider taxing it,if this plan is to tax those on high incomes who get dla then i for one have no objections

The only way I can see it being done is via changes to the tax code of those with incomes over 'x' amount, with x being whatever IBS decided is a high income.

Now, having experienced first hand the shambles that the Governmet made of the Child Benefit claw back process when it was introduced last year (I work for HMRC), there will be similar problems should a similar system be introduced for DLA/PIP, especially for those who creep over the threshold unexpectedly.

It would be far easier, cheaper and less problematic for all (assuming that this does become a policy) to simply means test DLA/PIP.

ingey.uk

What's the Difference Between IDS & IBS?
They are Both Pains in MY AS-S

Indie_Kid

Does anyone actually have a link to this? Or is it just the OP scaremongering?

markmarkmark

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/iain-duncan-smith-wants-to-tax-disability-benefits-9775338.html

50Twuncle

Also...
http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/2899-ids-plans-to-tax-pip-and-dla